๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ "๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ" ('๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฐ'), ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆโ. 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 GRAMMYยฎ Award for โBest Traditional Blues Album.โ
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๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ "๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ", ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ. He won the award in 2015. Rush has also been Nominated 16 times for "Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year" (winning the award 5 times).
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๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ/๐๐๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐กโ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ. โ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ง, ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ . He built his first guitar on the side of the familyโs house out of broom wire, nails, bottles and bricks.
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๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ โ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐กโโ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซโ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ. 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.
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๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ค ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ โ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฌโ 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.
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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.
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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 (2017), with guest artists Dave Alvin, Joe Bonamassa, Vasti Jackson, and Keb' Mo' and his second GRAMMYยฎ Award for โRawer Than Rawโ (2021).
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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", and also appearing alongside Terrence Howard, Snoop Dogg and Mavis Staples in the documentary "Take Me to the River", as well as 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.
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๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐-๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ โ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌโ (๐๐๐๐), ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐. ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง. Rush also had his first-ever Grand Ole Opry performance with Shepherd as well as a 2025 Austin City Limits (PBS) performance, the longest-running music show on television. His segment was a tribute to 50 years of the Austin-based blues club Antoneโs. The episode included Christone โKingfishโ Ingram, Jimmy Vaughan, and Charlie Sexton.
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๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐กโ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ. His most recent solo album, โAll My Love For You', via his own label Deep Rush Records in collaboration with Nashville-based Thirty Tigers, won a 2024 GRAMMYยฎ Award for โBest Traditional Blues Albumโ, while his 2025 collaborative blues album, โYoung Fashioned Waysโ, with Kenny Wayne Shepherd, received a GRAMMYยฎ nomination for โBest Traditional Blues Albumโ. Over the last several years re-recorded his 1971 hit "Chicken Heads" together with his old friend Buddy Guy and young blues star Christone โKingfishโ Ingram, and wrote a critically acclaimed autobiography, "I Ainโt Studdinโ You: My American Blues Story".
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๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ โ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐.โ And he has no plans to slow down. โIโm still in decent health and my mind is pretty keen, and the most blessed thing is that I still have people around me who love what I do. And even if you donโt like me, youโre still going to say, โI donโt like Bobby Rush, but, damn, heโs good.โ
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