Billy Rush

William Rush (born August 26, 1952) is an American musician, guitarist, composer, producer, arranger and engineer who started working professionally in 1964.

William Rush (also known as Billy Rush or Little Willie Rush) was born on August 26, 1952, in Deal, New Jersey.

Rush composed for Muddy Waters (1964-1997), John Hammond (1965), Bo Didley (1968), Camel Pressure Points (1984), Brian Kennedy (1990), Kolibri (1990), Boxcar (1990), Chris Walker (1991), Psychic TV (1994), Jerry Clower (1994), Debbie Davies (1994), Jimmy Hall (1996), Slo Leak (1996) Boukan Ginen (1997), David Michael Frank (2001), Chris Thomas King (2004) Jimi Hendrix (2005–2008), Lloyd Price (2006).

The original BBB had played together since 1968 and before 1974 had represented a line of Paul Green (harmonica, vocals), Paul Dickler (guitar), David Meyers (bass) and Kenny Pentifallo (Drums).

They s were established as the orchestra at a new club, the stone pony.

Green was the lead singer of the band but he preferred to play the harmonica.

Meanwhile, Southside played harmonica with the Blues Street Band, but had few opportunities to sing in advance.

Green and Southside effectively exchanged Southside band and soon emerged as the leader of BBB, referring Dickler (who did not like Steven Van Zandt) and Meyers, Pentifallo but keeping a battery.

Before 1974 Miami Steven Van Zandt played with Al Berger Dovells in support of the band and Southside Johnny began playing with the orchestra for which BoozeBlackBerry Kenny Pentifallo already playing drums.

It was this band that eventually developed in the Asbury Jukes.

Rush is especially known for his lengthy association with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes as guitarist and composer (from 1975 to 1985) and for his work as guitarist and musical director with Serge Gainsbourg from 1984 until 1991.

He played with Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes from 1975 to 1985, acting as guitarist and composing several songs for the band.

He was subsequently recruited Kevin Kavanagh and Van Zandt, who in turn recruited Al Berger and in June 1975, inspired by Little Walter and the Jukes they changed their name to the Asbury Jukes suddenly Steven Van Zandt made Asbury Jukes jackets by burning it and this is why Meyers and Green did not like his clothes there at that time.

The original Jukes Paravant the line was then supplemented with additional Mexican American Carlo Novi sax player and tenor Billy Rush (guitar) arrived in February 1975 in the band.

Billy Rush has already started working in the Jukes in 1975 playing only guitar, and their first three studio albums (I Don't Want to Go Home, That's For Real and Hearts of Stone) as well as their first live album, Live at the Bottom Line (1976) had only been moderate commercial successes and they were eventually based on Epic Records.

His growing engagements at Bruce Springsteen distanced Steve Van Zandt from the Jukes and for the lives and concert of 1978 Southside recruited another guitarist to replace Steve Van Zandt who is named Joel (Cage) Gramolini who stayed from 1978 to 1981 and c 'Who placed Billy Rush as the co-leader of the band and chief songwriter of the following 3 studio albums because Rush had been working in the band for 4 years.

Their next three albums were released at Mercury.

In 1979, Billy Rush saw Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes who underwent several major changes.

Then came the studio album Love Is A Sacrifice (1980) composed by Billy Rush, the album Reach Up And Touch The Sky, 1980's live album released in 1981.

He was assisted by Stephan Galfas for production.

In 1982 Southside Johnny & Billy Rush believes that it is necessary to change the name of the group by Southside Johnny & The Jukes to have more success to the purchases of album sales and listening.

About 1983 Southside, Rush wrote two not far from nine songs and four remixes at least on their album titled Trash It Up (1983) which reaches the ears of Philippe Lerichomme and Serge Gainsbourg for his album Love On The Beat (1984) ), It was Lerichomme who found this album at a record store in Paris and made him listen to Gainsbourg. Gainsbourg finds that he likes the album and leaves for New Jersey to meet Southside Johnny to see Billy Rush so he takes part in recording Love On The Beat on guitar, bass and drums. Trash It Up was released by Mirage Reports and produced by Nile Rodgers who did not have time to produce Serge Gainsbourg's Love On The Beat as Rodgers was to produce for Madonna (Like a Virgin) 1984 and David Bowie (Let's Dance) 1983 so Niles will let Billy Rush produce Gainsbourg's album which was more successful listening and buying while the album Trash It Up by Southside Johnny & the Asbury jukes n 'Had no success in buying and listening then during the year 1984 the album In The Heat composed by Billy Rush who saw the Asbury Jukes lowering more and more to buying and listening.

In 1984 he started working with Serge Gainsbourg, also performing with Taka Boom (Yvonne Steven) in 1985, Charlotte Gainsbourg in 1986, Bambou (Caroline Paulus) in 1989.

It also marked the end of the association of Billy Rush with the Jukes who announced his departure in January 1985 because Billy Rush considers that the Asbury Jukes do not represent anything for him and wants to do other things leaving the Group by joining Serge Gainsbourg in the spring of 1985 who called on him for the rehearsals of his future concert at the Casino de Paris 1985 and his tour throughout France in 1985, Billy Rush took the place of the English guitarist Alan Parker because Billy has a success Better than Alan, Gainsbourg and Billy also took the place of guitarists Doughie Brian and Michael Chung the ex guitarist Bob Marley that Serge Gainsbourg had recruited for his album Aux Armes Et Caetera and his live album at the Palace 1979 five years earlier, And Rush was also the musical director of the band of musicians of Gainsbourg during the tour of 1985 and the last tour of 1988.

After the departure of Billy Rush, Billy Rush was replaced from 1985 to 2010 in the jukes by Bobby Bandiera in January 1985 who called on him and agreed to take his place and Bobby Bandiera worked on the album In The Heat by Southside Johnny as a vocalist, Bobby replaced Billy until 2010 after being recruited by the Bon Jovi group, Suddenly another guitarist named Glenn Alexander replaces Bobby from 2010 to today.

And after the departure of Billy Rush from the band Billy Rush continued composing and playing for Taka Boom (1985) who also worked on the album In The Heat of Jukes as vocalist, Serge Gainsbourg (1984 - 1988) Billy Rush accompanies Serge Gainsbourg to record live albums and filming his last two concerts at the Casino de Paris in 1985 and at the Zénith de Paris in 1988 recorded in France, and his latest studio album You're Under Arrest recorded in New Jersey (1987 ) Billy Rush also produced for Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of Serge Gainsbourg, for his studio album Charlotte For Ever the BOF of the film (1986) recorded in New Jersey, Bambou (Caroline Paulus) the last companion of Serge Gainsbourg for its 45 turn Lulu (1986) recorded in New Jersey and for his studio album Made In China (1989) recorded in New Jersey

== End of the works with Serge Gainsbourg New composition for other artists, death of Serge Gainsbourg, Retrouved of Bambou, Continuation in the composition and Retirement of the Composition (1990-present)==

In 1990, Gainsbourg had begun to write a new blues-influenced album that was to be recorded in New Orleans in March 1991, without Billy Rush and the rest of his usual musical collaborators except for Gary Georgett, as he wanted jazz musicians, but unfortunately the album wasn't to be as on March 2, Gainsbourg died as a result of a heart attack at his home in Paris.

March 4 he had to make the music and lyrics in demo recorded end of 1990 which was to give Phillipe Lerichome it than the day before his death.

Rush was one of the guitarists recruited to the changes of name of band (When the group has to change under the name of Asbury Jukes has the place of BoozeBlackBerry in 1975) from 1975 to 1985 in February 1975 with Steven Van Zandt (Which was already in the group before he changes a name) of 1975 has 1979, Steve is thus the composer and a guitarist of the Jukes and the first three Albums of Asbury Jukes such as I Don't Want to Go Home appeared in 1976, It's This Time It's for Real appeared in 1977 and Hearts of Stone appeared in 1978 which will be the last album on which Van Zandt would compose and appear with Rush for Southside Johnny, because towards the end of 1978, Steve Van Zandt got caught speeding by Bruce Springsteen, and of the blow Steve goes away with The Boss Bruce Springsteen, But Steve makes his departure by keeping the link with John Lyons ( Southside Johnny) and his(her) musicians composers that he knows in that she(it) he has to work with but in 1991 Southside Johnny Lyon and his group prepares and goes out a new album Better Days on which Steve Van Zandt is ré to engage as composer and vocalist of this albums but without Billy Rush who had left in 1985 of Jukes to join the French singer Serge Gainsbourg who fell in love on Billy Rush by listening to the album Trash It Up of Asbury Jukes and Serge Gainsbourg dies on March 2, 1991, the same year or The Jukes prepared and took out their albums Better Days with Bobby Bandiera the guitarist, the composer and the replacement of Billy Rush in Jukes, Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt.

Sung by Bamboo duo with his son Lulu Gainsbourg this reprise of this song composed by Serge Gainsbourg is a tribute for the 10 years of the death of Serge Gainsbourg disappeared in 1991, Lulu Gainsbourg is 15 years old, Billy Rush is aged 49 Years he finds Bambou and Lulu and the American musicians who knew him when he worked with Serge Gainsbourg at the time, alas, he will not play on this song while the other American musicians Serge participated in this song Do not say Nothing, 10 years later in 2011 Lulu Gainsbourg made an album in homage for the 20 years of his father 's death with the rest of the musicians of Serge, Billy Rush will not be on the album and had to be replaced by another one, Other guitarists, because since the death of Serge Gainsbourg in 1991, Billy Rush no longer wants to hear about Serge Gainsbourg definitively.

In 2001, Serge Gainsbourg's DVD was released in Gainsbarre for the 10th anniversary of his death and in the same year Billy found Bambou, Serge Gainsbourg's last companion, and their son, Lulu Gainsbourg, wanted to record by singing the Gainsbourg song.

Rush was also a member of a small hard rock band called Liddle, Rush and Thrall in 2002 with Pat Thrall on drums, Tony Liddle on guitar & singing and Rush on vocals.

Rush lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

In 2002, Billy Rush decided to get back into the music and took part in a small hard rock band called Liddle Rush And Thrall with Pat Thrall on guitar, Tony Liddell on drums and Billy Rush on vocals and voices.

Tony and Pat are friends of Billy Rush, their band has had no success and their studio albums Law (2002) were a failure to buy and listen.

In 2004 a DVD was released on the concert of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at rockpalast and grughalle essen in Germany and also the same year a compilation album of 12 songs with rare demo from Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes not released at the time In 2007, an album of 5 CD compilation spring with demo songs not released at the time of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, after the video K7 video of the concerts of Gainsbourg at the Casino of Paris and the Zenith emerges in DVD the Casino in 2006 and the Zenith in 2008, in 2008 released the album Live In Boston 1978 by Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes for the 30 years of the tour Hearts Of Stone Tour, in 2014 emerge the albums Love On The Beat, And Serge Gainsbourg's You're Under Arrest with remixed and rare songs signed by Gainsbourg, a book with a CD, in bookshops that sold from 2013 to 2014, and in 2015 releases the album Serge Gainsbourg Live (Casino de Paris 1985) on CD and vinyl LPs on sale at the Fnac and Cultura with remixes, reprise and unpublished for the 30th anniversary of this concert in November the same year released the album Live Bottom Line 1977 New York City of Asbury Jukes not released At the time.

Billy Rush is retired from the composition for the moment but still plays the guitar for his pleasure at home

The album The Jukes was recorded at the "Muscle Shoals Sound" and produced by Barry Beckett and composed by Billy Rush, in 1979 Southside Johnny record one album bootleg in Asbury Park the 08/08/1979 on the radio.

Serge Gainsbourg will be buried at the Montparnasse cemetery, March 7 is what reallymarked the end of the work of Billy Rush and Serge Gainsbourg in 1991 but especially in 1990 as Serge was most need him for his future album which will never exist which should be save in 1990, in 1992 a label of music releases the album Live of Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes (Live 10 / 15/1984) Recorded at the Bayou Club in Washington named All I Want Is Everything in audio CD and K7 video, the same year a compilation regrouping the songs between 1976 and 1978 of Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes goes out with "Havin' a Party" in live version Rare audio studio.