Ein av dei største Soul-Blues showartistane i verda kjem til Skånevik Bluesfestival også i år.  Bobby Rush sin energiske opptreden er legendarisk og hans show er alltid høgdepunktet på dei festivalane han opptrer.  Han gjesta Skånevik Bluesfestival i 2000 og laga eit forrykande show. 

  Rush uttaler i eit intervju:  Om du høyrer på min musikk kan du høyra litt jazz, litt rock, litt gospel og eg trur eg fortel ein god historie.  Eg er kjend som den lyriske doktor.

Her er ei liste med nokre av nominasjonane/prisane til
Bobby Rush:

* Nominated for two W.C. Handy   
   Awards in 1997
* Voted Best Live Performer of the Year-
   1995,1997, and 1998
* Soul/Blues Artist of the Year 1998
* Jackson State University 1998
* Awardee of the B.B. King Award
* Nominated for three W.C. Handy
   Awards in 1998
* Winner 5 Living Blues Awards in 1998

Eit lite utdrag frå ein biografi om Bobby Rush:

Born Emmit Ellis Jr. in Homer, Louisiana on November 10, 1940, Bobby was just six when he fashioned a guitar out of old broom wire and began listening to the artists who would have the greatest influence on him. Rush later recalled, "Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf influenced me from their stage presence. B.B. King influenced me as an artist. Louis Jordan really inspired me lyrically and influenced my writing. He was swift with lyrics and I like a lot of lyrics. Little Walter influenced me as a harmonica player and Ray Charles influenced me as an entertainer."

In 1953 Rush moved to Chicago with his family where he began playing in clubs and soon emerged on the West Side blues circuit of the 1960s, fronting bands which included such notable guitarists as Luther Allison and Freddie King. However, as Rush began to develop his own individual sound, he opted to forgo the blues market in favor of targeting the chitlin circuit, which offered a more receptive audience for his increasingly bawdy material. He notched his first hit in 1971 with his single "Chicken Heads," and appeared on a wide variety of labels throughout the 70’s and 80's as he continued his almost "non-stop" touring. During the mid-1990s, Rush moved to Waldoxy, heralding a return to a more soul-blues sound on albums including One Monkey Don't Stop No Show.

For the past four decades Rush has been thrilling audiences around the world with his stellar showmanship, and with the release of his current album, "Southern Soul" (with Lynn White on Cannonball Records), he shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, he is expanding his market from the chitlin circuit throughout the south to more mainstream blues clubs around the country. Bobby Rush has crafted a unique musical style that incorporates blues, funk, soul and folk. As Rush explains, "If you listen to my music you can hear a little jazz, a little rock, a little gospel, and I think I tell a good story. I’m known as the lyric doctor." Living Blues Magazine has honored Bobby Rush with the "Best Live Performer of the Year" Award several times including 1999 – and with good reason, Rush is one of the most visual performers you will ever see and once you have seen Bobby Rush perform you will never forget him.

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