90-year-old chats before Blues Fest set with the Blind Boys of Alabama
Apart from ACL and SXSW, April 26-28 might now be one of the biggest weekends on the Austin music calendar.What constitutes blues in 2024? This year’s Austin Blues Festival – which books foundational Chicago guitarist Buddy Guy alongside cheeky bounce music pioneer Big Freedia – offers multiple answers. So does Saturday afternoon performer Bobby Rush , who’s less interested in a musician’s approach than their message.
“We all talk about being in love or making love,” the singer says. “Being up, being down. The ups and downs in life and having a good time. Everybody wishes for the same things in life.”,” his 1971 calling card, incorporated elements of funk, trading pentatonic scales for a thumping bassline. Maybe that’s why he’s comfortable sharing the Blues Festival stage with the Blind Boys of Alabama, a gospel group.
“The same people you see on Saturday night are the same people you see on Sunday morning,” he says of the not-so-surprising pairing. On his plans to sing his own songs, then come back out and join the 1939-launched troupe for a joint performance, he cracks: “I get up there to be the dirty old man, and they pray for me to clean me up.”
Besides, Rush loves collaborating. In 2022, he celebrated the 50th anniversary of “Chicken Heads” by recording new versions of the song with Gov’t Mule, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, and Buddy Guy. Though it’s not “written in stone,” Rush says he might come out during his longtime friend’s headlining set.
“I’m in my heaven now because I’ve done something with all the guys that came up with me,” Rush says of his generation. “I respect what they do what they have done, so here I am doing it with my co-workers and having fun ... and making some money for a change.
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