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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.”
Mississippi's 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 JACKSON'S OWN BOBBY RUSH WON HIS SECOND "GRAMMY" YESTERDAY. THE 87-YEAR-OLD'S 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 Updated: 7:27 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021 Jackson's own Bobby Rush won his second Grammy.The 87-year-old's...
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 gold. He then had two more gold-certified records with Sue in 1981 and Ain’t Studdin’ Ya in 19...