All Your Love (I Miss Loving)

Otis Rush was a key architect of Chicago's West Side blues sound, and his 1958 recording of "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" for Cobra Records stands as his finest work. Rush played a minor-key, rumba-flavored groove, heavily influenced by Latin rhythms, before abruptly shifting into a swinging, fast-paced shuffle for the guitar solos. He sang with a high, pleading intensity that bordered on despair, perfectly matching his sharp, stinging guitar tone. The song's complex structure and emotional depth proved widely influential on British blues players including Eric Clapton and Peter Green.