EXCLUSIVE: Grammy-winning blues musician Bobby Rush, fresh off Oscar winner Sinners, is the subject of new documentary King of the Chitlin’ Circuit.
The 92-year-old blues vet performed the harmonica parts for the character of Delta Slim in Sinners and recently took part in the on-stage Oscar night performance for the movie.
The doc, which is due to air on Mississippi Public Broadcasting in August, will chart Rush’s seven-decades career and personal journey. Directed by Al Warren and produced by Taiwo Gaynor, the doc shot over two years “captures the highs and lows of a bluesman’s life on the road, from performances to late-night reflections and the quiet moments in between”.
A Blues Hall of Famer with three Grammy wins, Rush has been singing, playing, composing, and producing since the early 1950s. He grew up in 1930s Louisiana on a farm picking cotton and living in a rural home
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