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He has recorded for more than 20 labels, from Checker/Chess and ABC to Philly Int’l and Rounder/Concord. Rush is one of the last Black bluesmen from the class to emerge out of and triumph in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s. In 2019, at age 85, he released Sitting on Top of the Blues with 11 originals, earning him another Blues Music Award and Grammy Award nomination. The four cuts were included on a special Black Friday Record Store Day exclusive 12” vinyl and followed digitally in early 2022.Īfter earning a Grammy Award for 'Best Traditional Blues Album' and a Blues Music Award for 'Album of the Year' for his studio recording Porcupine Meat in 2017, he spent a year writing his follow-up.
Bobby rush plus#
To commemorate the occasion Bobby Rush recorded four new versions in distinctly different styles with an array of prolific collaborators including Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Buddy Guy, Allman Brothers alum Warren Haynes’ jam-rock band Gov’t Mule, and from the new generation of blues stars and current GRAMMY nominee Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, plus Bobby Rush with his band showcasing the Southern Soul style they’ve performed it in their live shows for decades. 2021 marked the 50th Anniversary of his Billboard R&B charting hit “Chicken Heads”.
Bobby rush full#
A richly detailed account of a bluesman’s full life."īut Rush, who turned 88 in November is not done yet. The literary media outlet Kirkus Reviews recounts "A fascinating story well told. The book’s back cover includes testimonials from Mavis Staples, Dan Aykroyd, Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons achieving feature stories in The New York Times Sunday Edition, The Guardian and NPR’s Here and Now. He’s finally told his story in his autobiography I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story in bookstores today via Hachette Books who have published Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, and Tina Fey to name a few. Bobby Rush has been making records for nearly 70 years and has more than 400 recordings, 75 career releases, and now 27 studio albums to his name.
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