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About Otis Rush

Origin: Philadelphia, MS

Decades: 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's

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. He remains so today. 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 Otis Rush played clubs on Chicago's South side just as frequently during the sound's late-'50s... Read More

Influences on Otis Rush

Muddy Waters, Albert King, Little Milton, T-Bone Walker, and B.B. King

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Led Zeppelin and Luther Allison

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Monday November 16 2009 07:12 PM
“ If he doesn't touch you, who ever will? ”
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Thursday April 23 2009 04:50 PM
“ He is so great! ”
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Wednesday April 08 2009 11:58 AM
“ one of the great american bluesmen ”
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Monday July 14 2008 12:06 AM
“ Otis Rush was a dynamo at Yorkville's Riverboat in the 60s where I swept floors and hung out. ”
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