Bobby Rush - Let Me in Your House

#Blues From the Album: Rawer Than Raw Year: 2020 Blues legend Bobby Rush has experienced firsthand the waves of change; the 86-year-old musician overcame COVID-19 earlier this year and has lived his entire life wrestling with racial inequality. Rush’s new album Rawer Than Raw is due out August 28 on Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers and in it the artist goes back to the basics of blues. Rush was born Emmett Ellis Jr. in Louisiana, the great-grandchild of slaves from Mississippi, and later changed his name to Bobby Rush out of respect for his father who was a preacher. Rush’s family relocated to Arkansas and later Chicago. Rush admits that it was taxing yet fulfilling to reflect on his old friends who have all passed away and their influences on his life and music. Rawer Than Raw has five original songs written by Rush and six covers paying tribute to Skip James, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Muddy Waters and of course, Howlin’ Wolf.