Otis Rush - Mourning In The Morning (1969, 2006)

Artist: Otis Rush
Album: Mourning In The Morning
Country: US
Genre: Electric chicago blues
Release: 1969 (2006)
Quality: FLAC | lossless

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. Rush was often credited with being one of the architects of the West Side guitar style, along with Magic Sam and Buddy Guy. It was a nebulous honor, since Rush played clubs on Chicago's South Side just as frequently during the sound's late-'50s incubation period. Nevertheless, his esteemed status as a prime Chicago innovator was eternally assured by the ringing, vibrato-enhanced guitar work that remained his stock in trade and a tortured, super-intense vocal delivery that could force the hairs on the back of your neck upwards in silent salute. If talent alone were the formula for widespread success, Rush would certainly have been Chicago's leading blues artist. But fate, luck, and the guitarist's own idiosyncrasies conspired to hold him back on several occasions when opportunity was virtually begging to be accepted.

Tracklist:
1. Me (Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites) - 2:55
2. Working Man (Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites) - 2:25
3. You're Killing My Love (Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites) - 3:00
4. Feel So Bad (Chuck Willis) - 3:39
5. Gambler's Blues (B.B. King, Jules Taub) - 5:39
6. Baby, I Love You (Ronnie Shannon) - 3:09
7. My Old Lady (Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites) - 2:11
8. My Love Will Never Die (Otis Rush) - 4:33
9. Reap What You Sow (Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites, Paul Butterfield) - 4:54
10.It Takes Time (Otis Rush) - 3:26
11.Can't Wait No Longer (Mike Bloomfield, Nick Gravenites) - 3:52