Associated acts Eric Von Schmidt Role Singer · tomrush.com | Years active 1961–present Name Tom Rush | |
Occupation(s) ArrangerSingerSongwriterRecord producer Instruments Vocals, acoustic guitar Movies and TV shows Judy Collins: Wildflower Festival, Showcase '68 Albums The Circle Game, Take a Little Walk With Me, Tom Rush, Celebrates 50 Years of Music, Wrong End of the Rainbow Profiles |
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Tom Rush (born February 8, 1941) is an American folk and blues singer, songwriter, musician and recording artist.
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- Tom rush panama limited
- Tom rush the child s song from dvd how i play some of my favorite songs
- Life and career
- Discography
- Songs
- References
Tom rush the child s song from dvd how i play some of my favorite songs
Life and career
Rush was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the adopted son of a teacher at St. Paul's School, in Concord, New Hampshire. Tom began performing in 1961 while studying at Harvard University after having graduated from the Groton School. 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, the Unicorn in Boston, and The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Rush is credited by Rolling Stone magazine with ushering in the era of the singer/songwriter. In addition to performing his own compositions, he sang songs by Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Murray McLauchlan, David Wiffen and William Hawkins, helping them to gain recognition early in their careers.

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 Top Ten credit as a songwriter on the UK singles chart, Emmylou Harris, who included the song on her 1988 album Bluebird, and Midge Ure whose cover also made the UK Top Ten.

A video of his performance of Steven Walters' "The Remember Song" was placed on YouTube and to date (June 2012) it has received over 6 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." One of the earliest music videos produced (1968) for an artist by a record company, Elektra, can be found at his website, www.tomrush.com. It was used to promote his signature song, "No Regrets" for his "The Circle Game" album. A number of recent videos from a 2010 concert performed in Old Saybrook, CT can be found on the video website Vimeo under a search for Tom Rush.
Tom Rush is married to author Renee Askins and was formerly married to singer Beverly Rush.
Over the years Tom Rush has used a number of guitars on stage, his current primary one a handcrafted acoustic made by Don Musser. In February 2012, Rush appeared on stage in Colorado with a new instrument, a cedar-top Dreadnought with an inlay of a snake wrapped around a reclining nude woman. The guitar, crafted by McKenzie & Marr Guitars is a "re-incarnation" of one of Rush's earliest acoustics - the famous "Naked Lady."
On Dec. 28, 2012, Rush appeared at Boston Symphony Hall to celebrate fifty years in the music biz.
Discography
Songs
Urge For Going
No Regrets
Child's Song
What I Know
Driving Wheel
Galveston Flood
The Circle Game
Wasn't That a Mighty Storm
Joshua Gone Barbados
Drop Down Mama
These Days
River Song
Who Do You Love
The Panama Limited
The Dreamer
Wrong End of the Rainbow
Merrimack County
Ladies Love Outlaws
Hot Tonight
Sweet Baby James
All a Man Can Do
San Francisco Bay Blues
On the Road Again
Rockport Sunday
Kids These Days
Jamaica Say You Will
Late Night Radio
Jazzman
Mobile-Texas Line
Fall Into the Night
Old Man's Song
Biloxi