Bobby Rush

𝟑𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝟕𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞, 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟒𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 & 𝟓𝟔𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐘 𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇 and his Band perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟒 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. “𝑅𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑠, 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛...” 𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑅𝑂𝐶𝐾 & 𝐵𝐿𝑈𝐸𝑆 𝑀𝑈𝑆𝐸. 𝑅𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 2024 𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝑌® 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ‘𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝐴𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚” (‘𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑀𝑦 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑌𝑜𝑢’)!!

"𝑨 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅"

— 𝑮𝑳𝑰𝑫𝑬 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬

"𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅... 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈!"

— 𝑵𝑶 𝑫𝑬𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵

“𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆…𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔.”

— 𝑪𝑯𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑵𝑬 “𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑭𝑰𝑺𝑯” 𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴

"𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈" 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈-𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒚 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒉.”

— 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑨𝑷𝑶𝑳𝑰𝑺 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹 𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑩𝑼𝑵𝑬

“𝑰𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 80𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒚 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓.”

— 𝑫𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑨𝑺 𝑴𝑶𝑹𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺

"𝑨 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕."

— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒙 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒚 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 21𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒐 (𝒊𝒏 2017 𝒂𝒏𝒅 2021) 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑴𝒚 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒀𝒐𝒖, 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”

— 𝑷𝑶𝑷𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺 (2023 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 ‘𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑴𝒚 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒀𝒐𝒖’ – 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 2024 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴𝑴𝒀® 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅)

𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/music-schedule/

Nᴇᴡ Oʀʟᴇᴀɴs Jᴀᴢᴢ & Bʟᴜᴇs Mᴀʀᴋᴇᴛ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀs Wᴏʀʟᴅ-Rᴇɴᴏᴡɴᴇᴅ & Aᴡᴀʀᴅ-Wɪɴɴɪɴɢ Mᴜsɪᴄɪᴀɴs, Nᴇᴡ Pʀᴇᴍɪᴜᴍ Sᴏᴜɴᴅ & Lɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ Tᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴇs, Sɪɢɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ Cᴏᴄᴋᴛᴀɪʟs & Dʀɪɴᴋs, Pʀɪᴠᴀᴛᴇ Vᴀʟᴇᴛ Pᴀʀᴋɪɴɢ, ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀs Lᴇɢᴇɴᴅᴀʀʏ Lɪᴠᴇ Pᴇʀꜰᴏʀᴍᴀɴᴄᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ Oᴜᴛsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ Mᴇᴍᴏʀᴀʙʟᴇ Exᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇs!

𝟑𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝟕𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞, 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟒𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 & 𝟓𝟔𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐘 𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝. 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.

𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬, 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞. It’s a move you might expect at a contemporary R&B show, but it’s downright shocking when you realize that Rush is in his late 80s!

“𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔,” 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑅𝑢𝑠ℎ. “𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 83 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝑌®, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼’𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝐼’𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼’𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼’𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑡.”

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 "𝐀𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫" ('𝐑𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐰'), 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦”. In 2020, Rush won the Blues Music Award for "Soul Blues Album of the Year" ('Sitting on Top of the Blues'). Prior to this Bobby Rush won the 2017 Blues Music Award for "Blues Album of the Year" ('Porcupine Meat'), which also won the GRAMMY® Award for “Best Traditional Blues Album.”

𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟕 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐁𝐁 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫", 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐢