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Tom Rush
Rush performing in 2006
Background information
Born
(1941-02-08) February 8, 1941 (age 83) Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.
Genres
Blues, folk, country
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)
Vocals, acoustic guitar
Years active
1961–present
Labels
Elektra, Prestige, Columbia
Website
tomrush.com
Musical artist
Thomas Walker Rush (born February 8, 1941)[1] is an American folk and blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter who helped launch the careers of other singer-songwriters in the 1960s and has continued his own singing career for 60 years.[2]
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1048. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^Dicaire, David (September 9, 2011). The Folk Music Revival, 1958-1970: Biographies of Fifty Performers and Other Influential People. McFarland. pp. 95–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6352-7. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
Jeremiah. TomRush had always been the "storyteller" or "balladeer" type of folk artist, before and after his stint with Columbia, to which Rush was lured...
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where he was the supporting act for more established artists. He supported TomRush at Washington D.C.'s The Cellar Door, Danny O'Keefe at Club Passim in Massachusetts...
Rush It is a 1978 American romance film co-written and directed by Gary Youngman in his directorial debut and starring Tom Berenger. A female bicycle messenger...
Finally Rush portrayed Philip Henslowe in the romantic comedy-drama Shakespeare in Love acting opposite Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson...
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of David Wiffen's "(Lost My) Driving Wheel", originally popularized by TomRush. A follow-up, Live from the Women's Club 2, contains the rest of the concert...
classical-influenced orchestration were Judy Collins, Donovan, Tim Hardin and TomRush. Kooper was joined by Boston musicians John Parker Compton, singer and...
Chicago, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, Timothy B. Schmit, Barry McGuire, TomRush, Al Kooper and Emmylou Harris. Tempchin was voted into the Songwriters...
session player, Randall played with artists such as The Doobie Brothers, TomRush, Elkie Brooks, Carly Simon, Carl Wilson, Peter Wolf, Peter Frampton, James...
Jennifer Rush (born Heidi Stern; September 28, 1960) is an American pop and rock singer. She achieved success during the mid-1980s with several singles...
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (/ˈlɪmbɔː/ LIM-baw; January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American conservative political commentator who was the host...
pilot, novelist, cartoonist and newspaper columnist. He was known as "TomRush". He wrote a weekly column in the Sunday Vision, called "Old Fox". He was...