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Fest Focus: Bobby Rush

May 1, 1996 by: Scott Jordan

If live performances were subject to the rating system used by The Motion Picture Association of America, the stage show of blues man Bobby Rush would definitely qualify for an R rating. Rush is a master racy storyteller, and uses a troupe of buxom dancing girls to help demonstrate - and gyrate - his references. In the era of AIDS and political correctness, the charismatic Rush is a still-thriving pioneer of the bawdy revues of the golden age of r&b and sou...

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