{"id":66624,"date":"2026-06-03T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=66624"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:07:19","slug":"in-photos-blues-legend-bobby-rush-at-the-camden-jazz-cafe-still-rocking-at-92-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-blues-legend-bobby-rush-at-the-camden-jazz-cafe-still-rocking-at-92-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe &#8211; still rocking at 92 years old!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-04.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week I had the absolute pleasure of watching the Grammy-winning, blues legend Bobby Rush perform a superb set at the Camden Jazz Cafe.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-05.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Born Emmett Ellis Jr. on November 10, 1933, the &#8216;King of the Chitlin&#8217; Circuit&#8217; is the oldest living blues legend still active on the circuit, and he wowed the crowd with his sharp wit, deft dance moves and powerful voice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-06.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his long career, Rush has encountered musical greats such\u00a0 Etta James, Howlin&#8217; Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Jimmy Reed, and in 2017, at the ripe old age of 83, he won his first Grammy Award for the album Porcupine Meat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-07.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The drummer was a joy to watch, with rock solid timing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-08.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-09.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rush knew how to work a stage and any singer could learn something from his natural charm and presence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-12.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-10.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-11.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/bobby-rush-camden-13.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: blues legend Bobby Rush at the Camden Jazz Cafe - still rocking at 92 years old\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like a seasoned pro, the second the set was over he was at the front shifting CDs.<\/p>\n<h4>Read more<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bobby_Rush_(musician)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobby Rush<\/a> [Wiki]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bobbyrushbluesman\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobby Rush Insta<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<em>Thanks to Nicole K for the ticket<\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I had the absolute pleasure of watching the Grammy-winning, blues legend Bobby Rush perform a superb set at the Camden Jazz Cafe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[196,194,43,456,17,193],"tags":[2861,81,28,10,1195],"class_list":["post-66624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nightlife","category-london-features","category-music","category-news","category-photos","category-places","tag-blues","tag-camden","tag-gigs","tag-london","tag-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bobby-rush-camden-01.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-hkA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66628,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66624\/revisions\/66628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}