''Otis Spann's Chicago Blues'' (also released as ''Nobody Knows My Troubles'') 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 at two sessions in 1965 and released by the

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label.Wirz' American Music: Otis Spann Discography
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Reception

AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger stated "divided between solo piano performances and pieces with a full band ... The variation in approach means that this isn't the most consistent Spann album, and the material and performances don't rank among his best either, although they're reasonably solid".

Track listing

All compositions by Otis Spann except where noted # "Get Your Hands Out of My Pocket" − 2:30 # "Nobody Knows My Troubles" − 3:20 # "Sarah Street" − 3:22 # "Worried Life Blues" ( Big Maceo Merriweather) − 2:00 # "You Can't Hide" − 2:33 # "Jack-Knife" − 2:52 # "What's On Your Worried Mind?" − 2:24 # "Vicksburg Blues" − 4:32 # "Who's Out There?" − 2:30 # "Spann's Boogie Woogie" − 2:10 # "

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" ( Ma Rainey) − 2:59 # "Lovin' You" − 3:23 # "One Room Country Shack" (

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) − 2:43 # "Mr. Jelly Roll Baker" − 3:02

Personnel

− vocals, piano, organ * James Cotton − harmonica (tracks 1-3, 6, 9 & 12) * Johnny Young − guitar (tracks 1-3, 6, 9 & 12) *Jimmy Lee Morris − bass (tracks 1-3, 6, 9 & 12) *S. P. Leary (tracks 1-3, 6, 9 & 12), Robert Whitehead (track 8) – drums

References

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