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Albert King
Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer.
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B. B. King
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Bihari brothers
The Bihari Brothers, Lester, Jules, Saul and Joe, were American music entrepreneurs and the founders of Modern Records in Los Angeles and its subsidiaries such as Meteor Records based in Memphis.
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Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar known as Pearly Gates. Gibbons has a bass vocal range, spanning E1 to E♭5, one of the widest ranges in Rock. He is noted for using a Mexican peso coin as a guitar pick and uses many pinch harmonics in his solos.
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Brian Jones
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969), known as Brian Jones, was an English musician and founding member of The Rolling Stones. Jones was a multi-instrumentalist whose use of traditional or folk instruments, such as the sitar and marimba, not commonly used in rock and roll were integral to the changing sound of the band.
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Buddy Miles
George Allen Miles, Jr. (September 5, 1947 – February 26, 2008), known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only person who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times; as a solo performer, as well as a member of rock bands the Yardbirds and Cream. Throughout his career, Clapton has been viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the "Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2010, Clapton was ranked #4 on ''Gibson's'' Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
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Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
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George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and helped broaden the horizons of the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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George Thorogood
George Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is a blues rock vocalist/guitarist from Wilmington, Delaware, known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer". Another favorite is a cover of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?" George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers have released 16 studio albums, including two that were certified certified Platinum. and six that have been certified Gold. The band has sold 15 million albums worldwide. The band is credited with the early success of Rounder Records.
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Homesick James
Homesick James (April 30, 1910 - December 13, 2006) was an American blues musician. He is believed to have been born John William Henderson, but later used the name James A. Williamson and was sometimes referred to as Homesick James Williamson.
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Hound Dog Taylor
Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (April 12, 1915 - December 17, 1975) was an American blues guitarist and singer.
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Ike Turner
Isaac Wister (Ike) Turner (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer. Considered to be one of the fathers of rock and roll, his first recording, "Rocket 88" by "Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats," in 1951, is considered by some to be the "first rock and roll song" ever. However, he is best known for his work with his then wife Tina Turner as one half of the Ike & Tina Turner revue. Spanning a career that lasted half a century, Ike's repertoire included blues, soul, rock, and funk. Alongside his former wife, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and in 2001 was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Turner won two Grammy Awards. On August 5, 2010, Ike Turner got recognition in his Mississippi hometown nearly three years after his death. Clarksdale, officials and music fans gathered to unveil two markers honoring Turner and his musical legacy. The unveilings coincided with the 23rd annual Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival, dedicated this year to "Rocket 88," the 1951 Turner tune often cited as the first rock 'n' roll song.
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J. B. Hutto
J. B. Hutto (April 26, 1926 – June 12, 1983) was an American blues musician, born Joseph Benjamin Hutto. Hutto was influenced by Elmore James, and became known for his slide guitar work and declamatory style of singing. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame two years after his death.
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Jeremy Spencer
Jeremy Spencer (born 4 July 1948), is a British musician, best known as one of the first guitarists in Fleetwood Mac.
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Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone (born Atchison, Kansas, 16 November 1901 - died Altamonte Springs, Florida, 1 April 1999) was an American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter whose influence spanned a wide range of genres. He also used the pseudonyms Charles Calhoun and Chuck Calhoun. Ahmet Ertegün stated that ''"Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock 'n' roll sound than anybody else."''
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Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is often considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators in the industry, and one of the most important and influential musicians of his era across a range of genres. After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
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Jimmy Page
James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles and, with Paul McCartney, formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
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John Littlejohn
John Wesley Funchess (April 16, 1931 – February 1, 1994) known professionally as John (or Johnny) Littlejohn, was an American blues slide guitarist. He was active on the Chicago blues circuit from the 1950s to the 1980s.
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Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold (February 15, 1901 – November 8, 1968) was an American blues musician.
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Mel London
Mel London (April 9, 1932 - May 16, 1975) was a songwriter, record producer, and record label owner. He was active in the Chicago blues and R&B; scenes in the 1950s and 1960s. London is best known for his compositions for Chicago blues artists Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, and Junior Wells as well as being the record producer and owner of Chief Records (and its Profile Records and Age Records subsidiaries).
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Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered "the Father of blues". Blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry "Mud Morganfield" Williams are his sons. A major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, Muddy was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan (September 23, 1939 - August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan was a sideman and solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career, and two later solo albums charting on the Billboard chart. Despite never having achieved stardom, he is still considered a highly influential guitar player. Ranked #57 on the Rolling Stone list "100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time," Guitar Player praised him as having one of the "50 Greatest Tones of all Time."
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Tampa Red
Tampa Red (January 8, 1904 - March 19, 1981), born Hudson Woodbridge but known from childhood as Hudson Whittaker, was an influential American musician.
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The Clovers
The Clovers are an American rhythm & blues group.
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Willie Love
Willie Love (November 4, 1906 – August 19, 1953) was an American Delta blues pianist. He is best known for his association with, and accompaniment of Sonny Boy Williamson II.
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Canton, Mississippi
Canton is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 12,911 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison County, and situated in the northern part of the metropolitan area surrounding the state capital, Jackson.
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Chicago
Chicago ( or ) is the largest city in the state of Illinois. With over 2.8 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous city in the country. Its metropolitan area, commonly named "Chicagoland," is the 26th most populous in the world, home to an estimated 9.7 million people spread across the U.S. states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County.
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Guam
Guam (; Chamorro: ) is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. The island's capital is Hagåtña (formerly Agana). Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands.
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Illinois
Illinois ( {{respell|-i-), is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. It is the most populous state in the Midwest region, however with 65% of its residents concentrated in the Chicago metropolitan area, most of the state has either a rural or a small town character. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is an important transportation hub; the Port of Chicago connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River. As the "most average state", Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics, though the latter has not really been true since the early 1970s.
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Mississippi
Mississippi () is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, which namesake is from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, and its catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States. The state symbol is the magnolia grandiflora tree.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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- B. B. King
- band leader
- Band of Gypsys
- Bihari brothers
- Billy Gibbons
- Blues
- Blues Anytime Vol. 1
- blues standard
- Brian Jones
- Buddy Miles
- Canton, Mississippi
- Chess Records
- Chicago
- Chief Records
- doo-wop
- double album
- Dust My Broom
- Elvis Presley
- Enjoy Records
- Eric Clapton
- Fire Records
- Flair Records
- Fleetwood Mac
- For You Blue
- Frank Zappa
- George Harrison
- George Thorogood
- Guam
- Guitar
- guitarist
- Homesick James
- Hound Dog Taylor
- Howlin' Wolf
- Ike Turner
- Illinois
- Immediate All-Stars
- It Hurts Me Too
- J. B. Hutto
- Jeremy Spencer
- Jesse Stone
- Jimi Hendrix
- Jimmy Page
- John Lennon
- John Littlejohn
- John Primer
- Kokomo Arnold
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Mel London
- Meteor Records
- Mississippi
- Modern Records
- Muddy Waters
- MusicBrainz
- Musician
- Odie Payne
- Ogg
- One Way Out (song)
- recording contract
- riff
- Roy Buchanan
- Royal Albert Hall
- singer
- singer-songwriter
- Singing
- Slide Guitar
- song writer
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Tampa Red
- The Beatles
- The Clovers
- The Grateful Dead
- The Rolling Stones
- Trumpet Records
- United States
- United States Navy
- Willie Love
- World War II
Elmore, James Filmography
James, Elmore Filmography
James, Elmore Filmography
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ALBUMS
Genius Blues
(Released 2007)
- The Sky Is Crying
- Something Inside of Me
- I Need You
- Stormy Monday Blues
- The Sun Is Shining
- Catfish Blues
- Fine Little Mama
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Standing at the Crossroads
The Classic Early Recordings
(Released 2007)
- Dust My Broom
- Please Find My Baby (version 1)
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Please Find My Baby (version 2)
- Hand in Hand
- Long Tall Woman
- Rock My Baby Right
- One More Drink (take 1)
- My Baby's Gone
- One More Drink (take 2)
- Lost Woman Blues (Aka Please Find My Baby) (version 3)
- I Believe
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Baby What's Wrong
- Sinful Woman
- Round House Boogie (Aka Sax Symphonic Boogie)
- Dumb Woman Blues
- Sax-Only Boogie
- Kicking the Blues Around (Aka Flaming Blues)
- I May Be Wrong
- Sweet Little Woman
The Sky Is Crying
(Released 2006)
- The Sky Is Crying
- Dust My Bloom
- I Held My Baby
- Fine Little Mama
- Bobbie's Rock
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- I Done Somebody Wrong
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- One Way Out
- My Bleeding Heart
- I'm Worried
- Standing at the Crossroads
I Need You
(Released 2006)
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Got to Move
- I Need You
- Something Inside of Me
- Look On Yonder Wall
- Shake Your Money Maker
- Strange Angels
- Early One Morning
- She Done Moved
- Baby Please Set a Date
The Best of the Modern Years
(Released 2005)
- I Believe
- Baby What's Wrong
- Early In The Morning
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Strange Kinda Feeling
- Please Find My Baby
- Hand in Hand
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Sho' Nuff I Do
- Sunnyland
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Mean and Evil
- Happy Home
- No Love in My Heart (For You)
- Dust My Blues
- I Was a Fool, Too
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Goodbye Baby
- Wild About You
Blues After Hours
(Released 2005)
- Sunnyland
- Dust My Blues
- Mean and Evil (The Way You Treat Me)
- Dark and Dreary (take 4)
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Happy Home
- No Love in My Heart
- Blues Before Sunrise
- I Was a Fool
- Goodbye Baby Goodbye
- Late Hours at Midnight
- Quarter Past Nine
- Strange Kinda Feeling (take 1)
- Make My Dreams Come True (take 2)
- So Mean to Me (take 4)
- Long Tall Woman
- Wild About You Baby (take 22)
- Elmo's Shuffle (take 5)
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long (Dust My Broom)
- Country Boogie
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right
- My Best Friend
- Whose Muddy Shoes
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- Coming Home
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- Bobby's Back
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
Every Day I Have the Blues
(Released 2005)
- Dust My Broom
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- It Hurts Me Too
- Every Day I Have the Blues
- Pickin' the Blues
- Anna Lee
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Up Jumped Elmore
- Sunnyland Train
- My Baby's Gone
- Bleeding Heart
- She's Got to Go
- Talk to Me Baby
- I Believe
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Twelve Year Old Boy
History of Elmore James, Volume 1
(Released 2005)
- The Sky Is Crying
- Something Inside of Me
- I Need You
- Stormy Monday Blues
- The Sun Is Shining
- Catfish Blues
- Fine Little Mama
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Standing at the Crossroads
Person to Person
(Released 2004)
- Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long)
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- The Sky Is Crying
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Strange Angels
- Standing at the Crossroads
- My Kind of Woman
- Got to Move
- Person to Person
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Sunnyland Trains
- Pickin' the Blues (Manhattan Slide)
- Twelve Year Old Boy
- Talk to Me Baby
- Elmore Jumps One (Up Jumped Elmore)
- Hand in Hand (take 3)
- Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long)
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- Coming Home
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- Bobby's Rock
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby, Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- I'm Worried
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Need You (Baby)
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Strange Angels
- Early One Morning
- She Done Moved
Blues Kingpins
(Released 2003)
- Lost Woman Blues (Please Find My Baby)
- Rock My Baby Right
- I Believe
- Baby What's Wrong
- Sinful Woman
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Can't Stop Lovin'
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Dark and Dreary
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Sunnyland
- The Way You Treat Me (Mean and Evil)
- Happy Home
- No Love in My Heart
- I Was a Fool
- Dust My Blues
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Goodbye Baby
Shake Your Moneymaker: The Best of the Fire Sessions
(Released 2001)
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Look on Yonder Wall
- The Sky Is Crying
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Held My Baby Last Night
- I'm Worried
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- Anna Lee
- Stranger Blues
- Something Inside Me
- Early One Morning
- Sunnyland
- Standing at the Crossroads
- My Bleeding Heart
- Dust My Broom
The Sky Is Crying
(Released 2000)
- The Sky Is Crying
- Dust My Broom
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Anna Lee
- Stranger Blues
- My Bleeding Heart
- Standing at the Crossroads
- One Way Out
- Person to Person
- My Kind of Woman
- So Unkind
- Got to Move
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 1)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 2)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 3)
- Sunnyland Train
- My Baby's Gone
- Find My Kinda Woman
Midnite Jazz & Blues: Dust My Broom
(Released 2000)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Dust My Broom
- Standing at the Crossroads
- The Sky Is Crying
- Coming Home
- Hand in Hand
- Held My Baby Last Night
- I Believe
- Pickin' the Blues
- Done Somebody Wrong
- It Hurts Me Too
- Fine Little Mama
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Look on Yonder Wall
Play Me the Blues... The Legendary Blues Singers, Volume 3
(Released 2000)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Dust My Broom
- Standing at the Crossroads
- The Sky Is Crying
- Coming Home
- Hand in Hand
- Held My Baby Last Night
- I Believe
- Pickin' the Blues
- Done Somebody Wrong
- It Hurts Me Too
- Fine Little Mama
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Look on Yonder Wall
Blues Masters: The Very Best of Elmore James
(Released 2000)
- Dust My Broom
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Please Find My Baby
- Sho' Nuff I Do
- Wild About You Baby
- The 12 Year Old Boy
- It Hurts Me Too
- Cry for Me Baby
- Coming Home
- The Sky Is Crying
- The Sun Is Shining
- Madison Blues
- I Can't Hold Out
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Shake Your Moneymaker
Slip Sliding Away
(Released 2000)
- Stranger Blues
- Something Inside of Me
- The Sky Is Crying
- Bobby's Rock
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Brom
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Rollin and Tumblin
- Fine Little Mama
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Anna Lee
- Look on Yonder Wall
- So Unkind
- Got to Move
Rollin' and Tumblin'
(Released 1999)
- Comin' Home
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Wherever You Go
- Dust My Broom
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Early One Morning
- I Need You
- Strange Angels
The Sky Is Crying: Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 12
(Released 1998)
- The Sky Is Crying
- Bobby's Rock
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- I'm Worried
- (I) Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Can't Stop Lovin You
- Early One Morning
- I Need You (Baby)
- Strange Angels
- She Done Moved
- Something Inside of Me
- Stranger Blues
King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Chief & Fire Sessions
(Released 1997)
- Dust My Broom
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- Coming Home
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- Bobby's Rock
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- I'm Worried
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Need You
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Strange Angels
- Early One Morning
- She Done Moved
The Sky Is Crying
(Released 1997)
- The Sky Is Crying
- Dust My Broom
- Fine Little Mama
- Can't Stop Loving You
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- I Need You Baby
- Something Inside Me
- I'm Worried
- Early One Morning
- She Done Moved
- Strange Angel
- Anna Lee
- Stranger Blues
- Look Under Yonder Wall
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Shake Your Money Maker
- My Bleeding Heart
- One Way Out
- Make My Dream Come True
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
The Complete Fire and Enjoy Recordings
(Released 1995)
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Bobby's Rock
- The Sky Is Crying
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Rollin' and Tumblin
- I'm Worried
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Early One Morning
- I Need You Baby
- Strange Angels
- She Done Moved (instrumental)
- Something Inside Me
- You Don't Have to Go (vocal: Sam Myers)
- Stranger Blues
- Stranger Blues (alternate version)
- My Bleeding Heart
- Standing at the Crossroads
- One Way Out
The Blues Collection 17: Dust My Broom
(Released 1995)
- Dust My Broom
- Cry for Me Baby
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- It Hurts Me Too
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- The Sky Is Crying
- Take Me Where You Go
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Fine Little Mama
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Got to Move
- One Way Out
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- Something Inside of Me
- Person to Person
- Talk to Me Baby
Dust My Broom
(Released 1993)
- Dust My Broom
- Pickin' the Blues
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- Anna Lee
- Standing at the Crossroads
- My Bleeding Heart
- My Kind of Woman
- Got to Move
- So Unkind
- Person to Person
- One Way Out
- Go Back Home Again
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Sunnyland Train
- You Know You Done Me Wrong
- My Baby's Gone
- Find My Kind of Woman
- Look on Yonder Wall
The Sky Is Crying - The History of Elmore James
(Released 1993)
- Dust My Broom
- The Sun Is Shining
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Sho' Nuff I Do
- Please Find My Baby
- T.V. Mama
- My Best Friend
- Madison Blues
- Cry for Me Baby
- The Sky Is Crying
- Sunny Land
- I Can't Hold Out
- Look on Yonder Wall
- I Need You
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- The 12 Year Old Boy
- It Hurts Me Too
- Rollin and Tumblin
- Something Inside Me
- Standing at the Crossroads
Dust My Broom: The Best of Elmore James, Part 2
(Released 1992)
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Early One Morning
- Got to Move
- Stranger Blues
- Person to Person
- Mean Mistreating Mama
- Bobby's Rock
- My Kind of Woman
- I'm Worried
- You Know You Done Me Wrong
- Strange Angel
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- She Done Moved
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Poor Little Angel Child
- So Unkind
- Dust My Broom
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Talk to Me Baby
- Look Up on the Wall
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- I Gotta Go Now
Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 28: Standing at the Crossroads
(Released 1992)
- Anna Lee
- Stranger Blues
- My Bleeding Heart
- Standing at the Crossroads
- One Way Out
- Person to Person
- My Kind of Woman
- So Unkind
- Got to Move
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Shake Your Money Maker
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 1)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 2)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 3)
- Sunnyland Train
- My Baby's Gone
- Find My Kinda Woman
Dust My Broom
(Released 1992)
- Coming Home
- Dust My Broom
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- Fine Little Mama
- I Done Somebody Wrong
- It Hurts Me To
- Pickin' the Blues
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Mean Mistreating Mama
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Standing at the Crossroads
- The Sky Is Crying
- Anna Lee
- Got to Move
- One Way Out
- Sunnyland Train
The Immortal Elmore James
(Released 1992)
- Dust My Broom
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- The Sky Is Crying
- I'm Worried
- Coming Home
- Stranger Blues
- Fine Little Mama
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Early One Morning
- It Hurts Me Too
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- My Bleeding Heart
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Hand in Hand
- I Done Somebody Wrong
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Standing at the Crossroads
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
King of the Slide Guitar
(Released 1992)
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Bobby's Rock
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Something Inside of Me
- I'm Worried
- Fine Little Mama
- I Need You
- Early One Morning
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Strange Angel
- She Done Moved
- My Baby's Gone
- Stranger Blues
- Anna Lee
- (My) Bleeding Heart
- Standing at the Crossroads
- One Way Out
- My Kind of Woman
- Person to Person
- Find My Kind of Woman (alternate)
- Find My Kind of Woman
- So Unkind
The Blues Collection
(Released 1991)
- Coming Home
- Dust My Broom
- Every Day I Have the Blues
- Fine Little Mama
- I Done Somebody Wrong
- It Hurts Me Too
- Pickin' the Blues
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Mean Mistreating Mama
- Rolling and Tumbling
- Standing at the Crossroads
- The Sky Is Crying
Street Talkin'
(Released 1991)
- Coming Home
- Take Me Where You Go
- Cry for Me Baby
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Knocking at Your Door
- It Hurts Me Too
- The 12 Year Old Boy
- You'll Always Have a Home
- Do You Want Me to Cry
- Big Town Playboy
- Ride 'em on Down
- Bad Boy
- I'm Sitting Here
- Don't Knock at My Door
Dust My Broom
(Released 1991)
- Something Inside of Me
- Person to Person
- Baby Please Set a Date
- One Way Out
- The Sky Is Crying
- Talk to Me
- Anna Lee
- I Needed You
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Dust My Broom
- Shake Your Money Maker
- Fine Little Mama
- Can't Stop Lovin My Baby
- Help My Baby Last Night
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
Whose Muddy Shoes
(Released 1991)
- Ice Cream Man
- Whose Muddy Shoes
- Madison Blues
- I See My Baby
- You Got Me
- My Best Friend
- The Sun Is Shining
- Lifetime Baby
- Talk to Me Baby
- Rattlesnake
- Be Careful What You Do
- Dust My Broom
- Tool Bag Boogie
- Tough Times
- Stormy Monday
The Complete Fire and Enjoy Sessions Part 1
(Released 1990)
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Bobby's Rock
- Dust My Broom
- Rollin' & Tumblin'
- Done Somebody Wrong
- I'm Worried
- Fine Little Mama
- I Need You
- Early One Morning
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Strange Angels
The Master of the Slide Guitar
(Released 1989)
- Blues Before Sunrise
- I Was a Fool
- Sunnyland
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Sno Nuff I Do
- Happy Home
- Long Tall Woman
- So Mean to Me
- My Best Friend
- No Love in My Heart
- It Hurst Me Too
- Hand in Hand
- Dust My Broom
- Coming Home
- Look on Yonder Wall
- I Believe
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- Mean and Evil
- Wild About You Baby
- Dark and Dreary
- Goodbye Baby
- Dust My Blues
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- The Sky Is Crying
Come Go With Me
(Released 1989)
- Stranger Blues
- Anna Lee
- So Unkind
- Bobby's Rock
- Sunnyland Train
- Find My Kinda Woman
- Twelve Year Old Boy
- Stranger Blues
- My Kind of Woman
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Hand in Hand (take 3)
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- My Baby's Gone
- She Done Moved
- Make My Dreams Come True
- I'm Worried
- My Bleeding Heart
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Early One Morning
- Strange Angels
- It Hurts Me Too
- Everyday (I Have the Blues)
- I Have a Right to Love My Baby
- Standing at the Crossroads
Let's Cut It: The Very Best of Elmore James
(Released 1987)
- Dust My Blues
- Blues Before Sunrise
- No Love in My Heart
- Sho Nuff I Do
- Standing at the Crossroads
- I Was a Fool
- Sunnyland
- Canton, Mississippi Breakdown
- Happy Home
- Wild About You Baby
- Long Tall Woman
- So Mean to Me
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Mean and Evil
- Dark and Dreary
- My Best Friend
- I Believe
- Goodbye Baby
Shake Your Moneymaker
(Released 1986)
- Dust My Broom
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- Coming Home
- It Hurts Me Too
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- The Sky Is Crying
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Knocking at Your Door
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- I Need You
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- Something Inside of Me
- Person to Person
- Baby Please Set a Date
- One Way Out
- Got to Move
- Talk to Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out)
Red Hot Blues
(Released 1983)
- Dust My Broom
- Look On Yonder Wall
- It Hurts Me Too
- Coming Home
- The Sky Is Crying
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Hand In Hand
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- I Done Somebody Wrong
- Pickin' The Blues
- I Believe
Blues After Hours
(Released 1960)
- Dust My Blues
- Sunnyland
- Mean and Evil
- Dark and Dreary
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Happy Home
- No Love in My Heart
- Blues Before Sunrise
- I Was a Fool
- Goodbye Baby
- Dust My Broom (I believe my time ain´t long)
- Please Find My Baby
- Hand In Hand
- Long Tall Woman
- Rock My Baby Tonight
- My Baby´s Gone
- One More Drink
- Baby what´s wrong
- I Believe
- Sinful Woman
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Round house boogie
- Kickin´ the blues around
- Sax-ony boogie
- Dumb Woman Blues
- Country Boogie (Tool Bag Boogie)
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She won´t do right (Dust my broom)
- Whose Muddy Shoes
- Sweet Little Woman
- I May Be Wrong
- Dust My Broom
- Standing At The Crossroads
- No Love in My Heart (For You)
- The Way You Treat Me
- I Was A Fool
- Goodbye Baby
- Happy Home
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Sunnyland
- I Believe
- Sho' Nuff I Do
- Rock My Baby Right
- Dust My Blues
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Early In The Morning
- Please Find My Baby
- Sinful Woman
- Dark And Dreary
- Make My Dreams Come True
Born: 1918-01-27
Died: 1963-05-24
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Dust My Broom - Elmore James
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Dust My Broom - Elmore James, the King of the Slide Guitar
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Elmore James - The Sky is Crying
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Elmore James (January 27, 1918 -- May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader. He was known as The King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style and stirring voice.
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Elmore James - Every Day I Have The Blues
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Often creditet to blues/boogie woogie pianist Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), "Every Day I Have The Blues" goes back to the '30s, when it was recorded by the Sparks Brothers. It has become one of the most popular urban blues tunes. Lowell Fulson had a hit version in the early '50s, and the tune has long been BB King's opener and theme song. It has been recorded also by Albert King, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry and many others. Elmore waxed it February 21, 1963 for Bobby Robinson's Enjoy Records in New York City on what was to be his last recording session.
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Elmore James - It hurts me too
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Elmore James (January 27, 1918 -- May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader. He was known as The King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style and stirring voice. His song "It hurts me too" has been covered by many great musicians, like Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry.
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Elmore James - Rollin' and Tumblin'
Fiery version of the blues standard by Mississippi slide guitar legend Elmo. It is basically the same tune as Robert Johnson's Travellin' Riverside Blues, but even that was not the earliest version.
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Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
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Super slide guitar from the master, Elmore James. Recorded in 1957 and issued in the UK on the Sue label in 1965.
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ELMORE JAMES Done Somebody Wrong
ELMORE JAMES Done Somebody Wrong
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Elmore James - Dust my broom
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Elmore James: the king of the slide guitar.
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Elmore James - Blues Before Sunrise
Album: Blues After Hours
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Elmore James_Something Inside Of Me.wmv
Elmore sang his blues with a particular feeling, an emotion and depth that showed his country background.
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Elmore James - Coming Home
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again if i have breached any copy right or protection laws please tell me and will be deleted or taken down. dont wanna cause no probs just a fan emjoying the music. Elmores classic im coming home later coverd by fleetwoodmac.
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(my) bleeding heart, by elmore james
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This is music by the great E. James, witch is now banned in most countries of the world by shitty Sony Music Entertainment, since they somehow acquired ownership over this otherwise universal piece of art, and depriving the public of knowing it for their own profit. I urge everyone to rebel against these sort of injustices committed by gigantic and inhuman corporations and the silent toleration of them due to ignorance.
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John Martyn - God's Song
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From the album " The church with one bell"
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Junior Brown & Warren Haynes-Dust My Broom-Wanee 08
Junior Brown With Warren Haynes sitting in on Slide Guitar on Elmore James' Dust My Broom from The Wanee Fest 2008 @ Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park in Live Oak, Fl. This was from the Mushroom Stage in the Midnight Time Slot on April 11th 2008. Warren has some technical difficulties at times but still a fine performance.
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Elmore James - The Sun is shining
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This song speaks for itself.
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Elmore James - One Way Out.wmv
lmore James was born on January 27, 1918 in Richland, Mississippi, to Leola Brooks. (His true father is not known). Elmore James He was given the surname of his stepfather, Joe Willie James, at birth. He moved around often as a child around the Delta, and regularly took time off from cotton picking to pick his "Diddley" bow, a primitive instrument involving one string nailed to the side of a barn. He purchased a real guitar, a $20 National, as an early teenager, and was hired playing house parties, jukes, etc. After a brief period of teaming up with his cousin, "Homesick" James Williamson, young Elmore struck out on his own for a while, playing gigs all over the Delta area, and making acquaintances with musicians such as Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Johnny Temple, and Luther Huff. By 1937, Elmore had relocated to Greenville, Mississippi, and had met and played with Sonny Boy Williamson (II) and Robert Junior Lockwood, Robert Johnson's unofficial stepson. Soon later, Elmore met Johnson himself, and interperated a tune that Robert had wrote called "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom". A year later, however, Johnson was murdered, and Elmore moved out of the area, fearing the same fate. James took up a job in his stepbrother's radio shop, playing in frequent gigs with Sonny Boy, and even joining the Army between 1943 and 1945. After his service, he reunited with both Sonny Boy and Homesick James, who both had radio shows on KFFA in Helena, MI. Elmore was given some time on the shows <b>...</b>
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Elmore James - Goodbye Baby
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Elmore James - Stranger Blues
Single released on FIRE 1962. Flip is Anna Lee. Audio transferd directly from original 45.
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Elmore James - Mean Mistreatin' Mama (Take 3).wmv
lmore James was born on January 27, 1918 in Richland, Mississippi, to Leola Brooks. (His true father is not known). Elmore James He was given the surname of his stepfather, Joe Willie James, at birth. He moved around often as a child around the Delta, and regularly took time off from cotton picking to pick his "Diddley" bow, a primitive instrument involving one string nailed to the side of a barn. He purchased a real guitar, a $20 National, as an early teenager, and was hired playing house parties, jukes, etc. After a brief period of teaming up with his cousin, "Homesick" James Williamson, young Elmore struck out on his own for a while, playing gigs all over the Delta area, and making acquaintances with musicians such as Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Johnny Temple, and Luther Huff. By 1937, Elmore had relocated to Greenville, Mississippi, and had met and played with Sonny Boy Williamson (II) and Robert Junior Lockwood, Robert Johnson's unofficial stepson. Soon later, Elmore met Johnson himself, and interperated a tune that Robert had wrote called "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom". A year later, however, Johnson was murdered, and Elmore moved out of the area, fearing the same fate. James took up a job in his stepbrother's radio shop, playing in frequent gigs with Sonny Boy, and even joining the Army between 1943 and 1945. After his service, he reunited with both Sonny Boy and Homesick James, who both had radio shows on KFFA in Helena, MI. Elmore was given some time on the shows <b>...</b>
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Elmore James - Shake Your Money Maker.
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Dust My Broom original 1973 ELMORE JAMES
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Dust My Broom singing:ELMORE JAMES original 1973 you like some art? take a look at: artbyjanok.com request the special friends prizes. thanks, janok
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Elmore James - "Something Inside Me"
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| name | Elmore James |
|---|---|
| background | solo_singer |
| birth name | Elmore Brooks |
| born | January 27, 1918Richland, Holmes County, Mississippi |
| died | May 24, 1963Chicago, Illinois |
| instrument | Guitar, vocals |
| genre | Blues |
| occupation | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| years active | }} |
Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader. He was known as The King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.
Biography
James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in Holmes County, Mississippi (not to be confused with two other locations of the same name in Mississippi, one in Humphreys County and the other in Rankin County). He was the illegitimate son of 15-year-old Leola Brooks, a field hand. His father was probably Joe Willie "Frost" James, who moved in with Leola, and so Elmore took this as his name. His parents adopted an orphaned boy at some point named Robert Holston.Elmore began making music at the age of 12 using a simple one-string instrument ('diddley bow' or 'jitterbug') strung up on a shack wall. As a teen he was playing at local dances under the names Cleanhead and Joe Willie James. His first marriage was to Minnie Mae around 1942 (whom he apparently never divorced). He subsequently married twice, to Georgianna Crump in 1947 and to a woman called Janice around 1954. (Another reported marriage of Elmore to a Josephine Harris has been found to be a mistaken record of a different Elmore James.)
Becoming a well-known musician in those days, with the not-so-minor rewards of prestige, good free food, illicit free liquor, women's favours, the promise of escape from the hard agricultural work, etc., must have been as attractive to Elmore as it was to the other musicians of that time and earlier, such as the 'second' Sonny Boy Williamson, with whom he played and the legendary Robert Johnson with whom he also possibly played. Although Robert Johnson died in 1938, James (like many other musicians) was strongly influenced by him, and also by Kokomo Arnold and Tampa Red. Elmore recorded several of Tampa's songs, and even inherited from his band two of his famous 'Broomdusters', 'Little' Johnny Jones (piano) and Odie Payne (drums). There is a dispute as to whether Robert Johnson or Elmore wrote James's trademark song, "Dust My Broom".
An important side to James's character which may have hastened his demise was his lifelong taste for, and manufacture of, moonshine whiskey, to which he was introduced at an early age. Alcohol definitely killed his band-mates/friends Willie Love and Johnny Jones at an early age, and probably others too. His regular rhythm guitarist Homesick James maintained his longevity was due to his not partaking of the heavy drinking sessions after — and often during — gigs, a refusal that was unpopular with the rest of the band. James was also reportedly an extremely fast driver who also loved hunting with guns and dogs in Mississippi.
During World War II James joined the United States Navy, was promoted to coxswain and took part in the invasion of Guam against the Japanese. Upon his discharge Elmore returned to central Mississippi and eventually settled in Canton with his adopted brother Robert Holston, it was at this time he learned that he had a serious heart condition. Working in Robert's electrical shop, he devised his unique electric sound, using parts from the shop and an unusual placement of two D'Armond pickups. He began recording with Trumpet Records in nearby Jackson in January 1951, first as sideman to the second Sonny Boy Williamson and also to their mutual friend Wille Love and possibly others, then debuting as a session leader in August with "Dust My Broom". It was a surprise R&B; hit in 1952 and turned James into a star. He then broke his recording contract with Trumpet Records to sign up with the Bihari Brothers through Ike Turner (who played guitar and piano on a couple of his early Bihari recordings). His "I Believe" was another hit a year later. During the 1950s he recorded for the Bihari brothers' Flair Records, Meteor Records and Modern Records labels, as well as for Chess Records and Mel London's Chief Records (his "It Hurts Me Too" was later a hit when he re-recorded it for Enjoy Records). His backing musicians were known as the Broomdusters. In 1959 he began recording for Bobby Robinson's Fire Records label. These include "The Sky Is Crying" (credited to Elmo James and His Broomdusters), "My Bleeding Heart", "Stranger Blues", "Look on Yonder Wall", "Done Somebody Wrong", and "Shake Your Moneymaker", all of which are among the most famous of blues recordings.
James died of his third heart attack in Chicago in 1963, just prior to a tour of Europe with that year's 'American Folk Blues Festival.' He was buried in the Newport Baptist Church Cemetery, Ebenezer, Holmes County, Mississippi.
Sound
James played a wide variety of "blues" (which often crossed over into other styles of music) similar to that of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and some of B. B. King's work, but distinguished by his guitar's vastly more powerful sound (arguably only equalled in technical ability by King, although in a different style) unbelievably coming from a modified, hollow body traditional acoustic guitar, which sounded like the more modern solid body guitars. He most often played using a slide, but on several recordings he plays without. His voice and style was as instantly recognisable as King's, Muddy's and Wolf's and until he fell foul of the Chicago union, he and his 'Broomdusters' were as popular in the Chicago clubs as any of these musician's bands. James could be reportedly 'difficult' (drinking on the job, not paying out cash, abandoning musicians, double booking etc.) Due to his early death, just before the 1960s "blues boom", and the silence of other famous blues performers, the then current music writers only being interested in 'the stars' not caring to interview his ex-band members, immediate family, children, friends etc. little is known about him. There are no known photos of James performing, apart from those taken (some at the following occasion, and some at a packed club with stylishly dressed couples dancing closely) by George Adins, and no other detailed descriptions or any live recordings.Muddy Waters took the Belgian blues fan (George Adins) to see James play in Chicago in 1959, Adins recalled,
Elmore will always remain the most exciting, dramatic blues singer and guitarist that I've ever had a chance to see perform in the flesh. On our way we listened to him on the radio as Big Bill Hill ... was broadcasting direct from that place. I was burning to see Elmore James and before we even pushed open the door of the club, we could hear Elmore's violent guitar sound. Although the place was overcrowded, we managed to find a seat close to the bandstand and the blues came falling down on me as it had never done before. Watching Elmore sing and play, backed by a solid blues band (Homesick James, J.T. Brown, Boyd Atkins and Sam Cassell) made me feel real fine. Wearing thick glasses, Elmore's face always had an expressive and dramatic look, especially when he was real gone on the slow blues. Singing with a strong and rough voice, he really didn't need a mike. On such slow blues as "I'm Worried - "Make My Dreams Come True" - "It Hurts Me", his voice reached a climax and created a tension that was unmistakably the down and out blues. Notwithstanding that raw voice, Elmore sang his blues with a particular feeling, an emotion and depth that showed his country background. His singing was... fed, reinforced by his own guitar accompaniment which was as rough, violent and expressive as was his voice. Using the bottleneck technique most of the time, Elmore really let his guitar sound as I had never heard a guitar sound before. You just couldn't sit still! You had to move...George also witnessed James at 'Alex Club' in West Side Chicago where...
...he always played for a dance audience and he made the people jump. "Bobby's Rock" was at that time one of the favourite numbers with the crowd and Elmore used to play [it] for fifteen minutes and more. You just couldn't stand that hysteric sound coming down on you. The place was rocking, swinging!
The nearest we have to a recording of a 'live' set by James is his last recorded session by Bobby Robinson, in New York City in 1963 shortly before James death. This session features several takes of "Hand In Hand" which was abandoned and James then played a 'live' set.
His best known song is the blues standard "Dust My Broom" (also known as "Dust My Blues"). The song gave its name to James's band, The Broomdusters. The song's opening slide guitar riff is one of the best-known sounds in all of blues. It is essentially the same riff that appeared in the recording of the same song by Robert Johnson, but James played the riff with electric slide guitar. It was even transformed into a doo-wop chorus on Jesse Stone's "Down in the Alley", recorded by The Clovers and Elvis Presley. Stone transcribed the riff as: "Changety changety changety changety chang chang!"
Listen to this 8-second sample of the riff from Dust My Broom featured in this very different song, James – like most other performers who have a hit tune – was pressured into using this as a "hit formula" in many of his subsequent songs, although his later big sellers bore no semblance to this:
Influence
Most electric slide guitar players will admit to the massive, if not, total influence of James' style. He was also a major influence on such successful 'Blues' guitarists as 'Homesick James' (who was a member of Elmore's band 'The Broomdusters' and featured on many of his recordings) John Littlejohn, Hound Dog Taylor, J. B. Hutto and many others. He also influenced many rock guitarists such as The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones and Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer. John Mayall included the song, "Mr. James," on his 1969 "Looking Back" album as a dedication to James. His songs "Done Somebody Wrong" and "One Way Out" were often covered by The Allman Brothers Band, who cited him as a major influence. James was also covered by blues-rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble many times in concert. The most famous of these covers is one that came by an indirect route - James' fellow bluesman Albert King recorded a cover of "The Sky Is Crying", and Stevie Ray Vaughan copied King's version of the song. That song was also covered by George Thorogood on his second album, ''Move It On Over'' and by Eric Clapton on his album ''There's One in Every Crowd''.The most famous guitarist who admired Elmore James was Jimi Hendrix. Early in his career Jimi styled himself variously as 'Maurice James' and subsequently as 'Jimmy James.' This, according to former bandmate and recording partner Lonnie Youngblood, was a tribute to Elmore James. There is a photo of Hendrix (that can be seen in the sleeve of his '':blues'' album) in London wearing his iconic military jacket and holding Elmore James's UK LP ''The Best Of Elmore James.'' (Hendrix was frequently photographed throughout his performing career holding LP covers of musicians that influenced him.) He performed James' "Bleeding Heart" during the Experience's Royal Albert Hall concert in 1969, and also with the Band of Gypsys at their New Year's concerts at the Fillmore East in 1969/70 as well as recording two different versions of it in the studio. Buddy Miles also sang lyrics along with Jimi playing some motifs from James' "The Sky Is Crying" during his famous jam session the Newport Pop Festival on June 22, 1969 (the video is now available in collector's circles) as well as quoting several lyrics and motifs from Elmore's catalogue throughout his career.
James is mentioned in The Beatles' song "For You Blue": while John Lennon plays the slide guitar (James' trademark), George Harrison says, "Elmore James got nothin' on this, baby." Other artists influenced by Elmore James include Frank Zappa and Jeffrey Evans of the band 68 Comeback.
The Grateful Dead, John Primer (''Blue Steel'' CD), Billy Gibbons and Eric Clapton are other notable artists to have recorded Elmore James covers. Clapton also recorded a song with Jimmy Page called "Tribute to Elmore" that first appeared on the 1968 compilation album ''Blues Anytime Vol. 1''. On the 1974 record ''Second Album'', Roy Buchanan included an instrumental song he wrote titled "Tribute to Elmore James," which begins with James' classic slide guitar riff, and uses his soloing style throughout.
James's older cousin "Homesick" James Williamson, a regular companion from an early age, played with James in the Broomdusters from 1957 on. He was also a successful blues man who played electric slide guitar in James's style. He continued to record and tour until his death in 2006.
James's music & style still today has immense influence upon today's modern blues icons, including the young Derek Trucks of the Allman Brothers and The Derek Trucks Band, who has attributed James as his most predominant influence, and inspiration.
Discography
Singles
Elmore recorded in an era when few blues artists recorded albums. The only LP released (after he had left their management) in his lifetime (in 1961) was a budget compilation of old singles recorded by the Bihari Brothers (in common with Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King) - ''Blues After Hours'' (Crown 5168) this was re-released several times after his death.
Original albums
Compilation albums
References
External links
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| name | John Martyn |
|---|---|
| landscape | Yes |
| background | solo_singer |
| birth name | Iain David McGeachy |
| born | September 11, 1948New Malden, Surrey, England |
| died | January 29, 2009Ireland |
| origin | Surrey and Glasgow |
| instrument | Vocals, guitar |
| genre | Folk rock, folk jazz |
| occupation | Musician, Singer-songwriter |
| years active | 1965–2009 |
| label | Island, WEA |
| website | www.johnmartyn.com |
| notable instruments | }} |
John Martyn, OBE (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), born Iain David McGeachy, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a forty-year career he released twenty studio albums, working with artists such as Eric Clapton and David Gilmour. He has been described by ''The Times'' as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".
Biography
Early life
Martyn was born in Beechcroft Avenue, New Malden, Surrey, England. Martyn's parents, both opera singers, divorced when he was five and he spent his childhood alternating between England and Scotland. Much of this was spent in the care of his grandmother. His strongest ties were in Glasgow, and he attended Shawlands Academy there.
Late 1960s and collaborations with Beverley Martyn
Mentored by Hamish Imlach, Martyn began his professional musical career when he was seventeen, playing a blend of blues and folk that resulted in a unique style that made him a key figure in the London folk scene during the mid-1960s. He signed to Chris Blackwell's Island Records in 1967 and released his first album, ''London Conversation'', the following year.This first album was soon followed by ''The Tumbler'', which was moving towards jazz. By 1970 Martyn had developed a wholly original and idiosyncratic sound: acoustic guitar run through a fuzzbox, phase-shifter, and Echoplex. This sound was first apparent on ''Stormbringer!'' in 1970, which was written and performed by both John and Beverley Martyn, his then wife who had previously recorded solo as Beverley Kutner and had worked with artists such as Nick Drake and Jimmy Page. Her second album with John Martyn was ''The Road to Ruin'', also released in 1970. However, Island Records felt that it would be more successful to market Martyn as a solo act and this was how subsequent albums were produced, although Beverley Martyn continued to make appearances as a background singer as well as continuing as a solo artist herself.
1970s
In 1973, Martyn released one of the defining British albums of the 1970s, ''Solid Air'', the title song a tribute to the singer-songwriter Nick Drake, a close friend and label-mate, who died in 1974 from an overdose of antidepressants. On this album, as with the one that preceded it, ''Bless the Weather'', Martyn collaborated with jazz bassist Danny Thompson, with whom he proceeded to have a fruitful musical partnership which continued until his death. He also developed a new, slurred vocal style, the timbre of which resembled a tenor saxophone.Following the commercial success of ''Solid Air'', Martyn quickly recorded and released the experimental ''Inside Out'', a more difficult album with emphasis placed on feel and improvisation rather than song structure. In 1974, he followed this with ''Sunday's Child''. In September of the next year he released a live album, ''Live at Leeds''—Martyn had been unable to convince Island to release the record, and resorted to selling individually signed copies by mail from his home. ''Live at Leeds'' features Danny Thompson and drummer John Stevens, and is notable not only for the performances given, but the recording quality and incredibly quiet audience for a live recording. In 2010 Universal Music released a 2CD Deluxe version of Live at Leeds. After releasing ''Live at Leeds'', Martyn took a sabbatical, including a visit to Jamaica, spending time with famous reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry.
In 1977, he released ''One World'', which led some commentators to describe Martyn as the "Father of Trip-Hop". It included tracks such as "Small Hours" and "Big Muff", a collaboration with Lee "Scratch" Perry. ''One World'' is notable for having been recorded outside, the album's lush soundscapes are partly the result of microphones picking up ambient sounds, such as water from a nearby lake.
1980s and breakup of marriage
Martyn's marriage to Beverley broke down at the end of the 1970s and, according to his official website, "John hit the self destruct button" (although other biographers, including ''The Times'' obituary writer, attribute the break-up of his marriage to his already being addicted to drink and drugs). Out of this period, described by Martyn as "a very dark period in my life", came the album ''Grace and Danger''.Released in October 1980, the album had been held up for a year by Chris Blackwell. He was a close friend of John and Beverley, and found the album too openly disturbing to release. Only after intense and sustained pressure from Martyn did Blackwell agree to release the album. Commenting on that period, Martyn said, "I was in a dreadful emotional state over that record. I was hardly in control of my own actions. The reason they finally released it was because I freaked: Please get it out! I don't give a damn about how sad it makes you feel—it's what I'm about: the direct communication of emotion. ''Grace and Danger'' was very cathartic, and it really hurt."
In the late 1980s Martyn would cite ''Grace and Danger'' as his favourite album, and said that it was "probably the most specific piece of autobiography I've written. Some people keep diaries, I make records." The album has since become one of his highest-regarded, prompting a deluxe double-disc issue in 2007, containing the original album remastered.
Phil Collins played drums and sang backing vocals on ''Grace and Danger'' and subsequently played drums on and produced Martyn's next album, ''Glorious Fool'', in 1981.
Martyn left Island records in 1981, and recorded ''Glorious Fool'' and ''Well Kept Secret'' for WEA, the label clearly aiming to bring him mainstream success, and achieving his first Top 30 album. ''Glorious Fool'' was a sharp departure from Martyn's 70s sound and at the time was regarded as something of a sell-out by his die-hard fans, but time has revealed it to be a much stronger album than it seemed at the time, with some fine songwriting and vocals. ''Well Kept Secret'' (1982) was less successful. Martyn released a live album, ''Philentropy'', in 1983.
Returning to Island records, Martyn recorded ''Sapphire'' (1984), ''Piece by Piece'' (1986) and the live ''Foundations'' (1987) before being dropped by Island in 1988.
1990s and 2000s
Martyn released ''The Apprentice'' in 1990 and ''Cooltide'' in 1991 for Permanent Records, and then rerecorded many of his "classic" songs for ''No Little Boy'' (1993). The similar 1992 release ''Couldn't Love You More'' was unauthorised by and disowned by Martyn. Material from these recordings and his two Permanent albums has been endlessly recycled on many releases. Permanent Records also released a live 2 CD set called "Live" in 1994.''And'' (1996) came out on Go!Discs and saw Martyn draw heavily on hip-hop textures while blending a sound still distinctively Martyn, a direction which saw more complete expression on 2000's ''Glasgow Walker'' ; ''The Church with One Bell'' (1998) is a covers album taking in material from Portishead to Ben Harper.
In 2001 Martyn appeared on the track ''Deliver Me'' by Faithless keyboard player and DJ Sister Bliss.
In July 2006 the documentary ''Johnny Too Bad'' was screened by the BBC. The programme documented the period surrounding the operation to amputate Martyn's right leg below the knee (the result of a burst cyst) and the writing and recording of ''On the Cobbles'' (2004), an album described by Peter Marsh on the BBC Music website as "the strongest, most consistent set he's come up with in years." Much of ''Cobbles'' was a revisiting of his acoustic-based sound.
He continued to write and collaborate with various artists up until his death, dividing his time between Glasgow and Thomastown, Kilkenny in Ireland. He recorded a ballad entitled "Really Gone" with Irish group UltanJohn featuring John Conneely & Ultan Conlon which was released in November 2006.
On 4 February 2008, Martyn received the lifetime achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk awards. The award was presented by his friend Phil Collins. The BBC website says of Martyn, "his heartfelt performances have either suggested or fully demonstrated an idiosyncratic genius." Eric Clapton was quoted as saying that Martyn was, "so far ahead of everything, it's almost inconceivable." Martyn performed "Over the Hill" and "May You Never" at the ceremony, with John Paul Jones accompanying on mandolin.
To mark Martyn's 60th birthday, Island released a career-spanning 4CD boxed set, ''Ain't No Saint'' on 1 September 2008. The acclaimed set includes many live recordings and unreleased studio material, researched and compiled by his close friend John Hillarby who also runs the official Martyn website.
Martyn was appointed OBE in the 2009 New Year Honours.
Death
Martyn's death was announced on his website on 29 January 2009, John Hillarby wrote, "With heavy heart and an unbearable sense of loss we must announce that John died this morning." Martyn died in hospital in Ireland as a result of double pneumonia.Phil Collins paid tribute, saying: "John's passing is terribly, terribly sad. I had worked with and known him since the late 1970s and he was a great friend. He was uncompromising, which made him infuriating to some people, but he was unique and we'll never see the likes of him again. I loved him dearly and will miss him very much." English rock band Keane included a dedication to John Martyn at their Glasgow concert. On 31 January 2009, Liverpool-based folk-singer/guitarist John Smith, who had previously supported Martyn on tour, performed "Spencer The Rover", from Martyn's ''Sunday's Child'' album, at The Bluecoat in Liverpool, announcing the song simply "For John".
Paying tribute to Martyn, BBC Radio 2's folk presenter Mike Harding said: "John Martyn was a true original, one of the giants of the folk scene. He could write and sing classics like 'May You Never' and 'Fairy Tale Lullaby' like nobody else, and he could sing traditional songs like Spencer The Rover in a way that made them seem new minted." Harding introduced an hour-long tribute to Martyn in his Radio 2 programme on 25 February 2009.
Discography
Studio albums
Other
DVD
References
External links
Category:1948 births Category:2009 deaths Category:British folk singers Category:British guitarists Category:British keyboardists Category:British male singers Category:British singer-songwriters Category:British songwriters Category:Fingerstyle guitarists Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:People from New Malden Category:People from Glasgow
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