Otis Spann - T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do [HD]

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Otis Spann sings 'T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do'. This song was recorded in NYC in August 1966 and first on his 1967 Bluesway album 'The Blues Is Where It's At'. Muddy Waters is on backing guitar. The song on this video is from the 1973 Bluesway compilation album of various singers 'Blues Classics, Vol. 2'. The lyrics are below with comments about the song and Otis Spann.

Note: Otis Spann's version of this very early blues standard has lyrics different from other versions.

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T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do (Singer: Otis Spann)

[Nobody's business, yeah]

Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, have mercy
It ain't nobody's business, can you hear me, if I do

Now me and my baby fuss and fight
Yes, and next Monday we's alright
Ain't nobody's business, have mercy, if we do

One of these days, yes, I'm gonna take a look, child
And go right down, way down back to hometown
It ain't nobody's business, have mercy, child, if I do

[Watch out, Mr. Lawhorn]

Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, have mercy, child
Ain't nobody's business, have mercy, if I do

Lord, have mercy on me
But it ain't nobody's business if I do

Songwriters: Porter Grainger, Clarence Williams, Graham Prince
[Lyrics transcribed from song audio]

Personnel: Otis Spann − piano, vocals, George Smith − harmonica, Luther Johnson, Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn − guitar, Mac Arnold − electric bass, Francis Clay – drums.

Wikipedia states:

"Ain't Nobody's Business" (originally "Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do") is a 1920s blues song that became one of the first blues standards. It was published in 1922 by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins. The song features a lyrical theme of freedom of choice and a vaudeville jazz–style musical arrangement. It was first recorded, as "'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do", in 1922 by Anna Meyers, backed by the Original Memphis Five.

Recordings by other classic female blues singers, including Sara Martin, Alberta Hunter, and Bessie Smith soon followed. In 1947, the song was revived by the jump blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon as "Ain't Nobody's Business". It was the best-selling race record of 1949 and inspired numerous adaptations of the song. In 2011, Witherspoon's rendition was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame as a "Classic of Blues Recording".

Otis Spann (March 21, 1924 or 1930 – April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician, whom many consider to be the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.