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Tier 2 · legacy legend
Otis Grand
Person · male · United States · Beirut · born 1950 · died 2023 · recording since 1992
American blues musician (1950–2023)
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Also known as 奥蒂斯·格兰德
Timeline
12 events▣ Album 9◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1950s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Big Blues From Texas
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography309 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1319443931
Biography
Fred Bishti (February 14, 1950 – June 2023), known professionally as Otis Grand, was a Lebanese-born American blues musician, best known for his album, Perfume & Grime
Perfume & GrimeSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Six Ways (Pam's Tune)4:272How Come5:463Between Heaven & Hell5:274Don't Ask Why3:455Magic Mood3:566Knock, Knock3:017Perfume & Grime8:058Just One More Time4:019100 Years5:3810She's Got My Dog3:1811When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer6:0012It Took a Long Time4:1613Has Been Husband3:5614Grime Time4:59 (1996) and his exciting live performances. He was honoured with the Presidential Medal for Arts by the Republic of Lebanon in 2009.
Biography
Grand was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Otis Grand spent much of his life in the United States. He played with local blues musicians at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, California, and made contacts that would later prove useful; such as Joe Louis Walker who produced his debut album, Always Hot (1988). He later cited his early influences as being B.B. King, Otis Rush, Johnny Otis and T-Bone Walker. By the late 1980s, Grand was based in the UK where he and his Dance Kings became a popular nightclub act. He was voted 'Best UK Blues Guitarist' seven years running (1990–1996) by the British Blues Connection magazine. In 1991, Grand co-starred with his backing band and Guitar Shorty, on the My Way or the Highway album.
Joe Louis Walker also played on Grand's next album, He Knows the BluesHe Knows the BluesSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Things Are Getting Harder to Do4:142You Hurt Me5:243Jumpin' for Jimmy4:454Grand Style3:365Real Gone Lover3:356SRV (My Mood Too)5:537Leave Me That Girl4:228Ham5:479Your Love Pulls No Punches5:1910Swing Turn4:5111Teach Me How to Love You2:1512He Knows the Blues0:53 (1992) alongside Calvin Owens, Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis, and the singer Jimmy Nelson. The album was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award. Nothing Else Matters (1994) involved Curtis Salgado, Sugar Ray Norcia, and Kim Wilson, whilst Walker and Salgado returned for Perfume & Grime (1996) which also utilised Luther Allison and Darrell Nulisch.
In 1997, Grand guested on Joe Louis Walker's album, Great Guitars. In March 2009, Grand appeared on stage at the Arts Centre in Cranleigh, Surrey, England.
In addition to living in Lebanon and the United States, Grand lived in France and resided for much of his later life in Croydon, England.
His death was announced on June 9, 2023, via British live music promoter Pete Feenstra's Twitter account.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 13 | 84th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (13 release groups · 10 studio albums)
Albums · 10
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:20
1Dressin' Trashy3:512Young Devil3:543She's Gone7:014Bluesmobile5:325Beatrice, Beatrice4:096Don't Leave Me Baby2:457Play Me Some Blues6:388Insomnia3:009Goodie Train4:2110She Torture Me4:2411You're So Fine4:3912Big Blues From Texas4:061992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:54
1Things Are Getting Harder to Do4:142You Hurt Me5:243Jumpin' for Jimmy4:454Grand Style3:365Real Gone Lover3:356SRV (My Mood Too)5:537Leave Me That Girl4:228Ham5:479Your Love Pulls No Punches5:1910Swing Turn4:5111Teach Me How to Love You2:1512He Knows the Blues0:531992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:54
1Things Are Getting Harder to Do4:142You Hurt Me5:243Jumpin' for Jimmy4:454Grand Style3:365Real Gone Lover3:356SRV (My Mood Too)5:537Leave Me That Girl4:228Ham5:479Your Love Pulls No Punches5:1910Swing Turn4:5111Teach Me How to Love You2:1512He Knows the Blues0:531994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:03:46
1Finish Line4:382Careless Living4:543No Reason4:0545 to 99 Blues3:275Mother in Law Blues4:486Marginal Man5:197Looking for a New Baby4:198Things I Forgot to Do5:019Waiting for the Hard Times to Go7:4510Coldburn (The Master's Gone)2:5911All Night Long4:2212Common Sense3:1713Days of Old2:4314You Win, I Lose3:3015Looking Good2:391996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:06:35
1Six Ways (Pam's Tune)4:272How Come5:463Between Heaven & Hell5:274Don't Ask Why3:455Magic Mood3:566Knock, Knock3:017Perfume & Grime8:058Just One More Time4:019100 Years5:3810She's Got My Dog3:1811When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer6:0012It Took a Long Time4:1613Has Been Husband3:5614Grime Time4:591997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:03:07
1Beatrice, Beatrice4:122Young Devil3:453Insomnia3:034They Killed Crazy Horse3:345Why Oh Why4:276Blues for T Bone8:117Down Thru' the Years5:228No Educated Woman5:179Chains of Love4:3610Jimmy's Jump (medley)4:5111Cheese and Crackers3:4212I'm the One6:4613Sit Right Here5:212000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 54:04
1The Return of Honk5:092Camilla’s Hop4:113Mama Don’t5:244Fruit Boots4:505Big Legged Woman7:336They Killed Crazy Horse3:347Castle Rock7:178Why Oh Why4:279Blues for T-Bone7:3910Down but Not Out4:002000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:07:08
1The Freeze4:202Blues From the Heart8:283No Love in My Heart (For You)5:304In the Open5:435The Things I Forgot to Do5:196Buzz Me5:087Lonely Man3:468Come on in This House7:009Blues Is King4:5910Blues Get Off My Shoulder9:3511OG Ballbuster1:3312Looking Good2:171338th Street Blues3:302006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:08:18
1Three Time Loser4:132Slo-Mo-Shun3:453I'm Glad to Go4:054Never Raise My Hand6:525Overdrive3:526Mooki Sooki4:017Every Girl I See6:098Satan's Blues8:179Nutcracker Rock3:1210Gordon's Complaint3:4711Hipster Blues No. 55:2312Guitar Lovin' Blues6:4113The Memphis Push5:3414Sad Blues (for Peter Green)2:272013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:02:38
1Pretend3:212Who Will the Next Fool Be5:333Bad News Blues on TV4:334Rumba Conga Twist5:595Do You Remember (When)7:506I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water4:587Midnight Blues4:548Please Don't Leave4:539In Your Backyard3:3910The Shag Shuffle4:3111Warning Blues4:5412Those Days Are Gone3:0313Baby Please Don't Tease4:30
Album · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Live AnthologySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:07:081The Freeze4:20 2Blues From the Heart8:28 3No Love in My Heart (For You)5:30 4In the Open5:43 5The Things I Forgot to Do5:19 6Buzz Me5:08 7Lonely Man3:46 8Come on in This House7:00 9Blues Is King4:59 10Blues Get Off My Shoulder9:35 11OG Ballbuster1:33 12Looking Good2:17 1338th Street Blues3:30 | Live | 2000 | |
| 2002 | In Grand StyleSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 34 tracks · 2:35:57Disc 1 1Love at First Sight2:58 2Woke Up This Morning4:21 3Fix Our Love4:44 4Always Hot3:13 5Whole Lotta Lovin’4:13 6Don’t Know Why5:42 7No Alibi3:46 8Things Are Getting Harder to Do4:13 9Grand Style3:35 10Real Gone Lover3:34 11Srv (My Mood Too)5:53 12Leave That Girl4:19 13Your Love Pulls No Punches5:19 14Teach Me How to Love You2:16 15He Knows the Blues0:56 16Finish Line4:38 17Careless Living4:54 18No Reasons4:07 195 to 99 Blues3:27 20Looking Good2:39 Disc 21Things I Forgot to Do5:02 2All Night Long4:22 3Waiting for the Hard Times to Go7:46 4Six Way’s (P.M.s Tune)4:25 5How Come5:44 6Between Heaven & Hell5:25 7Perfume and Grime8:03 8100 Years5:37 9When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer5:58 10Grime Time5:01 11Westside Bossman4:41 12There Was a Time3:52 13Don’t Talk About Me5:30 14It’s a Little Too Late5:44 | Compilation | 2002 |
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Otis GrandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 16:051Grime Time5:03 2How Come5:46 3My Kind of Blues5:16 | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Otis Grand head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 13 | 84th |
| Studio albums | 10 | 91.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Otis Grand Blues Band(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otis-grand.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46ae5a28-b213-4a46-83cb-ce28929a2bcediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46ae5a28-b213-4a46-83cb-ce28929a2bcecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7108788genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7108788seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Grandbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Grand
Why this artist is in the database
- List of blues musicians — rank #41
| 1950 | 2023 | U.S. | Electric blues |
Tier rule: genre canon: blues
Image: Hreinn Gudlaugsson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q7108788 · MusicBrainz: 46ae5a28-b213-4a46-83cb-ce28929a2bce
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