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Two-time Grammy recipient and international music legend Bobby Rush has an autobiography fresh off the presses from Hachett Books of New York City.

Five Things To Do This Weekend in Memphis: July 2nd-4th Pick your holiday on America’s birthday weekend — patriotic, jolly, or spooky — plus perfect summer events featuring BBQ and watermelon. The Memphis Redbirds are having a flash sale just in time for the flash of fireworks. The sale offers $4 tickets while supplies last. While the Redbirds will be hitting the ball out of the park against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimps, weekend promotions will be a big hit with the fans...

On the heels of winning his second Grammy, and on the verge of publishing a memoir, the singer, guitarist and harmonica player is enjoying a long-delayed moment of recognition.

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Blues Beat: Warmer weather brings more live music Domenic Forcella FacebookTwitterEmail Check out the Danny Draher Trio at Sassos Coal Fired Pizza pn Saturday.Domenic Forcella / Contributed photo Festival planning is under way, and with more live music on weekends, all this activity leads to a sense of optimism for the blues community. Danny Draher is back in town, for a couple of weeks. You’ll find the Danny Draher Trio at Sasso’s Coal Fired Pizza, Saturday in downtown Torrington, from 6-9...

Several of yesterday’s winners at the Grammy Awards had connections to Memphis and the Mid-South, leading many music insiders to scratch their heads and tell themselves there must be “something in the water.”

Mississippis Bobby Rush wins second Grammy Share Updated: 7:27 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Share Updated: 7:27 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA NATS WILL GANSS, ABC NEWS NEW YORK JACKSONS OWN BOBBY RUSH WON HIS SECOND "GRAMMY" YESTERDAY. THE 87-YEAR-OLDS SONG "RAWER THAN RAW" WON IN THE "BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM" CATEGORY. RUSH WON HIS FIRST "GRAMMY" IN 2017 AT TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Update...

By Ronnie Littlejohn Bill Steber Over the course of a 70-year career, Bobby Rush has made his mark on America’s legacy of blues music. He’s been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, and Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame. He has won 12 Blues Music Awards and in 2017, at the age of 83, he won his first Grammy Award. Hailing from Louisiana, Rush got his breakthrough in 1971, when his song  Chicken Heads climbed the Billboard R&B chart and was certified g...