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Bobby Rush is an 85-year-old Grammy winning and legendary R&B, Soul, Funk and Blues artist with the energy and performance style like he's in his prime. Rolling Stone calls him "The King of the Chitlin' Circuit" for his constant touring and vibrant live show on a circuit that has been home to Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, James Brown and other black entertainers.
Mainstream recognition came when he earned his first Grammy nomination for his 2000 album Hoochie Man. He later won a 2017 Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album for Porcupine Meat. Sitting on Top of the Blues, his 26th studio album is certain to extend his winning streak, and promises to further spread the news that this revered legend is bigger, badder and bolder than ever.
Bobby Rush has earned 12 Blues Music Awards, including the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award and Album of the Year. He co-starred in the 2014 documentary Take Me to the River alongside Terrence Howard, Snoop Dogg and Mavis Staples. That same year, he had his late-night TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He was the first bluesman to perform at the Great Wall of China, attracting over 40,000 people and earning him the title "China's Ambassador of the Blues." In 2006 he was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone named his 1979 LP Rush Hour one of the Top 10 Blues albums of the 1970s. Songs he wrote have been recorded by an array of artists including Wyclef Jean, B.B. King, James Brown and The Staple Singers.- Editor
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Quin O'Brien was born on 16 September 1980 in Homer, Alaska, USA. He is an editor and director, known for 100 Foot Wave (2021), Rhythm + Flow (2019) and Song Exploder (2020).- Dean got his start in live theater. He began his stage career as "Henry" in the musical "Finian's Rainbow," when he was in the 6th grade. He later appeared in the Omaha Playhouse production of "Oliver!" and then lost himself in other teen-aged pursuits.
As an adult, and on a dare, he auditioned for a role in the Springfield (Mo.) Little Theater production of "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" in 1990. Not only was he cast, he was hooked. He has since appeared onstage in Springfield, Missouri is dozens of live productions including having portrayed Nicely-Nicely Johnson in "Guys and Dolls," Alfie Doolittle in "My Fair Lady" and Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof."
"Zombies of the World" is his second motion picture for Ross Payton, having appeared as Agent Melville in 2006 in "Motor Home From Hell."
Married with four children, he also is a preeminent criminal defense attorney in southwest Missouri. - Leslie Stowe was born in November 1867 in Homer, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for La vie de Bohème (1916), The Passing Parade (1912) and The Carter Case (1919). He died on 16 July 1949 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
- Fred Miller was born on 8 August 1940 in Homer, Louisiana, USA. He died on 25 February 2023 in Timonium, Maryland, USA.
- Ben McAdoo was born on 9 July 1977 in Homer City, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Jake Forster was born on 17 November 1969 in Homer, Alaska, USA. Jake is known for Edge of Darkness (2010), Surrogates (2009) and The Human Stain (2003). Jake died on 18 June 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.- Fred White was born on 29 May 1936 in Homer, Illinois, USA. He died on 15 May 2013 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
- Paul Lowe was born on 27 September 1936 in Homer, Louisiana, USA.