Blues from the Rush Soundtrack
by Pete
Must be in a Bluuuues kinda mood. I’ve had the soundtrack to the movie Rush since it came out in December 1991 (Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Gregg Allman as – what else – the drug dealer). Eric Clapton scored the movie, and contributed some extra songs too, most notably “Tears In Heaven“, written for his son Conor, who died tragically in March 1991 from falling out of his mother’s 53rd story apartment window in Manhattan. He was 4 years old.
Eric invited Buddy Guy to help out with this one – Willie Dixon’s “Don’t Know Which Way To Go”, an 11 minute immersion into everything that is great about the blues.
Buddy Guy w/ Eric Clapton – Don’t Know Which Way To Go
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September 13, 2008 - 9:08 pm
“Tears in Heaven” is still one of my favorite Clapton tunes, period.
September 15, 2008 - 9:21 am
i have been looking all over the place for the song help me up that eric clapton and will jennings played at the end of the movie rush. i have also looked for the soundtrack at most of the video stores in albuquerque with no luck. where can i order it or find it on the internet?
September 15, 2008 - 2:11 pm
Damn. This was a good movie. Thanks, Pete.
July 16, 2009 - 4:02 pm
There’s a song in the movie, not on the soundtrack and I believe it’s by Greg Allman or the Allman Brothers. I can’t find it anywhere.
HELP!
July 17, 2009 - 9:11 am
@katya
Hmm, I can’t find anything about a Gregg Allman song from Rush. Any lyrics you can think of? May have to rent it again. It’s been too long.
August 17, 2009 - 3:54 pm
The song you are looking for is by ROBIN TROWER
August 17, 2009 - 4:09 pm
Bridge of Sighs to be exact.
September 13, 2009 - 4:04 am
@Anonymous
thanks i have been looking for this song as well
September 14, 2009 - 9:11 am
if you really like the Blues you have to listen to the cut by Shuggie Otis – (Slow Goonbash Blues) ran across it by accident and was blown away