Mourning in the Morning

Otis Rush | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002ITC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #305,241 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Me

2. Working Man

3. You're Killing My Love

4. Feel So Bad

5. Gambler's Blues

6. Baby, I Love You

7. My Old Lady

8. My Love Will Never Die

9. Reap What You Sow

10. It Takes Time

11. Can't Wait No Longer

Editorial Reviews

For Mourning in the Morning, his 1969 album debut on Atlantic Records, southpaw blues guitar legend Otis Rush journeyed from his Chicago home to Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama -- a burg best known for seminal soul platters. Backed by a horn-powered band that included a young Duane Allman on rhythm guitar, Otis' slashing axe and anguished vocals glowed on the tortured "You're Killing My Love," remakes of his Cobra Records classics "My Love Will Never Die" and "It Takes Time," and a stunning revival of B.B. King's "Gambler's Blues." Half the set consisted of new compositions from producers Mike Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites, and Rush's mile-wide string bending on a shimmering instrumental version of Aretha Franklin's "Baby, I Love You" is utterly breathtaking. Mourning in the Morning ranks with this blues great's toughest and most adventurous albums. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Of the plantation, June 13, 2009

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Donald E. Lewis (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mourning in the Morning (Audio CD)

One of my first blues records and my first Otis Rush record when I was a kid. I thought it was an awesome recording but have since matured with my blues, especially when I got more of Otis's recordings and found the real Otis. This is so different than any other of his recordings it is hard to reconcile. The production should have been better considering the work that went into this recording but sadly it suffers. The songs are great some a little dire, unlike one reviewer who did'nt like "My Old Lady", I beg to differ, it was a regular in my set list of songs we played and Jerold Jemmot was inspiring and was fun to play. Otis did stuff like Rainy Night in Georgia so he could step out. Not a good starting place but if you are a blues and Otis fan you should have this in your collection dispite its flaws because that guitar always overcomes.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars, December 3, 2000

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Christopher (Ipswich, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mourning in the Morning (Audio CD)

Every time I listen to this album it gets me excited. It's one of my favorite blues records because it never gets dull. It really deserves five stars. The horn section is great and Mr. Rush's performance speaks for itself. Also for fans of Duane Allman, it's interesting to listen to him play rhythym guitar on this one. A great pick.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Otis shines through, May 6, 2001

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Dr.D.Treharne (Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mourning in the Morning (Audio CD)

This looks like a fairly cynical ploy. Let's get a blues star who's had some sizeable hits on a small label, take him to Muscle Shoals with the best session musicians we can find, and...oh yeah get him to record some of our songs. Mike Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites gave him some fairly dire songs to record, but were unable to prevent Otis Rush shining through, and in places making some old chestnuts live again.The undoubted top tracks are "It takes time" (self written by the man) a great version of B.B.King's "Gamblers blues" and a belting version of Chuck Willis' "Feel so bad".You'd best programme out Tracks 2 & 7,they weren't good to start with and haven't lasted well. Two other points. Firstly the band when they get into their stride really swing, and Jerry Jemmott on bass holds it altogether terrifically well. Secondly the stereo separation is the kind of weird deal that recording engineers would never even attempt today.A triumph in spite of the material