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Double Trouble (Otis Rush song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Double Trouble'" is a blues song written and recorded by Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush in 1958.Big Bill Broonzy recorded a different "Double Trouble" in 1941 (OKeh 06427), cowritten by Harriet Melka, and covered by various artists. Since its release as a single in 1959, the song has been recorded by several blues and other artists, including several versions by Eric Clapton. Stevie Ray Vaughan named his band "Double Trouble" after Rush's song. In 2008, Rush's original version was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, who called it a "minor-key masterpiece".
Original song
"Double Trouble" is a slow tempo twelve-bar blues notated in 4/4 time in the key of D minor.
According to biographer Don Snowden, "The song's underlying air of quiet desperation stretched to the breaking point is enhanced by brilliant use of dynamics and some truly mind-boggling, strangled guitar fills near the end." According to Otis Rush, the song's title was inspired by a comment by a woman upon viewing her hand during a card game "trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, double troubles".
The song was produced by Willie DixonIn his autobiography, Dixon suggests that he introduced Rush to minor-key blues. and features Rush on guitar and vocal, Dixon on bass, Ike Turner on second guitar, Little Brother Montgomery on piano, Harold Ashby and Jackie Brenston on saxophones, and Billy Gayles on drums. Although Rush plays the lead guitar introduction to the song, Turner plays the signature vibrato guitar parts.
In 1986, Rush recorded a live version of the song for 'Blues Interaction Live in Japan 1986', which was released in 1989.
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Category:1959 singles
Category:Otis Rush songs
Category:Blues songs
Category:Eric Clapton songs
Category:Songs written by Otis Rush
Category:1958 songs
Category:Cobra Records singles
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