Tom Rush Performs At Napa Valley Opera

Tom Rush's impact on the American music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the '60s and the renaissance of the '80s and '90s, his music having left its stamp on generations of artists. James Taylor, Emmylou Harris, Tom Petty and Garth Brooks have cited Tom as major influences.

His early recordings introduced the world to the work of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor. Subsequently, his Club 47 concerts brought attention to emerging artists such as Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin. Today, after 45 years, he's still doing what audiences love him for: writing and playing... passionately, tenderly...knitting together the musical traditions and talents of our times.

The king of the soft sound... a master of timing, he breaks up the softness with a heavy beat that brings the audience to its feet clapping, stamping and moving with the music. Rush left his audience on its feet, cheering. — THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC -- www.nvoh.org