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Otis Rush
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Otis Rush

Otis Rush is a blues artist from United States. 40 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Blues · United States · Best blues albums

40
Releases
1956–2018
Active years
2018
Died

Discography

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Any Place I'm Going cover

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Any Place I'm Going

11 tracks

Singles & EPs

8

Live & compilations

9

Appears on

1

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1

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More about Otis Rush

Otis Rush at a glance

Born in
Philadelphia
From
United States
Active since
1956
Instruments
guitar, voice
Voice
tenor
Labels
Chess Records, Delmark Records, Cobra Records, Duke Records

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Children listed are those with their own public record, so the list may be incomplete.

About

Otis Rush (born April 29, 1935 in Philadelphia, Mississippi) is a blues musician, singer and guitarist. His distinctive guitar style features a slow burning sound and long bent notes. With similar qualities to Magic Sam and Buddy Guy, his sound became known as West Side Chicago blues and became an influence on many musicians including Michael Bloomfield and Eric Clapton. Rush is left-handed and, unlike many other left-handed guitarists, plays a left-handed instrument strung upside-down with the low E string at the bottom. He played often with the little finger of his pick hand curled under the low E for positioning. It is widely believed that this contributes to his distinctive sound. He has a wide-ranging, powerful tenor voice.

Otis Rush in brief

How many Otis Rush releases are on Riffiter?
40 releases are catalogued, spanning 1956 to 2019.
What genre is Otis Rush?
Otis Rush is catalogued under Blues.
What is the most recent Otis Rush release on Riffiter?
Little Red Rooster (Remastered), released in 2019.

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