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Jimmy Rogers ↔ Otis Rush

Jimmy Rogers and Otis Rush are directly connected through multiple shared bridges: Little Walter and Willie Dixon.

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Jimmy Rogers

📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States • 📅 1946 – 1997

Essential architect of Chicago electric blues whose second-guitar phrasing, relaxed vocal phrasing, and enduring classics ('That's All Right', 'Walking by Myself') anchored Muddy Waters' original Headhunters.

Chicago Blues Electric Blues Delta Blues
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Little Walter

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Willie Dixon

Upright Bass

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Otis Rush

📍 Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States • 📅 1956 – 2018

West Side Chicago pioneer who played his Gibson upside down and left-handed, unleashing a fierce, wide vibrato and emotional falsetto on Cobra Records classics ('I Can't Quit You Baby', 'Double Trouble') that electrified British and Texas rock.

West Side Blues Chicago Blues Electric Blues
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BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1946 – 1997

Jimmy Rogers

📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Archival Biography

Essential architect of Chicago electric blues whose second-guitar phrasing, relaxed vocal phrasing, and enduring classics ('That's All Right', 'Walking by Myself') anchored Muddy Waters' original Headhunters.

Musical Genres

Chicago Blues Electric Blues Delta Blues
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👥 Band Personnel (5)

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Jimmy Rogers

Lead Vocals, Guitar

1946–1997
Also in: Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters

Guitar

1947–1954
Also in: Muddy Waters, Otis Spann
Little Walter ⚡ Shared Connector

Harmonica

1947–1954
Also in: Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Otis Rush
Otis Spann

Piano

1953–1957
Also in: Muddy Waters, Otis Spann
Willie Dixon ⚡ Shared Connector

Upright Bass

1950–1958
Also in: Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Otis Rush
💿 Record Labels:
Chess Records Atlantic Records
BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1956 – 2018

Otis Rush

📍 Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States

Archival Biography

West Side Chicago pioneer who played his Gibson upside down and left-handed, unleashing a fierce, wide vibrato and emotional falsetto on Cobra Records classics ('I Can't Quit You Baby', 'Double Trouble') that electrified British and Texas rock.

Musical Genres

West Side Blues Chicago Blues Electric Blues
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👥 Band Personnel (5)

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Otis Rush

Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar

1956–2018
Willie Dixon ⚡ Shared Connector

Bass

1956–1959
Also in: Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Rogers
Ike Turner

Guitar

1958–1959
Little Walter ⚡ Shared Connector

Harmonica

1956–1958
Also in: Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers
Abb Locke

Tenor Saxophone

1965–1978
Also in: Howlin' Wolf
💿 Record Labels:
Cobra Records Chess Records Delmark Records Alligator Records
🎛️ Producers & Engineers:
Willie Dixon ⚡ Bob Koester

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