"Otis Rush's 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."
-- All Music Guide
A compilation album with all the standards from one of the greats - it is always enjoyable to listen - don't you think?
Otis Rush - All Your Love
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This clip is from the DVD "Otis Rush - Live at Montreux 1986". It was released in 2006. I was listening to it this morning, and it struck me what a wonderful performance of "Everyday I Have the Blues" by Luther Allison this is. I really like the ad libed lyrics and how he plays his guitar.
Otis Rush - Live at Montreux 1986
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DVD Description;
Southpaw guitarist Otis Rush made his debut in 1956 with a cover of Willie Dixon’s "I Can’t Quit You Baby", charting his first Top Ten R&B hit. Over the course of his 50-year career, Rush has established himself as one of the premiere bluesmen on the Chicago circuit.
Often credited with being one of the architects of the West side guitar style, Rush’s esteemed status as a prime Chicago innovator is eternally assured by his trademark sound. Blues fans have said that his combination of ringing, vibrato-enhanced guitar work with an intense vocal delivery is powerful enough to force the hair on the backs of their necks upwards in silent salute.
Otis Rush Live At Montreux 1986 features the Chicago blues legend at his spine-tingling best. For his first appearance at the Montreux Festival, Rush is joined on stage by fellow blues stars Eric Clapton and Luther Allison for a truly special show. The DVD features nearly an hour-and-a-half of performances of Rush classics, including "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)", "Double Trouble" and many more.
Tracklisting:
1) Tops
2) Will My Woman Be Home Tonight
3) Lonely Man
4) Gambler’s Blues
5) Natural Ball
6) Right Place, Wrong Time
7) Mean Old World
8) You Don’t Love Me
9) Crosscut Saw (feat. Eric Clapton)
10) Double Trouble (feat. Eric Clapton)
11) All Your Love (I Miss Loving) (feat. Eric Clapton)
12) Every Day I Have The Blues (feat. Luther Allison & Eric Clapton)
His accolades speak for themselves.
Amazon UK Reckless
Bad News Is Coming
1996 Handy awards - Male Artist of the Year
Luther Allison, Joe Louis Walker, Coco Montoya, Otis Rush, Robert Ward
1997 Handy awards - Contemporary Blues -- Male Artist of the Year
Luther Allison, Big Jack Johnson, Keb' Mo', Coco Montoya, Joe Louis Walker
1998 5 Handy awards are:
- Blues Entertainer of the Year
- Blues Band of the Year -- Luther and the James Solberg Band
- Contemporary Blues -- Male Artist of the Year
- Contemporary Blues Album of the Year -- "Reckless"
- Blues Instrumentalist -- Guitar
- Blues Song of the Year -- "Living in the House of the Blues" (Reckless)
It's always good to see live performances
"I lay awake at night with thoughts of love, just so troubledFrom Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (The Blues Collection Vol.19) - 05 - Double Trouble
It is hard to keep a job, laid off, having double trouble
But hey hey yeah,
they say you can make it if you try,
Yes, some of this generation is millionares,
it's hard for me to keep decent clothes to wear
Your love has got me walking baby
and I have no place to go
Bad luck and trouble taken me
I have no money to show
But, hey hey to make it you've got to try
Baby that's no lie
Yes, some of this generation is millionares,
it is hard for me to keep decent clothes to wear"
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To continue the series of great Delmark products, Delmark Records' 55th anniversary, 55 Years Of Blues will include one CD and one DVD.
The CD features music by such acclaimed Chicago blues artists as Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Speckled Red, and others.
The DVD features video from previous Delmark video releases by folks like Little Arthur, Dave Specter and Byther Smith. It will also include a performance from the anniversary celebration held last March at Buddy Guy's Legends club, Chicago blues legend Zora Young performing "Til The Fat Lady Sings" with Lurrie Bell. (Release date: 10/21/08)
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Here is a cool video of another one of my favorite bluesmen. A man who not only played the blues but lived the blues. Otis Rush's guitar style is what intrigues me the most about him. He plays a right handed guitar left handed, upside down without restringing it. I think this makes the sound of his guitar playing unique. He has a big old tone on almost every note. Then there is the voice, he has a very powerful tenor voice that is shown well here.
I like how Mr. Rush totally looks the part of a bluesman in this video, neat dress, black sunglasses, processed hair. And then there is the audience in this video, straight out of the sixties. Too cool.
