Otis Clay Archives

Otis Clay Truth Is (Putting Love Back into The Music)

Richard Ludmerer blues, making a Scene, Otis Clay, richard ludmerer, Truth is November 3, 2014

Otis Clay Truth Is (Putting Love Back into The Music) Echo Records Otis Clay was born February 11th, 1942. He sang in church and became a gospel singer. After moving from Mississippi to Chicago he was a member of the Sensational Nightingales. Clay also had a contract with One-derful! a record label, that wanted him […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Otis Clay and Johnny Rawls Soul Brothers

Richard Ludmerer Johnny rawls, making a Scene, Otis Clay, richard ludmere, Soul Brothers September 23, 2014

Otis Clay and Johnny Rawls Soul Brothers Catfood Records Soul Brothers Otis Clay and Johnny Rawls are quite a pair. Otis Clay has recorded for Cotillion, Hi-Records, Bullseye, Blind Pig, and the Echo record imprints. He is a 2013 Blues Hall of Fame inductee. Rawls was O.V. Wright’s musical director and guitarist and his last […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Music Review: Dave Specter- “Message in Blue”

Rhetta Akamatsu blues, Dave Specter, Message in Blue, Otis Clay July 16, 2014

Dave Specter sets out to deliver a “Message in Blue” on his new CD, and the message is that he can write and deliver great instrumentals in a variety of blues moods. Here, he delivers songs that are defined by their titles: “New West Side Stroll,” “Chicago Style,” “Funkified Outer Space,” “The Spectifyin’ Samba,” “Jefferson […]