International blues guitar legend. Headlined the 1995 Chicago Blues Festival with an amazing mainstage set, and was nominated for several "Best Traditional Blues Album" Grammy (including at least 1996, 1998), and Contemporary Blues - Male Artist of the Year (1996). The New York Times calls him "One of the best living bluesmen." The Chicago Reader concurs, saying "when he's on there's still no better blues guitarist in this city." More recently, Rush was nominated for W.C. Handy Blues Awards in "Instrumental Guitar" and "Contemporary Blues Album of the Year." The Ceremony is May 27 in Memphis, TN. Definitely check out Ain't Enough Comin' In (a Mercury disc produced by John Porter, also producer of Buddy Guy's last two recordings) -- though it's 35 years since his initial Cobra recordings (his 1958 "All Your Love (I Miss Loving) remains the stereotypical west-side blues tune), and almost 2 decades since he'd been in the studio, you'd never know it...
Rush grew up on a farm in Mississippi, but moved to Chicago as a teenager. Though his first recording brought him a good deal of fame, his recording career is a bit checkered. The temperamental southpaw's live performances are worthwhile though, every one of them.
You can hear him playing on a track of Joe Louis Walker's most recent album, Great Guitars. Also, check out So Many Roads, just reissued on Delmark.
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