Otis Rush

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Bobby Rush, from left, Shemekia Copeland, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales and John Mayer perform at Buddy's Got the Blues: A 90th Birthday Concert Celebration at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
Buddy Guy still stuns at 90 during star-studded, curfew-breaking birthday concert – live review

By Jackson Maxwell Published

A cavalcade of guitar heroes, including John Mayer, Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales and Billy Gibbons were on the bill, but there was no question that this show was all about Guy, one of the last original bluesmen

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Kirk Fletcher teaches you the playing style of blues guitar great Otis Rush

By Kirk Fletcher Published

With a progression that references the classic “quick change to the four chord” this lesson takes you inside the minor key blues of the West Side Chicago blues legend

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Blues Legend Otis Rush Dead at 84

By Richard Bienstock Published

Rush's sound and style influenced rock and blues artists from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan to Jimmy Page.

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