He was captured during the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, a violent Taliban prison uprising during which Central Intelligence Agency officer Johnny " Mike " Spann was killed.

" He was asked this question because, when questioned by Spann, an Iraqi in the group identified Lindh as an English speaker.

Moments later, around 11 am, the makeshift prison was the scene of a violent Taliban uprising, known as the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, in which Spann was killed along with hundreds of foreign fighters.

I was going to Le Hibou and hearing James Cotton, Otis Spann, Pinetop Perkins, and Muddy Waters.

* Johnny Micheal Spann, was an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) and the first American killed in combat after the U. S. invasion of Afghanistan.

The pianist on the " Johnny B. Goode " session was Lafayette Leake, one of the two main session pianists for Chess ( the other being Otis Spann ).

In 1969, Butterfield also took part in a concert at Chicago's Auditorium Theater and a subsequent recording session organized by record producer Norman Dayron, featuring Muddy Waters and backed by pianist Otis Spann, Michael Bloomfield, Sam Lay, Donald " Duck " Dunn, and Buddy Miles, which was recorded and portions released on Fathers And Sons on Chess Records.

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

At the age of 14, he was playing in bands around Jackson, finding more inspiration in the 78s of Big Maceo Merriweather, who took the young pianist under his wing once Spann migrated to Chicago in 1946.

Although he recorded periodically as a solo artist, Spann was a full-time member of the Muddy Waters band from 1952 to 1968.

He recorded a session with the guitarist Robert Lockwood, Jr. and vocalist St. Louis Jimmy in 1960, which was issued on Otis Spann Is The Blues and Walking The Blues.

Othmar Spann ( October 1, 1878, Altmannsdorf, Vienna-July 8, 1950, Neustift bei Schlaining ) was a conservative Austrian philosopher, sociologist and economist whose radical anti-liberal and anti-Socialist views, based on early 19th century Romantic ideas expressed by Adam Müller et al.

Othmar Spann was the son of Josef Spann, a manufacturer and inventor.

From 1914 to 1918, during the first World war, Spann was a first lieutenant of the reserve.

In 1919, Spann was appointed to a position at the University of Vienna where he taught until 1938.

Spann was popular with students, not only for his lectures which would spill out into the hallways at the University, but also for mid-summer festivals which he would hold in the woods where he would teach that " the ability to intuit essences was nurtured by jumping over the fire ..." ( Caldwell 2004, 138-9 )

Expectations were high for the 2007 – 08 season, as there had been the signings of players such as Anthony Williams, Richard Hope, Michael Proctor, Silvio Spann and Eifion Williams and a push for promotion was expected by the fans after the disappointment of last season.

Johnny Micheal " Mike " Spann ( March 1, 1969 – November 25, 2001 ) was a paramilitary operations officer in the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division.

Spann was the first American killed in combat during the U. S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

Johnny Micheal Spann was originally from the small town of Winfield, Alabama, the son of a real estate agent.

* Johnny Micheal Spann, an operative of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) and the first American killed in combat after the U. S. invasion of Afghanistan.

Hundreds of prisoners are killed as well as 40 Alliance fighters and one U. S. CIA operative, Johnny Micheal Spann.

* Mike Spann, CIA field officer and the first Agency operative to be killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Haidl, Keith James Spann and Kyle Joseph Nachreiner, violated her with foreign objects, and are seen laughing and joking with one another during the assault.

Gloria Carter Spann did not see her son even once during the last twenty-one years of her life.

They re-recorded the songs at Chess Studios with a backing ensemble comprising Otis Spann ( piano ), Lester Davenport ( harmonica ), Frank Kirkland ( drums ), and Jerome Green ( maracas ).

He and other fighters were questioned by Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) officers Johnny " Mike " Spann and Dave " Dawson " Tyson at General Dostum's military garrison, Qala-i-Jangi, near Mazār-e Sharīf.

King, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Eddie Boyd, Otis Spann, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley on their United Kingdom tours, the custom at that time being for US singers to travel solo and be backed by pickup bands.

Spann gigged on his own, and with guitarist Morris Pejoe, working a regular spot at the Tic Toc Lounge before hooking up with Muddy Waters in 1952.

In April-May 1964, at the height of a surge of popular interest in the blues, she toured Europe as part of the Blues and Gospel Caravan, alongside Muddy Waters and Otis Spann, Ranson Knowling and Little Willie Smith, Reverend Gary Davis, Cousin Joe and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

After graduating from Auburn with a bachelor of science in criminal justice / law enforcement in 1992, Spann attended the Marines ' Officer Candidates School at Quantico, Virginia.

Spann is memorialized with a star on the CIA Memorial Wall at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia that commemorates individuals who died in the line of duty.

Spann is buried in section 34 at Arlington National Cemetery.

A small memorial to Mike Spann exists at Qala-i-Jangi Fortress outside of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and a forward operating base is named in his honor.

He himself at first advocated the Ständestaat concept of the Austrofascist movement according to the ideas developed by Othmar Spann and would have rather preferred the affiliation with the Federal State of Austria than with Nazi Germany.

He became a nocturnal wanderer and often disappeared for three or four days at a time, leaving Mrs. Spann frantic.

" Spann is buried in the Lebanon Church Cemetery near Plains, Georgia where her parents and brother, Billy Carter, are also buried.

In 1960 he made an album with Bluesville Records, and sang on a Candid Records session with Robert Lockwood, Jr. and Otis Spann.

* 1970 – Otis Spann, American pianist ( b. 1930 )

While being interviewed by John Spann he still did not reveal that he is a United States citizen.

* October 22 – Gloria Carter Spann, sister of former President Jimmy Carter ( d. 1990 )

* October 1 – Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist ( d. 1950 )

In the 1960s he played with visiting American blues, soul and jazz musicians including Rufus Thomas, Mose Allison, Otis Spann, and Champion Jack Dupree.

Jones and Mahoney were later replaced by George Spann and Royal Height.

Paez continued to fight, but he had mixed results versus former world champions Lupe Suarez and Tracy Spann he and Suarez drew in 10 rounds, he beat Spann by a 10 round decision.

Otis Spann and Pinetop Perkins, two of the best known blues pianists, are heavily boogie-woogie influenced, with the latter taking both his name and signature tune from Pinetop Smith.

Notable blues pianists include Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Dr. John, and Ray Charles.