Mar 1, 2021
BRETT: One question that comes up often is, we’d always love to observe more about Rush’s family back in Cape Girardeau as well. What’s the story there? What happened there? Well, you know, Rush’s grandfather and mother discussed him — “discussed” as in “to discuss.”
(laughing) Rush’s grandfather and mother discussed him in a rare interview from 60 Minutes and A&E. Did you know that? That’s right. Back in 1991, Rush interviewed Pop (that’s his grandfather) on his 100th birthday, and here’s how that went.
RUSH: I got an e-mail from good friends of mine, Steve and Kathy Abernathy in New Orleans. I met them both when she was the manager at Brennan’s in the French Quarter. She said, “You’ve got to play some of the interview that you did with your grandfather on his 100th birthday,” and the copy that we have of that…