David Maxwell

David Maxwell (March 10, 1943 – February 13, 2015) He also released a number of albums under his own name. Maxwell was nominated for a Blues Music Award in 2015 in the category Pinetop Perkins Piano Player, which was ultimately won by Marcia Ball.

Biography Maxwell was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. Maxwell became part of the local blues scene in Boston in the late 1960s, having been initially inspired by the piano stylings of Otis Spann, Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Big Maceo Merriweather, Ray Charles and Memphis Slim. He also met and befriended Spann about this time. Maxwell played on Cotton's 1997 Grammy Award–winning album Deep in the Blues. His follow-up recording, Max Attack (2003), was re-released on 95 North Records in 2005. Maxwell appeared at the Ottawa Bluesfest in 2009.

Collaborative work with Louisiana Red and Otis Spann resulted in You Got to Move (2009) and Conversations in Blue (2010), respectively.

Death Maxwell died in Massachusetts General Hospital from prostate cancer in February 2015, aged 71.

Discography Albums Year Title Record label 1997 Maximum Blues Piano Tone-Cool Records 2003 Max Attack Blue Max Records 2005 Max Attack (reissue) 95 North Records 2009 You Got to Move, with Louisiana Red Blue Max Records 2010 Conversations in Blue, with Otis Spann Circumstantial Productions 2012 Blues in Other Colors Shining Stone Records