SPANN, OTIS. Bluesman ( in Jackson, Mississippi; in Chicago, Illinois). He was taught to play piano blues by
Friday Ford
, but his style also reflected the influence of Big Maceo, Sunnyland Slim
(Albert Luandrew), and Blind
John Davis, among others. In 1947 he settled in Chicago, where he began a longtime association with Muddy Waters
(McKinley Morganfield). Spann was one of the few Chicago blues pianists whose playing resisted the influence of rock or country...