''Cryin' Time'' is an album by blues pianist and vocalist
Otis Spann
Otis Spann (March 21, 1924 or 1930April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician, whom many consider to be the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Early life
Sources differ over Spann's early years. Some state that he was born in Jackson, Miss ...
recorded in Chicago in 1968 and released by the
Vanguard
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History
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label.
Wirz' American Music: Otis Spann Discography
accessed November 14, 2019
Reception
AllMusic
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reviewer Mark Allan stated "''Sweet Giant of the Blues'', a 1969 session for Bluestime released in 1970, is one of his very last albums and if it can't be called definitive, it's nevertheless a robust example of his gifts. ... This is loose and unpredictable in a predictable fashion, delving into a little bit of Latin beats and rhumba and a whole lot of rock & roll ... Spann seems to seize the changes and enjoys playing with the band, never trying to play against his support".
Track listing
All compositions by Otis Spann except where noted
# "Home to Mississippi" − 3:26
# "Blues Is a Botheration" − 4:02
# "You Said You'd Be on Time" (Spann, George Spink) − 4:46
# "Cryin' Time" − 3:11
# "Blind Man" (Traditional) − 3:18
# "Some Day" − 4:35
# "Twisted Snake" − 3:02
# "Green Flowers" (McKinley Morganfield
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) − 3:44
# "The New Boogaloo" − 2:09
# "Mule Kicking in My Stall" − 3:30
Personnel
*Otis Spann − vocals, piano, organ
*Barry Melton
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− lead guitar
* Luther Johnson − second guitar
*Jos Davidson − bass
*Lonnie Taylor − drums
*Lucille Spann
Lucille Spann (June 23, 1938 – August 2, 1994), was an American blues singer who participated in the Chicago Blues community in the 1960s and 1970s.
Life and works
Lucille Spann was born Mahalia Lucille Jenkins in Bolton, Mississippi, the ninth ...
− backing vocals (tracks 5 & 6)
;Technical
*Michael Chechik - co-producer
References
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1969 albums
Otis Spann albums
albums produced by Samuel Charters
Vanguard Records albums