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Deepest Blue Posts: 716 Apr 24 05 6:31 AM	Tags : None Let's hear it for Otis Spann who died exactly 35 years ago today. Amazing to think that had he survived he'd have only been 75!
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Deepest Blue Posts: 7329 Apr 24 05 10:04 PM	to he memory and music of Otis Spann ... definitely one of my favorites ... I love those left-hand low bass notes he used when soloing. Most effective. ... and Otis Spann is credited with one of my favorite blues quotes, as well: "White folks like the music .... Black folks like the stories." Here's to a great bluesman's life, memory, and musical legacy. Hawkeye Hawkeye Herman 1998 Blues Foundation "Keeping the Blues Alive" award recipient Iowa Blues Hall of Fame inductee Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theatre "If it's good for the blues, it's good for everyone." - H.H. www.HawkeyeHerman.com Hawkeye MP3 downloads www.CDBaby.com/Hawkeye Iowa Blues Hall of Fame Blues Foundation's "Keeping The Blues Alive" Award Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theatre Hawkeye at YouTube.com Hawkeye at FaceBook.com Hawkeye original articles/blues history Hawkeye�s free online guitar lessons Hawkeye teaches guitar at JamPlay.com Hawkeye at MySpace.com Hawkeye at Live Blues World Hawkeye at ReverbNation.com Hawkeye at BandVillage.com Hawkeye audio tracks at Soundclick.com
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Deepest Blue Posts: 18977 Apr 25 05 2:56 AM	No doubt about it - one of the most noted figures in blues history. Hard to believe he'd only be 75!!!! Never put off til tomorrow what you can do the day after. Colorado, USA
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Posts: 203 Apr 25 05 11:53 PM	Otis, thank you for who you were and what you did!
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Deepest Blue Posts: 7079 Apr 26 05 7:29 AM	R.I.P. Otis, it doesn't seem like 35 years. Thanks for the music Otis, pity you left early. On another note its also 1 year ago 24th. April 2004 that this Forum was put on the "unrestricted" basis allowing as many members online as we wished. Coincedence?? blindman Aberdeen - Scotland Not even Forumer is Gonna Put Me Down!
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