General Article name: Biggest Thing Since Colossus
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: MUSIC ON VINYL Number of tracks: 10 Tracklist LP - 1 Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - My Love Depends On You Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - Walkin' Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - It Was A Big Thing Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - Temperature Is Rising Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - Dig You Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - No More Doggin' Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - Ain't Nobody's Business Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - She Needs Some Loving Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - I Need Some Air Spann, Otis & Fleetwood Mac - Someday Baby   Description Description

In January of 1969, British power blues quintet Fleetwood Mac came to Chess Records studios to jam with the likes of Willie Dixon, S.P. Leary, Honeyboy Edwards, and longtime Muddy Waters' pianist Otis Spann. The sessions were so rich and fruitful that three-fifths of the Mac (specifically bassist John McVie and guitarists Peter Green and Danny Kirwin) impressed Spann enough to cut a record with them at the same sessions. While the classic "Country Girl" and a seven-minute "Someday Soon Baby" (which features a lengthy intro from Green on which Spann can be heard barely off mic telling the rest of the band to "let him play on") ended up on the Mac's Blues Jam at Chess double set: remaining cuts included "Dig You" and "Walkin'" and are a near perfect match of Spann's exciting, emotive singing and the Mac's youthful muscle. The Biggest Thing Since Colossus was released on Mac manager/producer/strongman Mike Vernon's London-based Blue Horizon label. ~ John Duffy

John Duffy

Contributors Artist: SPANN OTIS & FLEETWOOD MAC Artist: Otis Spann