David Helfgott tour was the subject of a documentary, "Hello, I Am David!" Helfgott and his second wife, Gillian, live in The Promised Land, a valley near Bellingen in New South Wales. David Helfgott David Helfgott (born 19 May 1947) is an Australian concert pianist. Helfgott's life inspired the Academy Award-winning film "Shine", in which he was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush and Noah Taylor. Helfgott was born in Melbourne to Polish Jewish parents Rachel (née Granek) and Elias Peter Helfgott. He won the state final of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition six times. The awards he won at the Royal
Bobby Rush (musician) Bobby Rush (musician) Bobby Rush (born November 10, 1933) is a Grammy Award Winning American blues musician, composer and singer. His style incorporates elements of blues, rap and funk. Born Emmett Ellis, Jr. in Homer, Louisiana, Rush was the son of Emmett and Mattie Ellis. His father was a pastor whose guitar and harmonica playing provided early musical influences. As a young child he began experimenting with music using a sugarcane syrup bucket and a broom-wire diddley bow. Around 1947, he and the family moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where his father took on the pastorate of a church. It