Right Place, Wrong Time (album)

Right Place, Wrong Time
Studio album by Otis Rush
Released	February 1976
Recorded	February 1971
Genre	Blues
Length	40:44
Label	Bullfrog Records
Producer	Nick Gravenites, Otis Rush
Otis Rush chronology
So Many Roads (1976) Right Place, Wrong Time (1976) Troubles, Troubles (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[2]

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.^[3] In 1986 the rights were acquired by Hightone.^[4]

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".^[5]

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

1. "Tore Up" (Ralph Bass, Ike Turner) - 3:17
2. "Right Place, Wrong Time" - 5:24
3. "Easy Go" - 4:41
4. "Three Times a Fool" - 3:11
5. "Rainy Night in Georgia" (Tony Joe White) - 3:55
6. "Natural Ball" (Albert King) - 3:30
7. "I Wonder Why" (Mel London) - 4:41
8. "Your Turn to Cry (Gil Caple, Deadric Malone) - 3:35
9. "Lonely Man" (Milton Campbell, Bob Lyons) - 2:50
10. "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
• Stephen Barncard - Engineer
• Amy O'Neal - photography
• Otis Rush - producer
• Dick Shurman - liner notes

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 562. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
3. Rucker, L. (ed.)(1998): Music hound Blues: the Essential Album Guide: New York, Music Sales Corporation.
4. Scott, F. (1991): The Down Home Guide to the Blues: Chicago, A Cappella Books.
5. Allmusic: Right Place, Wrong Time