Billy Rush (musician)
William "Billy" Rush (born August 26, 1952) is an American musician, guitarist, composer, producer, arranger and engineer who worked from 1971 - today as Composer, producer, arranger and engineer, and with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes from 1974 - 1984 on guitar and composer then with Serge Gainsbourg from 1984 until 1991 with director musical and guitarist.
Biography
William Rush Says Billy Rush or Little Willie Rush was born on August 26, 1952, in Deal, New Jersey. He Composed for artists and groups of 1971 and today. He played the guitar and composed for albums for Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes from 1974 to 1984, year when he left the Jukes to join Serge Gainsbourg from 1984 to 1991, Taka Boom (Yvonne Steven) in 1985, Charlotte Gainsbourg in 1986, Bambou (Caroline Paulus) in 1989. Rush participed with a small hard rock metal band called Liddle, Rush and Thrall in 2001 with Pat Thrall on voices and drums, Tony Liddle on guitare and Rush on vocals.
Billy Rush to move of Deal to New Jersey and lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Years As Composer, Producer and Engineer (on 1971 - Today)
Rush composed for Muddy Waters (1971-1997), Ron Thompson & the Resistors (1983), Camel Pressure Points (1984), Brian Kennedy (1990), Kolibri (1990), Boxcar (1990), Chris Walker (1991), Pascal Villenuit (1992), 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).
Years as Guitarist (on 1975 - 1979)
Rush was one of the very first guitarists recruited to Asbury Jukes from 1974 to 1984 with Steven Van Zandt of 1974 has 1979 during at the beginning of the creation of the group, 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(her) departure by keeping(guarding) 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 des Asbury Jukes and Serge Gainsbourg dies on March 2nd, 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.
Years Guitar and Composer (on 1979 - 1989)
In 1979, Billy Rush saw Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes who underwent several important changes. Billy Rush has already begun to work in Jukes in 1974 by playing that of the guitar, and their first three albums studio (I Don' t Want to go Home, It's This Times For Real, and Hearts Of Stone) as well as them three albums live, Live At the Bottom Line ( 1976 ), Live At the Bottom Line NYC ( 1977 ) and Live In Boston ( 1978 ) had only been moderate commercial successes and they were afterward based by Epic Records. His(her,its) increasing commitments to Bruce Springsteen took away Steve Van Zandt of the Jukes, what placed Billy Rush as the co-leader of the band(strip) and the main composer-songwriter of 3 album following studio. Them following three albums were taken(brought) out to Mercury the album The Jukes was registered(recorded) in the "Muscle Shoals Sound" and produces by Barry Beckett and to make up(compose) by Billy Rush and in 1979 the group leaves for Germany to RockHallPalast to film their concert by camera of the German television the album studio Love Is A Sacrifice ( 1980 ) to compromise(compose) by Billy Rush, the Live album in Cleveland Agora in 1980 and. The latter received Stephan Galfas's help(assistant) for the production. Reach Up And Touch The Sky, Live 1981 album of 1981 taken(brought) out in 1981 manage then The album Trash It Up ( 1983 ) compromise(compose) by Billy Rush who reaches the ears of Philippe Lerichomme and Serge Gainsbourg for his album Love On The Beat ( 1984 ). Gainsbourg part for New-Jersey to meet Southside Johnny to see Billy Rush So that he(it) participates has the recording of Love On The Beat in the guitar. Trash It Up taken(brought) out by Reports(Relationships) (Records) of Mirage and produced by Nile Rodgers who also produced the album Love On The Beat of Serge Gainsbourg who has they more success has the listening and has the purchase while the album Trash It Up of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes na had no success has the purchase and has the listening then during the year 1984 the album In The Heat to make up(compose) by Billy Rush and the Live album All I Want Is Everything registered(recorded) to the Club Bayou Washington DC in 1984 or Billy Rush saw Asbury Jukes lowered(dimmed) more and more has the purchase and has the listening. He(it) also marked the end of Billy Rush's association with Jukes because Billy Rush who annonced of départ of The Jukes January 1985 who considers that Asbury Jukes represent nothing more for him and wants to make of thing by leaving the group by joining Serge Gainsbourg in the spring, 1985 which makes call up has he for the repetitions(rehearsals) of his(her,its) future concert to the Casino of Paris 1985 and its tour in all France in 1985. For the departure of Billy Rush, Billy Rush was replaced of 1985 has 2015 in the jukes by Bobby Bandiera who makes call up has agrees him(her) and to take his(her,its) place and Bobby Bandiera january 1985 worked on the album In The Heat de Southside Johnny and after Billy Rush's departure of the group Billy Rush continued to produce for Taka Boom which also has to work on the album In The Heat des Jukes, Serge Gainsbourg ( 1984-1988 ), Billy Rush accompanies Serge Gainsbourg so that he makes registered(recorded) in live albums and to film his 2 last ones concert to the Casino of Paris in 1985 and to the Zenith of Paris in 1988 registered(recorded) in France and his last Album studio You' re Under Arrest registered(recorded) in New Jersey ( 1987 ), Billy Rush also produced for Charlotte Gainsbourg the girl of Serge Gainsbourg for his Album studio Charlotte For Ever the B.O.F of the movie ( 1986 ) registered(recorded) in New Jersey, Bambou (Caroline Paulus) for his album studio Made In China ( 1989 ) the last partner of Serge Gainsbourg registered(recorded) in New Jersey.
The Fall of the Guitar, The reorganization and the reproduction, The Reunion of the Composition and Bambou, Resumed (Taken back) (on 1990 - Today)
In 1990 Serge Gainsbourg had begun has to write a new album of Blues which must be recorded in New Orleans in the United States in 1991, always with his American musicians including Billy Rush in this album in the direction and in the guitars, but regrettably the album will not see the day of recording because March 2nd, 1991 Serge Gainsbourg succumbs consequences of a single mild heart attack in his place of residence Kick of Verneuil in Paris. Serge Gainsbourg will be interred in the Montparnasse Cemetery, it is who marked the end of work of Billy Rush and Serge Gainsbourg. Billy reproduces and studio, Live and DVD of 1990 recompose many album has today there artists, his(her,its) name is written on highlights complete of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and Serge Gainsbourg. In 2001 Bambou the partner of Serge Gainsbourg and their son Lulu Gainsbourg want recorded by singing the song of Gainsbourg Ne Dis Rien song by Bambou in duet with his son Lulu Gainsbourg this resumption of this song this resumption of this song is a tribute for 10 years of Serge Gainsbourg's death disappeared in 1991, Lulu Gainsbourg is 15-year-old, Billy Rush is 49-year-old he finds Bambou and Lulu and the American musicians who knew him(it) when he worked with Serge Gainsbourg has the time(period), regrettably he, will not play on this song whereas the other American musicians of Serge participated has this song Say Nothing, 10 years later in 2011 Lulu Gainsbourg made one albums in tribute for 20 years of the death of his father, Billy Rush will not be on the album and has of be to replace by other guitarists, because since Serge Gainsbourg's death in 1991 Billy Rush does not want to hear any more about Serge Gainsbourg definitively. In 2002 Billy Rush decides to start again making up (vocalist) and based(established) his small group of hard rock metal which is called Liddle Rush And Thrall with Pat Thrall in the voice and drums, Tony Liddell to the guitar and Billy Rush in the voices and in the singings(songs). Tony and Pat are friends of Billy Rush, their group had no success and their albums studio Law ( 2003 ) was failures(chess) in the purchase and has the listening. In 2007 an album of 5 CD takes out again with song not taken(brought) out at the time of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in 2014 takes out again albums Love On The Beat, and You're Under Arrest of Serge Gainsbourg with remixed and rare songs in " signed Gainsbourg ", a book with a CD, in the bookshops which was sold from 2013 till 2014, and in 2015 & 2016 stands out(goes out again) the album Serge Gainsbourg Live Casino of Paris 1985) on 2 CD 1 DVD and Vinyl 33 Tour and 2 CD Editions on sale has Fnac and Cultura with remix, resumed (taken back) and new for 30 ème birthday(anniversary) of concert.
Discography
- Muddy Waters: Live At Mr. Kelly's (1971) Composer
- Muddy Waters: Muddy & the Wolf (1974) Composer
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: I Don't Want To Go Home (1976) Guitar
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Live 1976 at the Bottom Line (1976) Guitar
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: This Times It's For Real (1977) Guitar
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Live 1977 at the Bottom Line NYC (1977) Guitar
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Hearts of Stone (1978) Member of Group, Guitar, Member d'Artists Attribued.
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Live 1978 in Boston (1978) Guitar and Chorus
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: The Jukes (1979) Composer, Guitar, Vocalist, Member D'artists Attribued and Chorus
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Live 1979 Grungahalle Essen Rockpalast From Germany (1979), Guitar, Vocalist and Chorus
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Love is a Sacrifice (1980) Composer, Guitar, Producteur, Chorus.
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Live 1980 At Cleveland Agora (1980) Guitar et Chorus
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Reach up and Touch the Sky Live 1981 (1981) Guitar, Member d'Artists Attribued, Chorus
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Trash it Up (1983) Composer, Guitar
- Ron Thompson & the Resistors: Treat Her Like Gold/No Bad Days (1983) Composer
- Camel: Pressure Points: Live In Concert (1984) Composer
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: In the Heat (1984) Composer, Guitar, Producer and Synthetiser
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: All I Want is Everything Recorded Live During the Tour in the U.S.A. Washington DC Club Bayou (1984) Guitar and Chorus
- Serge Gainsbourg: Love on the Beat (1984) Bass, Programmation of drums, Guitar,
- Taka Boom: Middle of the Night (1985) Arrangeur, Composer, DX-7, Guitar, Piano (Electric), Producer, Synthetiser, Bass of Synthétiseur.
- Serge Gainsbourg: Gainsbourg LIVE (1985) Direction Musical, Réalization and Guitar.
- Muddy Waters: Sings Big Bill Broonzy/Folk Singer (1986) Composer
- Charlotte Gainsbourg: Charlotte For Ever (1986) Guitar, Direction.
- Serge Gainsbourg: You're Under Arrest (1987) Direction, Guitar, Producer, Realization.
- Serge Gainsbourg: Le Zénith de Gainsbourg (1988) Direction Musical, Realization and Guitar.
- Bambou: Made In China (1989) Guitar, Direction, Production, Realization.
- Boxcar: Vertigo (1990) Composer
- Muddy Waters: The Chess Box (1990) Composer
- Kolibri: Manera Povedenia [Manner of Behavior] (1990) Composer
- Brian Kennedy: Great War of Words (1990) Composer
- Muddy Waters: Muddy Waters [Bella Musica] (1991) Composer
- Chris Walker: First Time (1991) Composer
- Pascal Villenuit: Par Içi (1992) Composer
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: All I Want Is Everything The Best of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (1993), Guitar,Composer,
- Psychic TV: A Pagan Day (1994) Composer
- Jerry Clower: Jerry Joins the Navy (1994) Composer
- Debbie Davies: Loose Tonight (1994) Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- Jimmy Hall: Rendezvous with the Blues (1996) Composer
- Slo Leak: Slo Leak (1996) Engineer
- Muddy Waters: His Best, 1947 to 1955 (1997) Composer
- Boukan Ginen: Rev Au Nou (1997) Engineer
- Serge Gainsbourg: Classe X (1998) Producer
- Serge Gainsbourg: De Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 11 CD Box (1998) Bass, Director, Drum Programming, Guitar, Producer
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Restless Heart (1998) Composer, Guitar
- Serge Gainsbourg: Serge Gainsbourg, Vol. 1 (1999) Bass, Drum Programming, Guitar, Producer
- Serge Gainsbourg: Gainsbourg Forever 2 CD (2001) Guitar, Bass, Direction
- David Michael Frank: The Mole Original Television Soundtrack (2001) Composer
- Liddell Rush and Thrall: Law (2001), Vocals
- Liddle Rush and Thrall: Rock The Nation III [1 Track With The Best Of] (2003) Vocals
- Chris Thomas King: Along the Blues Highway (2004) Composer
- Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock DVD (2005) Producer
- Lloyd Price: Specialty Profiles (2006) Composer
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Jukes Box [30 ème Anniversary] (2006) Guitar, Chorus, Member of Group, Member d'Artists Attribued, Composer, Interprete, Producer and Synthetiser
- Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock (2008) Producer
- Serge Gainsbourg: Gainsbourg Box Set Intégrale (2011) Bass, Guitar, Direction
- Serge Gainsbourg: The Best Of Comme Un Boomerang (2011) Bass, Direction, Guitar
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: I Don't Want To Go Home/This Time It's For Real (2013) Guitar
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Playlist The Very Best of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (2013) Producer, Composer
- Serge Gainsbourg: Vamps et Vampire The Songs of Serge Gainsbourg (2014) Arranger, Conductor, Producer
- Serge Gainsbourg: Signé Gainsbourg "Love On The Beat and You're Under Arrest (2014) Guitar, Direction, Realization and Production
- Serge Gainsbourg: Serge Gainsbourg Live Casino de Paris 1985 Edition 30 ème anniversaires (3 Vinyl 33T and 2 CD and 1 DVD) (2015) Direction Musical and Guitar
- Serge Gainsbourg: Serge Gainsbourg Live Casino de Paris 1985 Edition 30 ème anniversaire Éditions (2 CD) (2016) Direction Musical and Guitar
Filmography
- Bruce Springsteen: Classic 78 With Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes 3 Songs Live Cleveland Agora Club (1978) (2008) DVD Guitar.
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Live 1979 AT Rockpalast From Germany (1979) (2004) DVD Guitar and Chorus
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Having A Party (1984) (1992) VHS Live 1984 Concert Complete Filmed At Club Bayou Washington DC, Guitar and Chorus
- Serge Gainsbourg: Gainsbourg... Casino de Paris Live 1986 (1985) (2006) DVD Direction Musical, Realization and Guitar
- Serge Gainsbourg: Gainsbourg... Le Zenith Live 1989 (1988) (2006) DVD Direction Musical, Realization and Guitar
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