Artist: Bobby Rush
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Night Fishin'
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
The creator of a unique sound which he dubbed "folk-funk," multi-instrumentalist Bobby Rush was among the most colored characters on the contemporaneous chitlin circuit, honing a unique style which brought in concert a chapped lyrical bent with elements of blues, soul, and funk. Born Emmit Ellis, Jr. in Homer, LA, on November 10, 1940, he and his kin resettled to Chicago in 1953, where he emerged on the West Side blues circuit of the sixties, fronting bands which included such famed alumni as Luther Allison and Freddie King. However, as Rush began to develop his own individual sound, he opted to relinquish the blue devils market place in favor of targeting the chitlin circle, which offered a more receptive audience for his more and more bawdy substantial; he toothed his number one strike in 1971 with his Galaxy label single "Chicken Heads," and later scored with "Bowed Woman" for Jewel. He appeared on a broad sort of labels as the ten progressed, culminating in the 1979 LP Rushing Hour, produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff for their Philadelphia International imprint. During the early '80s, Rush sign-language with the LaJam label, where he remained for a number of old age; there his work became more and more stinking and half-crazed, with records like 1984's Gotta Have Money and 1985's What's Good for the Goose Is Good for the Gander often featuring material so suggestive he refused to re-create it live. During the mid-'90s, Rush moved to Waldoxy, heralding a return to a soul-blues sound on LPs including 1995's One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, 1997's Lovin' a Big Fat Woman, and 2000's Hoochie Man. In April 2001, his term of enlistment busbar crashed, injuring several bandmembers and cleanup unitary, Latisha Brown. Rush was hospitalized for a short time, so returned home to recover. Rush returned to action in 2003 with the release of the Live From Ground Zero CD and DVD on his possess label, Deep Rush, followed by Folkfunk, likewise on Deep Rush, in 2004. Rush released two albums in 2005, Hen Pecked and Night Fishin'.
