Bobby Rush: An Intimate Night of Stories & Songs
Bobby Rush, a three-time Grammy winner and Blues Hall of Famer, has become one of the most prominent advocates for the blues tradition and says, “It’s the root of all music, it’s the mother of all music. If you don’t like the blues, you probably don’t like your mama.”
The three-time GRAMMY winner, Blues Hall of Famer, and 16-time Blues Music Awards winner Bobby Rush released the video for his song “I Want To.” The track is from his recently released album All My Love For You, out now via Deep Rush Records / Thirty Tigers. All My Love For You has been praised by All Things Considered, Garden & Gun, American Songwriter, The Bluegrass Situation, Jazziz, NPR Music, TIDAL Magazine No Depression, American Blues Scene, and more. The video was made with Bobby Rush’s longtime friend Taiwo Gaynor of Mississippi Public Broadcasting and his team.
"This is one song that I think would be good for both sides of the fence of my audiences,” Rush explained to American Blues Scene. “I don't think a song has been written like this since the early days of Al Green. I think it's going to reach a very diverse audience. It's one of the better crossover songs I have. I'm talking about what I want to do to a lady. Other than making love to her, I want to do all the things that a woman would want you as a man to do for her. If it's in line with what I can do, I want to do it. I want to take you home. I want to make love to you. I'm using that for a prop, about making love. I also want to supply for you, to be the man that can help embrace you, soothe you, and guide your life. I want to do all of these things. Whatever comes to your mind that you want from a man, that's what I want to do, whatever that is.”
Bobby Rush has been making records for nearly 70 years and has appeared on more than 400 recordings, 75 career releases, and 27 studio albums to his name. In 2021, he finally told his story in his autobiography I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story, which Kirkus Reviews called, “A fascinating story well told... A richly detailed account of a bluesman’s full life." He has recorded for more than 20 labels, from Checker/Chess and ABC to Philly Int’l and Rounder/Concord. Rush is a three-time GRAMMY Winner and six-time nominee, as well as a Blues Hall of Famer, 16-time Blues Music Awards Winner.