![]() Its laid-back, rhythm guitar-driven style stood in stark contrast to the sounds of the Dramatics, 100 Proof Aged in Soul, the Spinners, and Jerry Butler - all of whom were mainstays of soul radio at that time. “Chicken Heads” topped the soul charts in Chicago and many other markets. It also appeared in HBO ’s Ballers (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson ), The Deuces on HBO2 (James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal ), and several other shows. In 2015, “Chicken Heads,” “Mary Jane” and 72 other gems from the Bobby Rush catalog were packaged into a 50-year career retrospective box set (Blues Music Award and Living Blues Award winning) titled Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush on Omnivore Recordings. Since 1971, the song has been utilized in film and television, leading to its second emergence on a Billboard chart as part of the soundtrack for Black Snake Moan, the 2006 release starring Samuel L. Over the years “Chicken Heads” has been a staple of Rush’s live performance, whether with his full Southern soul band and two booty dancers or stripped down acoustic and solo, with Rush sharing the story of how the record deal came to be with the aid of his colleague, A&R man/producer/songwriter Calvin Carter. A limited-edition 2,000-unit pressing of a 12″ vinyl will be released exclusively in independent record stores across the United States and Europe on Bobby Rush’s own Deep Rush Records, distributed via Nashville’s Thirty Tigers and The Orchard. And on Record Store Day/Black Friday ( November 26, 2021), Rush will celebrate with new duet versions featuring three blues giants: Buddy Guy, Gov’t Mule, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. The song’s 50th anniversary is this year. The B-side was a track called “Mary Jane.” In 1971, Bobby Rush released “ Chicken Heads” on Galaxy Records (later sold to Fantasy Records and Concord Music) and in the subsequent months it inched up the Billboard R&B chart, marking his first career hit.
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