The Blues Is Where It's At

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The Blues Is Where It's At
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Studio album by
Otis Spann
Released1966
RecordedAugust 30, 1966
Studio Cafe Au Go Go, Bleecker Street, New York City
Genre Blues
Length31:40
Label BluesWay
BL/BLS 6003
Producer Bob Thiele
Otis Spann chronology
Otis Spann's Chicago Blues
(1966)		The Blues Is Where It's At
(1966)		 The Bottom of the Blues
(1967)

The Blues Is Where It's At is an album by blues pianist/vocalist Otis Spann recorded in 1966 and originally released by the BluesWay label. [1] [2] [3]

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Track listing

All compositions by Otis Spann except where noted

  1. "Popcorn Man" (McKinley Morganfield) − 2:20
  2. "Brand New House" (Bobby Darin, Woody Harris) − 3:04
  3. "Chicago Blues" (Otis Spann, George Spink) − 3:19
  4. "Steel Mill Blues" − 4:17
  5. "Down On Sarah Street" − 3:05
  6. "T'Aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" (Porter Grainger, Clarence Williams, Robert Prince) − 3:52
  7. "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Party Blues)" − 2:35
  8. "My Home Is On the Delta" (Morganfield) − 3:12
  9. "Spann Blues" − 4:28

Personnel

Technical

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