Elmore James. Really what more need I say? His sound rests at the bottom of many a rock n roller's oeurvre, and a great many of them don't even know it. As a slide guitarist he certainly stood on the shoulders of giants, his style was heavily influenced by Son House, Willie McTell and Fred McDowell & others that wrote the vocabulary. Elmore was not the first to play electric slide....but ...
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Elmore James really did only have the one riff (ditto Chuck Berry), but when it's as good as *this* that hardly seems to matter
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Here are a couple covers of the Elmore James classic.First, the legendary Howlin' Wolf:This one's probably my favorite, though :)
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This should be required listening, Oh and by the way this is my way of teasing to get responses. Miscommunication is so easy on blogs.
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Standing at the Crossroads |
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| 2 I Can't Hold Out |
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| 3 Sho' Nuff I Do |
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| 4 Rollin' and Tumblin' |
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| 5 The Sky Is Crying |
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