Rhodes, Bobby Rush create Memphis version of ‘America the Beautiful’
The latest collaboration between Bobby Rush and Rhodes College is an original blues version of “America the Beautiful.” Over the past semester, Rush and a veritable who’s who of local musicians worked alongside dozens of Rhodes students to record their uniquely Memphis take on the patriotic standard. (Photo by J.C. Hendrix)
Despite suffering from COVID-19 just last year, Bobby Rush has been on a tear since his recovery.
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Bobby Rush Rhodes CollegeEzra Wheeler
Ezra Wheeler is the host of the Memphis Musicology podcast and the radio show Dead Wax on WYXR. He’s also a contributor to We Are Memphis and Choose901.
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