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    Otis Rush, Chicago Blues Legend, Dies At 84

    Rush's unique style of soloing and powerful tenor voice helped shape the Chicago blues sound and deeply influenced famed guitarists like Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
    by Eric Westervelt Sep 30, 2018 2 minutes
    American Blues musician Otis Rush at the Petrillo Band Shell, Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 1995.

    Updated at 3:45 p.m. ET

    Blues legend Otis Rush, whose unique style of soloing and powerful tenor voice helped shape the Chicago blues sound and deeply influenced a generation of blues and rock musicians, died Saturday of complications from a stroke he suffered in 2003. He was 84 years old.

    Rush perhaps wasn't as widely known as B.B. King or

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