They were interested in talking about women, parties and drugs, he says. “It takes a lot of politics - it wasn’t who you know, it’s who knows you.Įven though he was close with music legends such as Muddy Waters and B.B King, Rush says they weren’t doing anything to help advance his career. “And I love what I’m doing and I display my soul into what I do.”ĭespite having a successful career, it took Rush a long time before he achieved his first hit song - “Chicken Heads.” He says the record was first cut in 1968 but it wasn’t until the early 1970s that the song reached No.
“So now I’m king of the Chitlin’ Circuit and I am not ashamed of it.
Louis before settling in Chicago where he met Little Walter, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. After making $2 to $3 a day in the band, Rush says he traveled to East St. 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. He says he wanted to emigrate from the southern states due to the racial tensions at the time. Rush made his career through large venues between Chicago and the Mississippi Delta - now known as the Chitlin’ Circuit. “I put a brick at the top and a ball at the bottom, so that was the blues man,” Rush says. In the book, one of his earliest memories he recounts is when he created a guitar from a broom with a wire in his mother’s house. Rush has written over 400 songs and won his first Grammy at 83 years old for his album "Porcupine Meat." The Grammy-winning musician shares stories about his life dating all the way back to the Jim Crow era.
For more information click here.Īmerican blues musician Bobby Rush took inspiration for the name of his memoir - “I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya” - after one of his hundreds of song titles. Find that audio here.īobby Rush is going on tour this month. Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on March 9, 2022.
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