Charlie Spand (May 8, 1893 – after 1958)[1] was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer, noted for his barrelhouse style.
AllMusic stated that some claim he was born in Elljay, Georgia,[4] and a song he wrote, "Alabama Blues", refers to his birth in that part of the country.
[3] The researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc state that the blues musician Little Brother Montgomery said, in 1958, that Spand was still living in Chicago.
Yazoo Records' Dreaming the Blues: The Best of Charlie Spand (2002) had enhanced sound quality, but without the chronological track order favored by Testament.
[4] Spand's track "Back to the Woods" has been recorded by Kokomo Arnold, Joan Crane and Rory Block.