Both of the great Chicago pianist's albums for ABC-BluesWay, characterized with rippling piano and ruminative vocals. Backed in style by his mates in the
Muddy Waters band (including the man himself),
Spann responds to a studio full of people on "Popcorn Man," "Steel Mill Blues," and "Nobody Knows Chicago like I Do."
Spann's 1967 encore LP united him in the studio with wife Lucille for several vocals. ~ Bill Dahl