Otis Rush
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Biography
[Edit]Breaking into the R&B Top Ten his very first time out in 1956 with the startlingly intense slow blues "I Can't Quit You Baby," southpaw guitarist Otis Rush subsequently established himself as one of the premier bluesmen on the Chicago circuit. Rush is often credited with being one of the architects of the West side guitar style, along with Magic Sam and Buddy Guy. It's a nebulous honor, since Rush played clubs on Chicago's South side just as frequently during the sound's late-'50s incubation period. Nevertheless, his esteemed status as a prime Chicago innovator is eternally assured by the ringing, vibrato-enhanced guitar work that remains his stock in trade and a tortured, super-intense vocal delivery that can force the hairs on the back of your neck upwards in silent salute. If talent alone were the formula for widespread success, Rush would certainly have been Chicago's leading blues artist. But fate, luck, and the guitarist's own idiosyncrasies conspired to hold him back on several occasions when opportunity was virtually begging to be accepted.
Rush came to Chicago in 1948, met Muddy Waters, and knew instantly what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. The omnipresent Willie Dixon caught Rush's act and signed him to Eli Toscano's Cobra Records in 1956. The frighteningly intense "I Can't Quit You Baby" was the maiden effort for both artist and label, streaking to number six on Billboard's R&B chart. His 1956-1958 Cobra legacy is a magnificent one, distinguished by the Dixon-produced minor-key masterpieces "Double Trouble" and "My Love Will Never Die," the tough-as-nails "Three Times a Fool" and "Keep on Loving Me Baby," and the rhumba-rocking classic "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)." Rush apparently dashed off the latter tune in the car en route to Cobra's West Roosevelt Road studios, where he would cut it with the nucleus of Ike Turner's combo.
After Cobra closed up shop, Rush's recording fortunes mostly floundered. He followed Dixon over to Chess in 1960, cutting another classic (the stunning "So Many Roads, So Many Trains") before moving on to Duke (one solitary single, 1962's "Homework"), Vanguard, and Cotillion (there he cut the underrated Mike Bloomfield-Nick Gravenites-produced 1969 album Mourning in the Morning, with yeoman help from the house rhythm section in Muscle Shoals). Typical of Rush's horrendous luck was the unnerving saga of his Right Place, Wrong Time album. Laid down in 1971 for Capitol Records, the giant label inexplicably took a pass on the project despite its obvious excellence. It took another five years for the set to emerge on the tiny Bullfrog label, blunting Rush's momentum once again (the album is now available on HighTone). An uneven but worthwhile 1975 set for Delmark, Cold Day in Hell, and a host of solid live albums that mostly sound very similar kept Rush's gilt-edged name in the marketplace to some extent during the '70s and '80s, a troubling period for the legendary southpaw.
In 1986, he walked out on an expensive session for Rooster Blues (Louis Myers, Lucky Peterson, and Casey Jones were among the assembled sidemen), complaining that his amplifier didn't sound right and thereby scuttling the entire project. Alligator picked up the rights to an album he had done overseas for Sonet originally called Troubles, Troubles. It turned out to be a prophetic title: much to Rush's chagrin, the firm overdubbed keyboardist Lucky Peterson and chopped out some masterful guitar work when it reissued the set as Lost in the Blues in 1991.
Finally, in 1994, the career of this Chicago blues legend began traveling in the right direction. Ain't Enough Comin' In, his first studio album in 16 years, was released on Mercury and ended up topping many blues critics' year-end lists. Produced spotlessly by John Porter with a skin-tight band, Rush roared a set of nothing but covers, but did them all his way, his blistering guitar consistently to the fore.
Once again, a series of personal problems threatened to end Rush's long-overdue return to national prominence before it got off the ground. But he's been in top-notch form in recent years, fronting a tight band that's entirely sympathetic to the guitarist's sizzling approach. Rush signed with the House of Blues' fledgling record label, instantly granting that company a large dose of credibility and setting himself up for another career push. It still may not be too late for Otis Rush to assume his rightful throne as Chicago's blues king. After another decade performing and recording albums, Live and in Concert from San Fransisco was released in 2006.
Title: Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 2: So Many Roads
Artist: Albert King, Otis Rush
Genre: Blues
Title: All Your Love I Miss Loving: Live At the Wise Fools Pub, Chicago
Artist: Otis Rush
Genre: Blues
Title: The Chicago Blues Festival
Artist: Little Walter, Otis Rush, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy
Genre: Blues
Title: Live at the Chicago Blues Festival (Digitally Remastered)
Artist: Little Walter, Otis Rush
Genre: Blues
Collections
Title: Chicago Blues: The Classic Years
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for the Road, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Devil's Blues (New Edition)
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Masterpieces, Vol. 5
Title: Whole Lotta Blues - Songs of Led Zeppelin
Genre: Blues
Title: American Folk Blues Festival '66
Genre: Blues
Title: The Tomato Delta Blues Package
Genre: Blues
Title: Boom Boom Blues Essentials
Title: The Ultimate Best of the Blues Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: House Rockin' 1950s Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Best of Chicago Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Roots of Led Zeppelin
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: Million Sellers the Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Black History Month the History of the Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Hits!
Genre: Blues
Title: Big Boss Men - A Chicago Blues Collections
Genre: Blues
Title: Antone's Tenth Anniversary Anthology
Genre: Blues
Title: Penitentiary Blues: Songs to Do Hard Times By
Genre: Blues
Title: Rockin R&B Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Otis Rush & the Heroes of Chicago Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Talent, 30 Original Songs: Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Classics: The Snuggle
Genre: Blues
Title: 40 Great R&B and Early Soul Classics
Genre:
Title: Song Shop - Volume 20
Genre: Pop
Title: The Story of the Blues, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Masterpieces vol.4
Title: 20th Anniversary - Blues in Portland
Genre: Blues
Title: Me and the Devil Blues Authentic Blues Masters
Genre: Blues
Title: An Introduction to Chicago Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Boogie Chillun & the Greatest Blues Songs of All Time!
Genre: Blues
Title: Crossroads the Best of the Classic Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Dust My Broom: Electric Blues Classics
Genre: Pop
Title: They Got The Blues Vol 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Story CD 16
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Story CD 29
Genre: Blues
Title: Compact Disc Club - Black & White Blues CD 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Blues Vol. 2 CD 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Blues Vol. 3 CD 1
Genre: Blues
Title: ABC Of The Blues CD 37
Genre: Jazz
Title: Absolutely The Best Of The Blues, Volume 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Willie Dixon'S Blues Dixonary, Volume 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Let Me Tell You About The Blues: Chicago
Genre: Blues
Title: Little Walter & Otis Rush: Blues Masters
Genre: Blues
Title: Duane Allman: An Anthology, Volume 2
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Screaming And Crying (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Screaming And Crying (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Screaming And Crying (CD3)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues Has Got Me 67 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Blues Rock
Title: Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective (CD3)
Genre: Progressive Rock, Pop
Title: MOJO - Blues Breakers!
Title: The Rough Guide To Chicago Blues
Genre: World Music
Title: The World Of Blues (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: The World Of Blues (CD4)
Genre: Blues
Title: 15 Classic Tracks As Covered By Eric Clapton
Genre: Blues
Title: The Best Of Blues... EVER!
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Blues Rock
Title: R & B: 101 All Time Greats (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: R & B: 101 All Time Greats (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: R & B - 101 All Time Greats (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: R & B - 101 All Time Greats (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Songs Of Led Zeppelin - All Blues'd Up!
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Power: Songs Of Eric Clapton
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: The Complete Blues Anthology (Doxy Collection, Remastered)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: Rocket 88. The Original 1951 - 1960 (R&B and Rock & Roll Sides)
Artist: Ike Turner
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Chicago Blues Sessions the Rarities Collection 1950 to 1965
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: He Wille Dixon Story 1940-1960 (CD4: The Record Company Man)
Artist: Willie Dixon
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz