The Biggest Thing Since Colossus

by Otis Spann

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	12/28/1999
Label:	Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	5099747597220
Rank:	84756

Tracks

1. My Love Depends on You
2. Walkin'
3. It Was a Big Thing
4. Temperature Is Rising (100.2¿¿F)
5. Dig You
6. No More Doggin'
7. Ain't Nobody's Business
8. She Needs Some Loving
9. I Need Some Air
10. Someday Baby

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Otis Spann   Primary Artist,Vocals,Piano
Fleetwood Mac   Primary Artist
Peter Green   Guitar
S.P. Leary   Drums
Danny Kirwan   Guitar
John McVie   Bass

Technical Credits

Porter Grainger   Composer
Everett Robbins   Composer
Richard Vernon   Coordination
Otis Spann   Composer
Mike Vernon   Liner Notes,Producer
Jules Taub   Composer
Rosco Gordon   Composer
Terence Ibbott   Photography,Sleeve Design
Warren Slaten   Engineer
Fleetwood Mac   Performer