Tom Rush
(born on February 8, 1941, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire) is a noted folk and blues singer, songwriter and recording artist.
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Background
Rush's father was a teacher at
St. Paul's School, in
Concord, New Hampshire. Tom began performing in
1961 while studying at
Harvard University. He majored in English literature. Many of his early recordings are versions of
Lowland Scots and
Appalachian folk songs. He regularly performed at the
Club 47 coffeehouse (now called Club Passim) in Cambridge and the Unicorn in Boston.
Rush is credited by
Rolling Stone
magazine with ushering in the era of the
singer/songwriter. In addition to performing his own compositions, he covered songs by
Joni Mitchell,
Jackson Browne,
James Taylor and
Murray McLauchlan, and helped them to gain recognition early in their careers.
Bob Dylan is reputed to be the "Roosevelt Gook" credited as playing piano on the 1966 Elektra album
Take A Little Walk With Me
, though many believe it was
Al Kooper under another name to collect a second musician's fee.
His
1968 composition "
No Regrets" has become an acknowledged standard, with numerous cover versions having been recorded (Rush did two radically different versions himself). These include
The Walker Brothers, who gave Tom Rush a belated
Top Ten exposure as a songwriter on the
UK singles chart.
A video of his performance of Steven Walters' "The Remember Song" was placed on
YouTube and to date (April 2009) it has received over 3.8 million plays. Writing on his website, Rush said "I've been waiting 45 years to be an overnight sensation, and it's finally happened! A video clip of my performance of "The Remember Song" has 'gone viral.' I felt terrible at first, thinking I was being accused of being a musical equivalent of
Ebola, but my children explained to me that this was a good thing."
Tom Rush is married to the author
Renée Askins.
Discography
- 1962 - Tom Rush at the Unicorn
- 1963 - Got a Mind to Ramble
- 1963 - Blues, Songs & Ballads
- 1965 - Tom Rush (Elektra
)
- 1966 - Take a Little Walk with Me
- 1968 - The Circle Game
- 1970 - Tom Rush (Columbia
)
- 1970 - Wrong End of the Rainbow
- 1972 - Merrimack County
- 1974 - Ladies Love Outlaws
- 1975 - The Best of Tom Rush (Columbia
)
- 1982 - Tom Rush: New Year
- 1982 - Tom Rush: Late Night Radio
- 1991 - Blues, Songs and Ballads [Compilation]
- 1999 - No Regrets: The Very Best Of Tom Rush
- 1999 - Wrong End of the Rainbow (Import, Original recording remastered)
- 2001 - Tom Rush/Take a Little Walk With Me (Import, Original recording remastered)
- 2001 - Live at Symphony Hall, Boston (Live)
- 2002 - Merrimack County/Ladies Love Outlaws (Import)
- 2002 - Take a Little Walk with Me
- 2003 - Trolling for Owls
- 2009 - What I Know