![]() ![]() Rush kicked off 2020 with the release of “Dolemite Kid,” a single inspired by his nine years on tour with Moore, his day working with Murphy, and the hit film itself. To cap off 2019 he had a cameo in the Golden Globe-nominated Netflix original film Dolemite Is My Name, the Rudy Ray Moore biopic featuring Eddie Murphy as Moore. 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. ![]() 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”. 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. And I think the music itself says that about me.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. I'm crossing over now, but I haven't crossed out. "I'm considered the king of the chitlin' circuit. "I think I'm getting more acclaim because I'm working harder, and when people tell me I can't do something, that's the wrong thing to tell Bobby Rush," he says. Never one to rest on his considerable laurels, Bobby's not about to start now. "I'm happy about what I'm doing and still enthused about what I'm doing. I'm a bluesman who's sitting on the top of my game, proud of what I do and proud of who I am and thankful for people accepting me for what I am and who I am," says the charismatic Rush. What's more, Bobby's brand-new album Sitting on Top of the Blues on his own Deep Rush imprint promises to further spread the news that this revered legend, well past 80 years of age even if his stratospheric energy level belies the calendar, is bigger and badder and bolder than ever. He won a long-overdue 2017 Grammy for his spectacular album Porcupine Meat and consistently tours the globe as a headliner. King Entertainer of the Year.Īfter decades of tearing up the chitlin' circuit on a nightly basis with his sweaty, no-holds-barred funkfests, Bobby has thoroughly broken through to the mainstream. 2017 Grammy-winning blues legend, Blues Hall of Famer, 12-time Blues Music Award winner, and B.B. They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 50.īobby Rush. Tickets cost $22 and $30 (plus applicable service charges). ![]()
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