Otis Rush (born April 29, 1934 in Philadelphia, Mississippi) is a blues musician and guitarist. After moving to Chicago in the early 1950s, Rush made a name for himself playing in clubs on both the South Side and West side blues scenes. From 1956 to 1959, he recorded for the Cobra label and had hits with "All Your Love I Miss Lovin'" and Willie Dixon's "I Can't Quit You Baby" in 1957. Jump to: navigation, search April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Philadelphia is a city located in Neshoba County, Mississippi. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see blues (disambiguation) Blues is a vocal and instrumental music form which emerged in the African-American community of the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles, and the largest inland city in the country. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the... Jump to: navigation, search 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He recorded several singles on the Chess Records label in the early 1960s and began playing in other cities in the US and Europe. His distinctive guitar style features a slow burn sound and long bent notes achieved by pushing the strings across the neck to increase their tension and raise the pitch. With similar, yet unique qualities, to Luther Allison, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy and Albert King, his sound became known as West Side Chicago blues and became an influence on Michael Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Jump to: navigation, search Chess Records was an American record label, based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Jump to: navigation, search The acoustic archtop guitar, used in Jazz music, features steel strings The guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Jump to: navigation, search Luther Allison (August 17, 1939–August 12, 1997) was an American blues guitarist. ... Magic Sam was born Sam Maghett (February 2, 1937) in Grenada, Mississippi (died December 12, 1969) and was a blues guitarist and singer. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image:Albert King. ... Michael Bloomfield is the name of: Michael J. Bloomfield, an astronaut Mike Bloomfield, a guitarist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jump to: navigation, search Eric Clapton at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiffs Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005 Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945) is a Grammy winning British guitarist and composer. ... At least two notable persons have been named Peter Green: Peter Green (musician), founder of Fleetwod Mac Peter Green (historian) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jump to: navigation, search Vaughan performing with his Number One Stratocaster Stevie Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 in Dallas, Texas – August 27, 1990) was an American blues guitar legend, known as one of the most influential electric blues musicians in history. ...

In 1968, the album Mourning in the Morning was released on Atlantic Records and attracted attention. Signed to Mercury Records in 1976, he remained with the label for twenty years. Rush continued to produce quality recordings and perform live throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1999 Otis Rush earned a Grammy Award for best traditional blues album for his 1998 release, Any Place I'm Goin'. Jump to: navigation, search 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is a record label founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, principally as a R&B label. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999(MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Grammy Awards (originally the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

External links

• Otis Rush Discography