Bobby Rush
New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, 70113 New Orleans Directions
Thu Sep 24 2026 19:30
ðð±-ðððððð® ðð°ðð«ð-ðð¢ð§ð§ðð«, ðð±-ðððððð® ððšðŠð¢ð§ðð, ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ððð¥ð¥ ðšð ð ððŠðð«, ððð±-ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð®ð¬ð¢ð ðð°ðð«ð ðð¢ð§ð§ðð« & ððð±-ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð®ð¬ð¢ð ðð°ðð«ð ððšðŠð¢ð§ðððð ðð¢ð§ð ðð« & ððšð§ð ð°ð«ð¢ððð« ððððð ðððð and his Band perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on ðð¡ð®ð«ð¬ððð² ððð©ðððŠððð« ðð ðð ð:ðð ð.ð. âð ð¢ð â ðð ððð ðð ð¡âð ððððð¡ð , ð ðððððððððŠ ððð¢ðð ððð...â ððð£ðð ð ðð¶ðŸ & ðµð¿ððžð ððððž. ð ð¢ð â ð€ðð ððððððð¡ðð ððð ð 2024 ðºð ðŽððð® ðŽð€ððð ððð âðµðð ð¡ ðððððð¡ððððð ðµðð¢ðð ðŽððð¢ðâ (âðŽðð ððŠ ð¿ðð£ð ð¹ðð ððð¢â)!!
"ðš ðððððð ðððððð "
â ð®ð³ð°ð«ð¬ ðŽðšð®ðšðð°ðµð¬
"ð¯ð'ð ððð ðð ð ðððð ... ðšðð ðððð ððð ðððð!"
â ðµð¶ ð«ð¬ð·ð¹ð¬ðºðºð°ð¶ðµ
âð° ðððð ððððð ððð ðððððâŠð¯ð ððð ððð ððððð ððð ð° ððððð ðððð ððððððð ððð ðððð ðð ððð ððððð.â
â ðªð¯ð¹ð°ðºð»ð¶ðµð¬ âð²ð°ðµð®ðð°ðºð¯â ð°ðµð®ð¹ðšðŽ
"ð¬ððððððððððð" ððð ððð ðð ððð ððððð ðððð ðððððððððð ðððð ððð ððððð. ð©ðð ððð ððððð ð'ð ðððð ð ðððð ðððððððððððð ððððð ðððð ðððð ðððð-ððððð ð©ðððð ð¹ððð.â
â ðŽð°ðµðµð¬ðšð·ð¶ð³ð°ðº ðºð»ðšð¹ ð»ð¹ð°ð©ðŒðµð¬
âð°ð ððð 80ð, ððððð ðððððð ð©ðððð ð¹ððð ðð ðð ððð ððððð ðð ððð ðððððð.â
â ð«ðšð³ð³ðšðº ðŽð¶ð¹ðµð°ðµð® ðµð¬ðŸðº
"ðš ðððððð ððð ðððððððð ðððððð ððð ððððððððð ðð ðððð ðð ððð ðððð ðððð ððð ððððððð."
â ð©ð³ðŒð¬ðº ð©ð³ðšðºð» ðŽðšð®ðšðð°ðµð¬
âð»ðð ðððððððð ððð ðððð ððððððððð ððð ððð ð®ððððð ðšðððð ð ð ððððð ððð 21ðð ððððððð ððð ððð ððð (ðð 2017 ððð 2021) ððð ð©ððð ð»ððð ððððððð ð©ðððð ðšðððð. ð»ðð ððððððð ðððððððððð ðð ððð ðððððð ððððððð, ðšðð ðŽð ð³ððð ððð ððð, ðððððððð ðð ðð ðð ðððð ðð ððð ððððððð.â
â ð·ð¶ð·ðŽðšð»ð»ð¬ð¹ðº (2023 ðšðððð ð¹ððððð ðð âðšðð ðŽð ð³ððð ððð ðððâ â ðµðððððððð ððð ð 2024 ð®ð¹ðšðŽðŽð® ðšðððð )
ðð¢ðð€ððð¬ ððšð« ðð¡ð ððð° ðð«ð¥ððð§ð¬ ððð³ð³ & ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ððð«ð€ðð ðð¡ðšð°ð¬ ððð§ ðð ððšð®ð§ð ðð: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/music-schedule/
NáŽáŽ¡ OÊÊáŽáŽÉŽs JáŽáŽ¢áŽ¢ & BÊáŽáŽs MáŽÊáŽáŽáŽ áŽê°ê°áŽÊs WáŽÊÊᎠ-RáŽÉŽáŽáŽ¡ÉŽáŽáŽ & AᎡáŽÊᎠ-WɪɎɎɪɎɢ MáŽsɪáŽÉªáŽÉŽs, NáŽáŽ¡ PÊáŽáŽÉªáŽáŽ SáŽáŽÉŽáŽ & LɪɢÊáŽÉªÉŽÉ¢ TáŽáŽÊÉŽáŽÊáŽÉ¢ÉªáŽs, SɪɢɎáŽáŽáŽÊᎠCáŽáŽáŽáŽáŽÉªÊs & DÊɪɎáŽs, PÊɪᎠáŽáŽáŽ VáŽÊáŽáŽ PáŽÊáŽÉªÉŽÉ¢, áŽs ᎡáŽÊÊ áŽs LáŽÉ¢áŽÉŽáŽ áŽÊÊ LɪᎠᎠPáŽÊê°áŽÊáŽáŽÉŽáŽáŽs, áŽÉŽáŽ OáŽáŽsáŽáŽÉŽáŽ ɪɎɢ MáŽáŽáŽÊáŽÊÊᎠExáŽáŽÊɪáŽÉŽáŽáŽs!
ðð±-ðððððð® ðð°ðð«ð-ðð¢ð§ð§ðð«, ðð±-ðððððð® ððšðŠð¢ð§ðð, ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ððð¥ð¥ ðšð ð ððŠðð«, ððð±-ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð®ð¬ð¢ð ðð°ðð«ð ðð¢ð§ð§ðð« & ððð±-ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð®ð¬ð¢ð ðð°ðð«ð ððšðŠð¢ð§ðððð ðð¢ð§ð ðð« & ððšð§ð ð°ð«ð¢ððð« ððððð ðððð ð¢ð¬ ð ðð¢ð¯ð¢ð§ð ððð ðð§ð. Rush has been making records for over 70 years and has more than 400 recordings, 77 career releases, and now 28 studio albums to his name.
ðð®ð«ð¢ð§ð ð¡ð¢ð¬ ð«ðð§ðšð°ð§ðð ð¬ððð ð ð¬ð¡ðšð°ð¬, ðð®ð¬ð¡ ðð«ððªð®ðð§ðð¥ð² ð£ð®ðŠð©ð¬ ð¡ð¢ð ð¡ ð¢ð§ððš ðð¡ð ðð¢ð«, ðð«ðŠð¬ ð¬ð©ð«ððð ðð§ð ð¥ðð ð¬ ðð®ðð€ðð, ðšð§ð¥ð² ððš ð¥ðð§ð ð ð«ððððð®ð¥ð¥ð² ðð§ð ð«ððð®ð«ð§ ð°ð¢ðð¡ðšð®ð ð ð¡ð¢ððð¡ ððš ð¡ð¢ð¬ ððð³ð³ð¥ð¢ð§ð ð«ðšð®ðð¢ð§ð. Itâs a move you might expect at a contemporary R&B show, but itâs downright shocking when you realize that Rush is in his late 80s!
âðŒ ððð£ðð ð¡âðð¢ðâð¡ ðŒ ð€ðð¢ðð ðð âððð ð¡âðð ðððð,â ð ððŠð ð ð¢ð â. âðŒ ð€ðð 83 ðŠðððð ððð ðððððð ðŒ ð€ðð ð ðºð ðŽððð®, ðð¢ð¡ ðð¡âð ððð¡ð¡ðð ððð¡ð ð¡âðð ððð£ðð. ðŒ ððð¢ðâ ðððð¢ð¡ ðð¡, ðð¢ð¡ ðŒâð ð ð ðððð ð ðð ððð ðŒ ð ð¢ððððŠ ððð£ðð ð¡âðð¢ðâð¡ ðŒâð ðð ðððððð ð ððð£ððð ððððð ð€âðð¡ ðŒâð ððððð. ðŒâð ððð¡ ðð¢ð ð¡ ðð ððð ðð¢ðŠ ðð ððŠ ð€ððŠ ðð¢ð¡.â
ððšð¬ð ð«ðððð§ðð¥ð², ðð®ð¬ð¡ ð°ðšð§ ðð¡ð ðððð ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð®ð¬ð¢ð ðð°ðð«ð ððšð« "ðððšð®ð¬ðð¢ð ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð¥ðð®ðŠ ðšð ðð¡ð ðððð«" ('ððð°ðð« ðð¡ðð§ ððð°'), ð°ð¡ð¢ð¥ð ðð¡ð ðð¥ðð®ðŠ ðð¥ð¬ðš ð°ðšð§ ðð¡ð ðððððð® ðð°ðð«ð ððšð« âððð¬ð ðð«ððð¢ðð¢ðšð§ðð¥ ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð¥ðð®ðŠâ. In 2020, Rush won the Blues Music Award for "Soul Blues Album of the Year" ('Sitting on Top of the Blues'). Prior to this Bobby Rush won the 2017 Blues Music Award for "Blues Album of the Year" ('Porcupine Meat'), which also won the GRAMMY® Award for âBest Traditional Blues Album.â
ðð ðð¡ð ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð®ð¬ð¢ð ðð°ðð«ðð¬, ðð®ð¬ð¡ ð¡ðð¬ ðððð§ ððšðŠð¢ð§ðððð ðð ðð¢ðŠðð¬ ððšð« ðð¡ð "ðð ðð¢ð§ð ðð§ððð«ððð¢ð§ðð« ðšð ðð¡ð ðððð«", ð°ð¡ð¢ðð¡ ð¢ð¬ ðð¡ð ð¡ð¢ð ð¡ð¥ð² ð©ð«ðð¬ðð¢ð ð¢ðšð®ð¬ ðð§ð ððšð¯ðððð ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð®ð¬ð¢ð ðð°ðð«ð ð ð¢ð¯ðð§ ðð¯ðð«ð² ð²ððð« ððš ðð¡ð ðŠðšð¬ð ðšð®ðð¬ððð§ðð¢ð§ð ð¥ð¢ð¯ð ð©ðð«ððšð«ðŠðð«. He won the award in 2015. Rush has also been Nominated 16 times for "Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year" (winning the award 5 times).
ððšððð² ðð®ð¬ð¡'ð¬ ð¬ððšð«ð² ððð ðð§ ð¢ð§ ð«ð®ð«ðð¥ ððšðŠðð«/ððð²ð§ðð¬ð¯ð¢ð¥ð¥ð, ððšð®ð¢ð¬ð¢ðð§ð, ð°ð¡ðð«ð ðð®ð¬ð¡âððšð«ð§ ððŠðŠððð ðð¥ð¥ð¢ð¬, ðð«. âð ð«ðð° ð®ð© ðšð§ ð¡ð¢ð¬ ðððŠð¢ð¥ð²âð¬ ððð«ðŠ ð©ð¢ðð€ð¢ð§ð ððšðððšð§, ððð§ðð¢ð§ð ððš ðŠð®ð¥ðð¬ ðð§ð ðð¡ð¢ðð€ðð§ð¬, ðð§ð ð¥ð¢ð¯ð¢ð§ð ð¢ð§ ð ð¡ðšðŠð ð°ð¢ðð¡ðšð®ð ðð¥ðððð«ð¢ðð¢ðð² ð§ðšð« ð¢ð§ððšðšð« ð©ð¥ð®ðŠðð¢ð§ð . He built his first guitar on the side of the familyâs house out of broom wire, nails, bottles and bricks.
ðð®ð¬ð¡ ð¥ððð ððð¡ð¢ð§ð ððð«ðŠ ð°ðšð«ð€ ððš ð©ðð«ððšð«ðŠ ðšð§ ðð¡ð ð«ðšðð ð°ð¢ðð¡ ðð¡ð ððððð¢ð ð ðšðšð ðð¢ð§ð¬ðð«ðð¥ð¬, ðð§ð ðð¬ âððšððð² ðð®ð¬ð¡ââð ð§ððŠð ð¡ð ððšðšð€ ðšð§ ðšð®ð ðšð ð«ðð¬ð©ððð ððš ð¡ð¢ð¬ ðððð¡ðð«, ð ðŠð¢ð§ð¢ð¬ððð«âð¡ð ððšð®ð«ðð ðð¡ð ð£ð®ð€ðð¬ ðð§ð ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðšð ððšð®ð¢ð¬ð¢ðð§ð, ðð«ð€ðð§ð¬ðð¬ ðð§ð ðð¢ð¬ð¬ð¢ð¬ð¬ð¢ð©ð©ð¢ ððððšð«ð ð¬ðððð¥ð¢ð§ð ð¢ð§ ðð¡ð¢ððð ðš ð¢ð§ ðð¡ð ððððð¬. Through singles on labels including Chess, ABC and Philadelphia International and relentless touring Rush established an unparalleled reputation as an entertainer, which later led to him being crowned by Rolling Stone magazine as "King of the Chitlinâ Circuit", the network of African American clubs that arose during the segregation era.
ðð§ ðððð, ðð®ð¬ð¡ ðð«ðšð€ð ðð¡ð«ðšð®ð ð¡ ðšð§ ðð¡ð ð§ððð¢ðšð§ðð¥ ðð¡ðð«ðð¬ ð°ð¢ðð¡ ðð¡ð ð¥ðšð°ððšð°ð§ ðð®ð§ð€ ð ð«ð¢ð§ððð« âðð¡ð¢ðð€ðð§ ððððð¬â ððšð« ððð¥ðð±ð² ððððšð«ðð¬. âRush Hourâ, a 1979 album for Kenny Gamble and Leon Huffâs Philadelphia International Records, should have made Bobby a huge star but didnât receive its proper due until the 2000s, when Rolling Stone recognized it as one of the best blues albums of the â70s.
ðð§ ðððð, ðð®ð¬ð¡âð¬ ð¥ðð¬ðð¢ð¯ð¢ðšð®ð¬ ðð¥ðð®ðŠ âðð®ðâ ð¬ðšð¥ð ðšð¯ðð« ð ðŠð¢ð¥ð¥ð¢ðšð§ ð«ðððšð«ðð¬ ððð¬ð©ð¢ðð ð¥ð¢ððð¥ð ðŠðð¢ð§ð¬ðð«ðððŠ ðð¢ð«ð©ð¥ðð². During this period Rush established his reputation as King of the Chitlinâ Circuit, playing a minimum of 200 shows a year.
ðð§ ðð¡ð ð§ðð° ðŠð¢ð¥ð¥ðð§ð§ð¢ð®ðŠ, ðð®ð¬ð¡ ðŠððð ð ð¥ððð-ððð«ððð« ð ð«ðð ððšð« ðŠðð¢ð§ð¬ðð«ðððŠ ð«ðððšð ð§ð¢ðð¢ðšð§. He earned his first GRAMMY® Award Nomination for his 2000 album âHoochie Manâ. He was Nominated for a GRAMMY® Award in 2014 for the album âDown in Louisianaâ and again in 2015 for the album âDecisionsâ. In 2017, Rush won his first GRAMMY® Award for his 25th studio album, âPorcupine Meatâ (2017), with guest artists Dave Alvin, Joe Bonamassa, Vasti Jackson, and Keb' Mo' and his second GRAMMY® Award for âRawer Than Rawâ (2021).
ððð¬ðð ð¢ð§ ðððð€ð¬ðšð§, ðð¢ð¬ð¬ð¢ð¬ð¬ð¢ð©ð©ð¢ ð¬ð¢ð§ðð ðð¡ð ððð«ð¥ð² âððð¬, ðð®ð¬ð¡ ððð ðð§ âðð«ðšð¬ð¬ð¢ð§ð ðšð¯ðð«â ððš ð§ðð° ðð®ðð¢ðð§ððð¬ ð¬ðð¯ðð«ðð¥ ððððððð¬ ðð ðš, ððððð®ð«ðð ð¢ð§ ðð¡ð ððð«ðð¢ð§ ðððšð«ð¬ðð¬ð-ð©ð«ðšðð®ððð ððšðð®ðŠðð§ððð«ð² "ðð¡ð ððšðð ððš ðððŠð©ð¡ð¢ð¬", and also appearing alongside Terrence Howard, Snoop Dogg and Mavis Staples in the documentary "Take Me to the River", as well as performing on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon along with Dan Aykroyd. And the eternally youthful Rush was even able to play himself in the 1970s in Netflixâs 2019 hit biopic "Dolemite is My Name" in a scene with Eddie Murphy.
ððšððð², ðð®ð¬ð¡âð¬ ðð®ð¬ð² ð¬ðð¡ððð®ð¥ð ð¢ð§ðð¥ð®ððð¬ ð¡ðððð¥ð¢ð§ð¢ð§ð ðð®ð«ðšð©ððð§ ððð¬ðð¢ð¯ðð¥ð¬ ð°ð¢ðð¡ ð¡ð¢ð¬ ððð§ð ðð§ð ð¬ðšð¥ðš ð©ð«ðšð ð«ððŠð¬ ðð ð¯ðð§ð®ðð¬ ð¢ð§ðð¥ð®ðð¢ð§ð ððð³ð³ ðð ðð¢ð§ððšð¥ð§ ððð§ððð«, ðð§ð ð¡ð ð£ð®ð¬ð ð«ðððšð«ððð ðð§ ðð¥ðð®ðŠ ðšð ðð«ðð§ð-ð§ðð° ðŠðððð«ð¢ðð¥, 'ðð¥ð¥ ðð² ððšð¯ð ð ðšð« ððšð®', via his own label Deep Rush Records in collaboration with Nashville-based Thirty Tigers. It was Nominated for a 2024 GRAMMY® Award for âBest Traditional Blues Albumâ. Over the last several years re-recorded his 1971 hit "Chicken Heads" together with his old friend Buddy Guy and young blues star Christone âKingfishâ Ingram, and wrote a critically acclaimed autobiography, "I Ainât Studdinâ You: My American Blues Story".
ðð®ð¬ð¡ ð¡ðð¬ ððððšðŠð ðšð§ð ðšð ðð¡ð ðŠðšð¬ð ð©ð«ðšðŠð¢ð§ðð§ð ððð¯ðšððððð¬ ððšð« ðð¡ð ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð«ððð¢ðð¢ðšð§, ðð§ð ð¬ðð²ð¬ âð¢ðâð¬ ðð¡ð ð«ðšðšð ðšð ðð¥ð¥ ðŠð®ð¬ð¢ð, ð¢ðâð¬ ðð¡ð ðŠðšðð¡ðð« ðšð ðð¥ð¥ ðŠð®ð¬ð¢ð.â And he has no plans to slow down. âIâm still in decent health and my mind is pretty keen, and the most blessed thing is that I still have people around me who love what I do. And even if you donât like me, youâre still going to say, âI donât like Bobby Rush, but, damn, heâs good.â
ðð¢ðð€ððð¬ ððšð« ðð±-ðððððð® ðð°ðð«ð-ðð¢ð§ð§ðð«, ðð±-ðððððð® ððšðŠð¢ð§ðð, ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ððð¥ð¥ ðšð ð ððŠðð«, ððð±-ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð®ð¬ð¢ð ðð°ðð«ð ðð¢ð§ð§ðð« & ððð±-ðð¥ð®ðð¬ ðð®ð¬ð¢ð ðð°ðð«ð ððšðŠð¢ð§ðððð ðð¢ð§ð ðð« & ððšð§ð ð°ð«ð¢ððð« ððððð ðððð at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on ðð¡ð®ð«ð¬ððð² ððð©ðððŠððð« ðð ðð ð:ðð ð.ð. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: https://www.facebook.com/share/19QZxFmooa/ and the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market Website at: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/event/bobby-rush/ - ð«ðððð ð¶ððð 2 ð¯ðððð ðððððð ððð ðºððð!!
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