Yes, I’m Still Going On About Otis Rush
After listening to So Many Roads, I realized my day would not be complete until I’d listened to my #1 favorite electric blues album: Right Place, Wrong Time.
If you don’t own a copy of this album in one format or another, we’re not friends.
I’m not saying it’s the greatest electric blues album ever. I’ve listened to a lot, but nowhere near enough of them to feel qualified to make that pronouncement. I can tell you I enjoy listening to this more than any other electric blues album in my collection and that it has never gotten old or stale to me. I’m still surprised by it, moved by it, and in awe of it.
Apparently, I’m not the only one who appreciates this one. I stumbled on to a post at another music site — written earlier this month — that considers this album a buried treasure. Truer words were never spoken.
I listened to random Otis songs to begin the morning and some of those songs were from this album. As I was listening to them this morning, I was disappointed by the thinness of the sound. That is no longer an issue. I went home for lunch and treated myself. I converted this album from AAC encoded at 128 kbps to Apple Lossless Format. I’m now listening to this glorious album on my iPod in lossless format and I can hear the heft and the weight. The 160GB iPod was definitely the way to go!
Now I want to go home and listen to this on my stereo at home with my legs propped up. This album is a classic.
Filed under: Bloggin' the Blues, Otis Rush
Otis Rush is hands down the most overlooked guitarist in blues.
My point exactly, Pico. He gets lost in the flood and it’s a shame because he is extraordinary.
Do you have a favorite cut or album?
Yes, I like “1956-1958: His Cobra Recordings.” Essential classic Chicago electric blues from around the beginning of his career.
Those early sides are great, great, great stuff! I have that collection, too. His ’60s and ’70s work is a little more unpredictable, but his best from those years is as good — if not better — as his early stuff.