“๐น๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐…”
โ ๐น๐ถ๐ช๐ฒ & ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฌ๐บ ๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ฌ
๐๐ฑ-๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐-๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฑ-๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ & ๐๐๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ & ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐. Rush has been making records for over 70 years and has more than 400 recordings, 77 career releases, and now 28 studio albums to his name.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ, ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐๐, ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐. Itโs a move you might expect at a contemporary R&B show, but itโs downright shocking when you realize that Rush is in his late 80s.
โ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ,โ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก. โI was 83 years old before I won a GRAMMYยฎ, but itโs better late than never. I laugh about it, but Iโm so blessed and I surely never thought Iโd be making a living doing what Iโm doing. Iโm not just an old guy on my way out.โ
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ “๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ” (‘๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ’), the 2020 Blues Music Award for “Soul Blues Album of the Year” (‘Sitting on Top of the Blues’), and the 2021 Blues Music Award for “Acoustic Blues Album of the Year” (‘Rawer Than Raw’). Rush has also been Nominated 17 times for the “BB King Entertainer of the Year” (the highly prestigious and coveted Blues Music Award given to the most outstanding live performer – winning the award in 2015), as well as Nominated 16 times for “Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year” (winning the award 5 times).
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก’๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ/๐๐๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐กโ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ. โgrew up on his familyโs farm picking cotton, tending to mules and chickens, and living in a home without electricity nor indoor plumbing. He built his first guitar on the side of the familyโs house out of broom wire, nails, bottles and bricks.
๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ โ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐กโโa name he took on out of respect to his father, a ministerโhe toured the jukes and clubs of Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi before settling in Chicago in the 1950s. Through singles on labels including Chess, ABC and Philadelphia International and relentless touring Rush established an unparalleled reputation as an entertainer, which later led to him being crowned by Rolling Stone magazine as “King of the Chitlinโ Circuit”, the network of African American clubs that arose during the segregation era.
๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ค ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ “๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ” ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ. โRush Hourโ, a 1979 album for Kenny Gamble and Leon Huffโs Philadelphia International Records, should have made Bobby a huge star but didnโt receive its proper due until the 2000s, when Rolling Stone recognized it as one of the best blues albums of the โ70s.
๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐กโ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ โ๐๐ฎ๐โ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ. During this period Rush established his reputation as King of the Chitlinโ Circuit, playing a minimum of 200 shows a year.
๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐-๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. He earned his first GRAMMYยฎ Award Nomination for his 2000 album โHoochie Manโ. He was Nominated for a GRAMMYยฎ Award in 2014 for the album โDown in Louisianaโ and again in 2015 for the album โDecisionsโ. In 2017, Rush won his first GRAMMYยฎ Award for his 25th studio album, โPorcupine Meatโ, with guest artists Dave Alvin, Joe Bonamassa, Vasti Jackson, and Keb’ Mo’.
๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ โ๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง โ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซโ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐จ, ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐-๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ “๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ”, appearing alongside Terrence Howard, Snoop Dogg and Mavis Staples in the documentary “Take Me to the River”, and performing on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon along with Dan Aykroyd. And the eternally youthful Rush was even able to play himself in the 1970s in Netflixโs 2019 hit biopic “Dolemite is My Name” in a scene with Eddie Murphy.
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐กโ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ, ‘All My Love For You’, via his own label Deep Rush Records in collaboration with Nashville-based Thirty Tigers. Over the last several years heโs won a second GRAMMYยฎ Award, re-recorded his 1971 hit “Chicken Heads” together with his old friend Buddy Guy and young blues star Christone โKingfishโ Ingram, and written a critically acclaimed autobiography, “I Ainโt Studdinโ You: My American Blues Story”.
๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, and says โitโs the root of all music, itโs the mother of all music. If you donโt like the blues, you probably donโt like your mama.โ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง.
โ๐โ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ค๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐จ. And even if you donโt like me, youโre still going to say, โI donโt like Bobby Rush, but, damn, heโs good.โ
“๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.”
โ ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฌ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ณ๐จ๐บ๐ป ๐ด๐จ๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฌ
“๐ฏ๐’๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐
… ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!”
โ ๐ต๐ถ ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ท๐น๐ฌ๐บ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต
“๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
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