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Ain't Enough Comin in

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This is a really fine album...I just can't give it all five stars, because it isn't quite the equal of Rush's phenomenal late-50s singles.

But judged on its own terms, this is one fine blues record, one of the finest of the 90s, and a worthy addition to Otis Rush's erratic discography. His vocals are still strong and soulful at 60, his Fender Stratocaster sizzles, and he is backed by a fine band which includes former Faces pianist Ian McLagan and the Texacali Horns (Joe Sublett is the tenor saxist).
Okay, so there is a little too much organ for my taste, and not quite enough of Rush's guitar, but perhaps that's just me...I'm an organ-hater, I only like Hammond B-3, preferably played through a Leslie speaker!

This album is about equal parts blues and straight soul tunes, including two songs by Sam Cooke, and Percy Mayfield's "My Jug And I" and Ray Charles' "A Fool For You" are more soul than blues as well.
That may not be to the liking of some fans, who would prefer to hear Otis Rush playing the blues in the gritty fashion of his 1950s Cobra recordings. And it is true that this album doesn't quite have the smouldering intensity of those early singles (partly because of the arrangements), but Rush does come very, very close to recaptureing the old fire with a great rendition of B.B. King's "It's My Own Fault", the sizzling "That Will Never Do", and the fine title track.

The laid-back but muscular R&B-classic "Homework" is another highlight, and the thumping soul stomper "Somebody Have Mercy" shows what a great soul singer Otis Rush is. And he also matches Albert King every step of the way (and perhaps a little further) on "Don't Burn Down The Bridge", and revisits his own "She's A Good 'Un" in an updated version with some riveting guitar playing and a supremely confident vocal performance.

All in all, this is a very, very solid West side blues record with some excellent, tasteful guitar playing, and while Rush's early Cobra sides remain his definitive statement (and the place to start for anybody just getting acquainted with his music), "Ain't Enough Comin' In" is not one to pass up, either. Nobody plays a slow blues guitar solo like Otis Rush.

This cracking mid 90's album from blues master Otis Rush is well worth getting. His first album for 16 years (and his penultimate to date) it features all the hallmarks that will make a good contempary blues album. Plenty of Hammond Organ, a great brass section and best of all Rush's distinctive blues guitar and vibrato laiden vocal, which have a real soulful edge to them.

The songs are nearly all written by established masters of the genre:
Albert king
Sam Cooke
Ray Charles
BB King

as well as few classics like 'Homework' by Rush himself.

Although Otis Rush is still alive at the time of writing his recording legacy really finished in the 1990's and this is as good a way as any to introduce yourself to the man's considerable blues talent.

This was my album of the year for 1994, so revisiting it brought back fond memories. Otis Rush hadn't recorded in nearly ten years when this album was cut, and there were whispers that he was past his prime. Not so by a long shot - Rush, who had cut classic upon classic in the mid to late 1950's had put together a checkered record of albums since then, but this brought it all together for this project - scalding guitar work, soulful vocals and a tight band with a killer horn section.

The album itself is a finely produced mix of up-tempo burners and mournful ballads. On the up-tempo front, there is the swaggering re-make of Rush's classic "Homework" featuring some killer horn work and the swinging "She's a Good'un" while the slow tempoed songs allow him to really stretch out with some beautiful single-line guitar playing and deeply emotional singing on songs like "My Jug and I" and the heartbreakingly intense "As the Years Go Passing By."

This is one not to miss if you can find it, since I'm not sure if it's still in print. Rush's epochal 1950's sides stand as some of the finest electric blues ever made, but these don't stand too far behind, as an example of an older and wiser musician who still has a lot to say.

It was with great pleasure that I bought this CD as soon as it was released many years ago. After spending quite a lot of time far away from any studio Otis Rush was coming back with a brand new album. He was, and he is still indeed, one of the main figures in the Chicago Blues scene along others like Buddy Guy, Little Milton, Magic Sam and the great Luther Allison. It is very unfair that he didn't rich the same kind of consideration among public and critics that other even less talented musicians have reached. Lots of his songs became classics and they have been included in the repertoire of great guitarists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sean Costello, Peter Green, Eric Clapton just to mention a few. Ain't Enough Comin' In is a brilliant recording, in which he covers different stile of blues, therefore it may appeal both to the "purist" or to whom is more oriented towards soul blues. He shows throughout the entire CD that he deserves to be included in the short list of the greatest of all time delivering great guitar solos always with great taste and measure, with a marvellous tone control and, most of all, with great feeling. This CD could be the right one to start with if you don't know him, and a great pleasure for all the people that like me are already his fan. All the 12 songs included in this album are great songs, mainly classics however he gives them a very personal touch so that every one of them sounds fresh like it was new. If you are looking for a great blues album do not hesitate a second and pick it up, I believe you found it.

This is one of my favourite CDs, one which I play over and over again without programming out any track at all. It has to be in the best 100 blues CDs of all time, and I would certainly rate it as the Number One Blues album of the 90's

Only his Cobra recordings are superior, which at their best (such as Double Trouble) are among the very greatest of blues recordings. This is an more evenly balanced selection, however. I certainly enjoy this one more than even the Right Place, Wrong Time record which so many other correspondents rave about - and that's a very good album

Solid, swinging arrangements (unlike so many of his live recordings) allow him to sing and play at his best.

Excuse me while I go and play this one again!

Anyone who loves a hot guitar sound should listen to Otis Rush on his CD Ain't Enough Comin'In. Eric Clapton believes Rush is one of the top guitarist of our times and listening to this CD one can well understand why he thinks that. Rush sizzles throughout the CD, thanks in part go to John Porter for deftly procuring this and allowing Otis Rush do what he can do best.

It is a shame that Otis Rush born in Mississippi in 1934 hasn't had more success in his career. He is truly one of the kings of blues guitar and a pioneer of the West-side guitar sound. Besides being a skilled guitarist he has such smooth and soulful vocals that I can't get enough of him.

Ain't Enough Comin' In is a cd of covers of various blues standards from Sam Cooke's Somebody Have Mercy and Ain't that Good News, to Ray Charles' A Fool for You to Malone's As the Years Go Passing By. The one original is The title track a business like blues with Rush providing his usual scorching guitar and soulful vocals.

This is a nice tight CD with every song on it being done with expertise and feeling. Rush plays a completely hot guitar throughout. Of all the songs I would purchase the cd for As the Years Go Passing By. Rush's version of this song with is exquisite guitar work is sensitive and beautiful. I think it is the definitive version of this song. His vocals and guitar work match in sincerity and intensity.

If you are searching for some great blues or hot guitar, I encourage you to pick up this cd.

Otis Rush is simply AMAZING and UNDISPUTED on this C