Heritage of the Blues/I Wanna Go Home

• Artist: Otis Spann
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• Release Date: May 27, 2003
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Blues

Review

Pianist Otis Spann played in Muddy Waters' band from 1953 to 1970, and was instrumental in creating the electric Chicago blues sound. These 11 tracks were recorded in the mid-'60s by Down Beat magazine editor Pete Welding, and were previously released as Otis Spann's Chicago Blues on Testament Records. This reissue omits the solo Spann material from the original disc and highlights the group recordings featuring S.P. Leary, Johnny Young, James Cotton, Willie Dixon, and Muddy Waters. While not as revolutionary as the records Spann played on with Muddy in the late '50s, you can't deny this lineup of seminal Chicago bluesmen doing what they did best. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Get Your Hands Out of My Pocket	Otis Spann	Otis Spann	(2:34)
Nobody Knows My Troubles	Otis Spann	Otis Spann	(3:21)
Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had	McKinley Morganfield	Otis Spann	(3:40)
Who's Out There?	Otis Spann	Otis Spann	(2:33)
Spann's Boogie Woogie	Otis Spann	Otis Spann	(2:12)
Lovin' You	Otis Spann	Otis Spann	(3:25)
One Room Country Shack	Mercy Dee Walton	Otis Spann	(2:46)
Been a Long, Long Time	Otis Spann	Otis Spann	(4:25)
Worried Life Blues	Major Merriweather	Otis Spann	(4:01)
Tin Pan Alley	Robert Geddins	Otis Spann	(7:31)
I Wanna Go Home	McKinley Morganfield	Otis Spann	(5:59)
Live the Life I Love	Willie Dixon	Otis Spann	(3:22)

Credits

S.P. Leary (Drums), Pete Welding (Producer), Pee Wee Madison (Guitar), Willie Dixon Band (Bass), Muddy Waters (Vocals), Jimmy Lee Morris (Bass), Calvin "Fuzz" Jones (Bass), Robert Gordon (Liner Notes), James Cotton (Harmonica), Muddy Waters (Guitar), Otis Spann (Vocals), Francis Clay (Drums), Bob Stone (Remastering), Johnny Young (Guitar), Sammy Lawhorn (Guitar), Otis Spann (Organ), Otis Spann (Piano), Cindy Pascarello (Design), Bruce Bromberg (Compilation)