"Elmore James always played the same famous lick, but you got the feeling that he meant it.". -Frank Zappa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKo80b-QfK0

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ELMORE JAMES
I Need You
Year unknown U.S. Mono reissue

Some fine Wednesday morning #blues as I plow through some apple pancakes.

I’ve always loved the SOUND of Elmore James. All of the records I have of his just SOUND excellent. It’s a real SOULFUL kind of blues, and he’s always sounded fantastic on vinyl.

James died pretty young; just 45 years old, six months before Kennedy was shot. And as great as his voice was, I think it was his slide guitar playing that was his secret weapon. Even his guitar playing was soulful.

Other than John Lee Hooker, probably my favorite blues performer.

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Elmore James:
🎵 Standing at the Crossroads

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https://elmore-james.bandcamp.com/track/standing-at-the-crossroads

https://open.spotify.com/track/6gEtsBtaAe82Qd9obiTEAB

Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA

Great 2xLP 80s compilation of the post-war blues that made Chess such a critical label, issued by MCA who acquired the rights to the Chess catalog in the mid-eighties.

• Muddy Waters– Rollin’ Stone
• Robert Nighthawk– Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)
• Eddie Boyd & The Chess Men– 24 Hours
• Willie Mabon– Seventh Son
• Lowell Fulson–Reconsider Baby
• Muddy Waters– (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
• Howlin’ Wolf– Smokestack Lightnin’
• Little Walter & His Night Cats– Juke
• J.B. Lenoir– Eisenhower Blues
• Jimmy Rogers– Walking By Myself
• Howlin’ Wolf– Back Door Man
• Elmore James– Madison Blues
• Sonny Boy Williamson– Your Funeral My Trial
• Otis Rush– So Many Roads, So Many Trains
• Buddy Guy– My Time After Awhile
• Sonny Boy Williamson– Bring It On Home
• John Lee Hooker– One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
• Etta James– Baby What You Want Me To Do
• Little Milton– Stormy Monday
• Koko Taylor– Wang Dang Doodle

My copy—via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA—is a 1987 pressing by MCA Records’ plant in Gloversville, NY.

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Elmore James:
🎵 Dust My Broom

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https://elmorejames.bandcamp.com/track/dust-my-broom

https://open.spotify.com/track/0fM0mFxHP1R4KPX1PB8tWU

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