# Blues Guitarist Otis Rush - RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-guitarist-otis-rush-rip/822241 "2018-10-01T04:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-guitarist-otis-rush-rip/822241/1 "2018-10-01T04:14:32Z")
Story here: [https://www.npr.org/2018/09/30/653129759/otis-rush-chicago-blues-legend-dies-at-84](https://www.npr.org/2018/09/30/653129759/otis-rush-chicago-blues-legend-dies-at-84) Phenomenal guitar player who could hold his own with the legends. This record is a good place to start, if you’re curious… [The Essential Otis Rush: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958](https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Otis-Rush/dp/B004LB689Q) ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-guitarist-otis-rush-rip/822241/2 "2018-10-01T04:48:24Z")
RIP Otis Damn, are there any of the old masters left? I’m drawing a blank. I never say Otis Rush but I sure knew his music, and played one of his songs every one of the weekly blues radio shows I DJ’d for 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-guitarist-otis-rush-rip/822241/3 "2018-10-01T04:50:04Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > RIP Otis > > Damn, are there any of the old masters left? I’m drawing a blank. I never say Otis Rush but I sure knew his music, and played one of his songs every one of the weekly blues radio shows I DJ’d for 4 years. Buddy guy.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-guitarist-otis-rush-rip/822241/4 "2018-10-01T05:39:51Z")
Damn, sorry to see you go, sir. The only consolation I can think of is that I know who I’ll hear on the blues shows this week. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-guitarist-otis-rush-rip/822241/5 "2018-10-01T10:15:23Z")
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s cover of his song 'All Your Love I Miss Loving" smokes! And you know what? So does the original. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blues-guitarist-otis-rush-rip/822241/6 "2018-10-01T19:49:21Z")
I no longer have a favorite living guitarist. I saw Otis Rush once in concert. He played maybe 12 notes in the better part of an hour while other band members seemed to get two or three solos per song. I was very depressed afterward, but I didn’t hold it against him or his music. I kept listening and enjoying. I get something out of the man’s music I don’t get anywhere else. I would say _So Many Roads: Live in Concert_ represents his best playing, most especially the title track: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JQwtTwSwR-0/hqdefault.jpg "Otis Rush- So Many Roads") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQwtTwSwR-0) This live version of “I Wonder Why” comes from _Tops_ album: I am glad his suffering has ended and very grateful he left behind so many notes.