![]() “It might look like to the public it’s something that happened overnight, but I been thinking about this for close to 20 years. ![]() This week marked another milestone for Rush as Hachette published his memoir, titled “I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story.” The book, co-authored with Herb Powell, is something Rush has been pondering for some time. ![]() “Only reason you don’t get old is you die young.” Of course I’m old… but it’s good to get old,” he says. Rush - who will cap African American Music Appreciation Month with a sold-out headlining show at Levitt Shell at Overton Park on July 2 - was quarantined and ill, dealing with a COVID-19 scare last year, but notes that he’s now in excellent health and ready to return to the stage. "So I’ve made a pretty good batting average, especially considering I’m a bluesman and a Black man.” I been up for a Grammy six times, won two of them been up for a blues award 31 times and won 13 of those," says Rush. “This year will be 70 years of recording for me, I’ve made 297 records. Over the last decade or so the Mississippi-based Rush, who’s been performing since he was a teenager in the early 1950s, has enjoyed a series of late-career triumphs. “I’ve lived long enough, cut enough records and did enough good things in my life for some good things to come back to me,” says the octogenarian blues legend. The concert will still start at 7:30 p.m.īobby Rush is a big believer in the law of averages. Watch Video: Bobby Rush talks about his new album ‘Rawer than Raw’ĭue to expected rain, the Bobby Rush show at the Levitt Shell at Overton Park, originally scheduled for July 1, has been moved to July 2.
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