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| Bobby Rush Releases New Album - Night Fishin' Over the last several years, Bobby Rush's star has risen dramatically through his participation in many exciting projects. But as his new CD Night Fishin' demonstrates, he's still dedicated to the sound that made him the king of the chitlin circuit. Bobby's exciting performances in the Martin Scorsese-produced film The Road to Memphis introduced him to many new fans around the world. Back home he captured his exciting stage show on a DVD, Live At Ground Zero, recorded at Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi. On his last CD Folk Funk, Bobby teamed up with acclaimed guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart to explore his funk, gospel, and blues roots, and earlier this year Bobby performed at the Delta Blues Festival in Greenville backed by a 25-piece big-band. Night Fishin' marks Bobby's return on CD to the classic sound of his regular live performances. "People know more about me than they did four or five years ago, but I'm still doing the same thing, " says Rush. So the basic idea of Night Fishin' is nothing new, but the approach is new. The title song plays on Mississippi's role as the capital of catfish as well Bobby's well-known talents with a rod and reel. "You have a long pole to reach the catfish at the bottom, " says Bobby. Another highlight is G-String, in which an overworked man tells his woman all she needs is to bring on a needed romantic getaway is a toothbrush and g-string. On the ballad You Make One Step, Bobby shows a tender side that's sometimes hard to see behind his flamboyant stage persona. "Its a biblical saying. If you make one step, I'll make two, " explains Bobby. "But here its about romance, If you lay down, I'll turn you over. I wanted to do a sweet kind of song because its time for me to do something thats kind of easy-going. That's me too - I'm easy-going. I move real fast because my name is Rush, but I'm not hard to catch. Sometimes a tomcat will be hollering when something is chasing it, but other times they want to be caught." write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |