Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
James Andrew Rushing, known as Jimmy Rushing, was an American blues shouter, balladeer, and swing jazz singer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth26 August 1901
CountryUnited States of America
came entertain liked none people
When it came to parties, we used to be like one big family. If one couldn't go, none of us would! People liked to entertain the band.
roaming-around roaming
I liked roaming around by myself.
singing beats relaxed
I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.
way brotherly-love certain
The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.
dangerous
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
men self play
This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.
artist people lines
When I go in front of an audience, I'll admit I sometimes have a certain amount of fear in me, because maybe the people are not going to accept what I'm doing today. That's bad for any artist, especially if what you're doing is not in line with what's happening today.
rushing records typical
If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.
names differences new-orleans
There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it.
music play soul
Anytime a person can play the blues, he has a soul and he has a 'lift' to play anything else he wants to play. It's sort of like the foundation to a building.
believe daily-activities people
The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues, please believe me.
tells
The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.