The entire Beano LP should be dedicated to Otis Rush. John Mayall was doing his best Otis Rush imitation on all of the vocals, and Eric Clapton was working hard on a sincere duplication of Rush's sound and style. And what a voice Otis had! Just this first note for this song lets you know that he means business.
Where this video was shot is anyone's guess. It's one of the deadest audiences that I've ever seen. Either they raided all of the local morgues, or they dressed up some dead tunas and propped them up in the seats.
Nice job by Otis though. He was a pro, and I'm sure that he got payed, so he put in the work. Very interesting solo. Carefully organized in three different parts. Otis Rush should be better remembered as one of the OGs.
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