Post by Dennis M. Kelly on May 3, 2005 10:24:56 GMT -6
CHECK OUT THE NEW MAVIS STAPLES WEBSITE!
Mavis Staples has her first-ever official website at www.MavisStaples.com. Find out where her Summer 2005 Tour will take her or check out the section called 'The Message' to read a personal message from Mavis or to drop her a message of your own. The new site also has photos from Mavis' personal collection in the 'Sight & Sound' section and a limited selection of reduced-price Mavis t-shirts in the web store. And if you don't already own a copy of her critically acclaimed Alligator release, HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, you can purchase it at Mavis' website, too (as well as at http://www.alligator.com).
OTIS RUSH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN CHICAGO!
On May 11, 2005 the blues community of Chicago is coming together at Buddy Guy's Legends for a birthday tribute to Otis Rush, one of the living legends of Chicago blues. The evening of music will feature Otis Rush's band members and alumni as well as special performances by Billy Boy Arnold, Eddy Clearwater, Lonnie Brooks, Jody Williams, Billy Branch, Jimmy Johnson, Carlos Johnson and many more surprise guests. The proprietor of the club himself, Buddy Guy, also plans to make an appearance.
Mr. Rush, who is recuperating from a minor stroke, will not be performing himself, but will be there to enjoy his music performed by many of his celebrated friends and peers. The evening is sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Special Events and is one of the official Chicago Blues Festival pre-events.
Otis Rush was born on April 29, 1935 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. A child prodigy, Rush taught himself to play his brother's guitar, developing his unusual and highly personal left-handed style of playing the instrument upside down and backwards. Rush moved to Chicago in 1948 and decided to become a full-time musician after seeing Muddy Waters perform.
His first recording for Cobra Records in 1956, "I Can't Quit You Baby," was a national R&B Top Ten hit. That song and others in his lengthy and illustrious career such as "All Your Love I Miss Loving," "Keep On Loving Me Baby," "Right Place, Wrong Time" and "Double Trouble" have all became classics of the Chicago blues genre.
Otis Rush was one of the architects of the famed "Chicago West Side blues style" with his impassioned soul-tinged vocals and his intense minor key approach to the guitar. His bands were the first to feature an electric bass player and his aggressive style soon captured the imagination of younger blues musicians such as Buddy Guy, Freddie King and Luther Allison.
He toured Europe for the first time in 1966 with the groundbreaking American Folk Blues Festival, credited for introducing live Chicago blues music to the continent. Since then, Otis Rush has continued to be a key ambassador for Chicago blues, performing at festivals and concert halls around the world. "His performances at the Chicago Blues Festival have been legendary and hugely instrumental in developing the Chicago Blues Festival into the largest blues festival in the world," expressed festival producer Barry Dolins.
Otis Rush's music has also inspired many rock icons such as Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Pearl Jam, and continues to inspire countless others. Otis Rush is a member of The Blues Hall of Fame and in 1998 he was awarded a Grammy Award for his most recent recording, "Any Place I'm Going."
Buddy Guy's Legends is located at 754 South Wabash in Chicago.
Show starts at 9:00 PM
For tickets please call (312) 427-1190
For more information please contact:
Rick Bates (626) 355-9201
Mavis Staples has her first-ever official website at www.MavisStaples.com. Find out where her Summer 2005 Tour will take her or check out the section called 'The Message' to read a personal message from Mavis or to drop her a message of your own. The new site also has photos from Mavis' personal collection in the 'Sight & Sound' section and a limited selection of reduced-price Mavis t-shirts in the web store. And if you don't already own a copy of her critically acclaimed Alligator release, HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, you can purchase it at Mavis' website, too (as well as at http://www.alligator.com).
OTIS RUSH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN CHICAGO!
On May 11, 2005 the blues community of Chicago is coming together at Buddy Guy's Legends for a birthday tribute to Otis Rush, one of the living legends of Chicago blues. The evening of music will feature Otis Rush's band members and alumni as well as special performances by Billy Boy Arnold, Eddy Clearwater, Lonnie Brooks, Jody Williams, Billy Branch, Jimmy Johnson, Carlos Johnson and many more surprise guests. The proprietor of the club himself, Buddy Guy, also plans to make an appearance.
Mr. Rush, who is recuperating from a minor stroke, will not be performing himself, but will be there to enjoy his music performed by many of his celebrated friends and peers. The evening is sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Special Events and is one of the official Chicago Blues Festival pre-events.
Otis Rush was born on April 29, 1935 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. A child prodigy, Rush taught himself to play his brother's guitar, developing his unusual and highly personal left-handed style of playing the instrument upside down and backwards. Rush moved to Chicago in 1948 and decided to become a full-time musician after seeing Muddy Waters perform.
His first recording for Cobra Records in 1956, "I Can't Quit You Baby," was a national R&B Top Ten hit. That song and others in his lengthy and illustrious career such as "All Your Love I Miss Loving," "Keep On Loving Me Baby," "Right Place, Wrong Time" and "Double Trouble" have all became classics of the Chicago blues genre.
Otis Rush was one of the architects of the famed "Chicago West Side blues style" with his impassioned soul-tinged vocals and his intense minor key approach to the guitar. His bands were the first to feature an electric bass player and his aggressive style soon captured the imagination of younger blues musicians such as Buddy Guy, Freddie King and Luther Allison.
He toured Europe for the first time in 1966 with the groundbreaking American Folk Blues Festival, credited for introducing live Chicago blues music to the continent. Since then, Otis Rush has continued to be a key ambassador for Chicago blues, performing at festivals and concert halls around the world. "His performances at the Chicago Blues Festival have been legendary and hugely instrumental in developing the Chicago Blues Festival into the largest blues festival in the world," expressed festival producer Barry Dolins.
Otis Rush's music has also inspired many rock icons such as Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Pearl Jam, and continues to inspire countless others. Otis Rush is a member of The Blues Hall of Fame and in 1998 he was awarded a Grammy Award for his most recent recording, "Any Place I'm Going."
Buddy Guy's Legends is located at 754 South Wabash in Chicago.
Show starts at 9:00 PM
For tickets please call (312) 427-1190
For more information please contact:
Rick Bates (626) 355-9201