''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 many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Early life
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recorded in Chicago in 1968 and released by
Vanguard Records
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Reception
AllMusic
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reviewer Mark Allan writes "While the Muddy Waters sideman is best known for piano, his soulful organ steals the show on this late-'60s release. His singing is serviceable, helped by wife Lucille Spann on two cuts.
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co-founder
Barry Melton plays lead guitar, with
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson taking the second chair."
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) − 3:44
# "The New Boogaloo" − 2:09
# "Mule Kicking in My Stall" − 3:30
Personnel
*Otis Spann − vocals, piano, organ
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Barry Melton − lead guitar
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Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson − second guitar
*Jos Davidson − bass
*Lonnie Taylor − drums
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Lucille Spann − 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