Right Place, Wrong Time (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Right Place, Wrong Time
Type = Studio Album
Artist = Otis Rush


Released = February 1976
Recorded = February 1971
Genre = Blues
Length = 40:44
Label = Bullfrog Records
Producer = Nick Gravenites, Otis Rush
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nfyxq85ld0e~T1 link]
Last album = "So Many Roads"
(1976)
This album = "Right Place, Wrong Time"
(1976)
Next album = "Troubles, Troubles"
(1978)

"Right Place, Wrong Time" Is a 1976 album by blues singer and guitarist Otis Rush. Although regarded as one of his finest recordings, the album was not issued until five years after it was recorded.

Background

The music on this album was originally recorded in San Francisco in 1971 for Capitol Records, who declined to release it at the time. It was originally released on the independent Bullfrog label after Rush bought the tapes [Rucker, L. (ed.)(1998): Music hound Blues: the Essential Album Guide: New York, Music Sales Corporation.] . In 1986 the rights were acquired by Hightone [Scott, F. (1991): The Down Home Guide to the Blues: Chicago, A Cappella Books.]

Eugene Chadbourne of Allmusic compares Capitol's decision not to release the album to a decision to turn down The Doors on the grounds that Jim Morrison had "no charisma", and says that " [o] ne can imagine the tapes practically smoldering in their cases, the music is so hot" [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nfyxq85ld0e~T1 Allmusic: Right Place, Wrong Time] ] .

As well as a selection of blues numbers, the album includes a cover of Tony Joe White's "Rainy Night in Georgia".

Track Listing

"Except where otherwise noted, tracks composed by Otis Rush"

#"Tore Up" (Bass, Turner) - 3:17
#"Right Place, Wrong Time" - 5:24
#"Easy Go" - 4:41
#"Three Times A Fool" - 3:11
#"Rainy Night in Georgia" (White) - 3:55
#"Natural Ball" (King) - 3:30
#"I Wonder Why" (London) - 4:41
#"Your Turn To Cry (Caple, Malone) - 3:35
#"Lonely Man" (Campbell, Lyons) - 2:50
#"Take A Look Behind" - 5:40

Personnel

Performance

*Fred Burton - guitar
*Bob Jones - drums
*John Kahn - bass
*Ira Kamin - organ
*Doug Kilmer - bass
*Hart McNee - alto saxophone
*Mark Naftalin - piano
*Otis Rush - vocals, guitar
*Ron Stallings - tenor saxophone
*John Wilmeth - trumpet

Production

*Nick Gravenites - producer
*Amy O'Neal - photography
*Otis Rush - producer
*Dick Shurman - liner notes

References