I remember the first time I heard Otis Rush's "I Can't Quit You Baby." Few recordings have ever stunned me like that one. In the late 1980s the Slamhound Hunters, the band I was in, had the awesome privilege to open for and back up Otis for a three nights at the Fabulous Rainbow in Seattle. For me, standing three feet from Otis when he sang and played his upside-down guitar was a thrill of a lifetime. He was incredibly nice during the entire run and his performances were really joyful and musically cosmic. Otis Rush was born to play the blues, that is for sure. RIP.

Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1966)