Dubbed 'The King Of West Side Chicago Blues Guitar', Otis Rushinitially loved the sound of country music, his first heroes beingEddy Arnold and Bob Wills. He didn't even adopt guitar as his firstinstrument but started out playing mouth-harp, before eventuallymaking the switch. Rewarding as his later records may havebeen, it was the early sides, as assembled here, that establishedhis reputation as a blues great. "The stuff I grew up on was all onCobra," Eric Clapton once said: "You know, Double Trouble and ICan't Quit You Baby. Otis was fantastic, a great player".

• 1. I Can't Quit You Baby
• 2. My Love Will Never Die
• 3. Groaning the Blues
• 4. Love That Woman
• 5. Three Times a Fool
• 6. It Takes Time
• 7. Double Trouble
• 8. All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
• 9. So Many Roads, So Many Trains
• 10. You Know My Love
• 11. Homework
• 12. Have a Good Time (With Shakey Horton)