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Otis Rush – So Many Roads: Live in Japan
Delmark 643 (1977)

Live performances of the blues were a new and rare event in Japan when Otis Rush went there in 1975 as part of a package-tour with Big Joe Williams, Little Brother Montgomery and the Jimmy Dawkins band featuring Jimmy Johnson, but the wild enthusiasm of the crowd that awaited their arrival at Haneda Airport and was ever-present throughout the tour and sparked some of the best performances of Otis’ career. Fortunately, they were captured in this album, remastered from the original master tapes.

1 Introduction 1:05
2 Will My Woman Be Home Tonight? (Blue Guitar) 4:01
3 Everyday I Have The Blues 4:32
4 I Can't Quit You Baby 5:20
5 Crosscut Saw 3:46
6 Looking Back (Take A Look Behind) 4:24
7 Chitlins Con Carne 4:32
8 I've Got News For You 4:54
9 Mean Old World 2:55
10 All Your Love (I Miss Loving) 4:14
11 So Many Roads 5:26
12 Gambler's Blues 6:50
13 Three Times A Fool 4:45

Recorded on July 20 & 29, 1975 at Hibiya Yagai Ongakudo, Tokyo.

Otis Rush - vocals, guitar
Sylvester Boines - bass
Tyrone Centuray - drums
Jimmy Johnson - guitar

1 Introduction
2 Will My Woman Be Home Tonight (Blue Guitar)
Written By – Earl Hooker
3 Every Day I Have The Blues
Written By – Peter Chatman
4 I Can't Quit You, Baby
Written By – Willie Dixon
5 Crosscut Saw
Written By – R.G. Ford
6 Looking Back (Take A Look Behind)
Written By – Brook Benton, Jon Hendricks, Otis Rush
7 Chitlins Con Carne
Written By – Kenny Burrell
8 I've Got News For You
Written By – R. Alfred
9 Mean Old World
Written By – T-Bone Walker
10 All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
Written By – Otis Rush
11 So Many Roads
Written By – Marshall Paul
12 Gambler's Blues
Written By – B.B. King
13 Three Times A Fool
Written By – Otis Rush