Bobby Rush was born on November 23, 1946 in Albany, Georgia, USA. "Take Me to the River" is a feature film celebrating the inter-generational and inter-racial musical influence of Memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. Additional support provided by the Arkansas Community Foundation. Rush has been married at least twice. We all have some (people) in life that we like or do not like because you can have a hundred ladies and one you like for a while. The 13 Lives of Bobby Rush - American Blues Scene "The idea was put in my head 30 years ago," Rush said when asked how the book came into being. Ive known so many of these cats, he said. I didnt want to be their N-word, Rush says. It doesnt come just from Black Lives Matter. Hes edited BluesWax, FolkWax, The King Biscuit Times, Elmore Magazine, and also BluesPrint as founder of the Northeast Blues Society. Rushs battle with what he assumes was Covid-19 he was never tested made news not long before he was ready to promote the August 2020 release of Rawer Than Raw. Its a collection of solo acoustic blues songs, a mix of originals and standards by Mississippi blues legends like Howlin Wolf, Skip James and Robert Johnson. Going back and forth with my eyeballs, I was a sponge. which benefit does a community experience when its members have a high level of health literacy? Award winning documentary TAKE ME TO THE RIVER out nationwide in select theaters September 12th! Honey Bee by Muddy Waters is another classic covered here. His family relocated to Chicago in 1953, where he became part of the local blues scene in the following decade. The truth is deeper. This was the first time I saw Daddy cry. In 1983, Rushs lascivious Sue on the LaJam imprint sold over a million records despite little mainstream airplay. Emmett "Bobby Rush" Ellis, Jr.'s Biography - The HistoryMakers His album Porcupine Meat was released in 2016 and won a Grammy the following year. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. His book offers three possible birth years 1940, 1937 and 1934. In Pine Bluff, the young bluesman befriended legendary slide guitarist Elmore James and played around the Deep South with him and harmonica ace Little Walter, among others. Bobby covers his Hard Times which he finds apropos of societys current situation. on Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers Records. In juke joints we fixed onto being segregated. [20], In 2008, Rush was honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Jackson, Mississippi. He first wanted to start his career in Chicago but only had enough money to travel to Memphis, Tennessee, where he started to play with B.B.