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The King of Slide Guitar! This remastered album almost completely covers the recordings Elmore James made for New York producer Bobby Robinson's Fire & Enjoy Records between 1959 and his death in 1963! It includes many classic tracks such as "Dust My Broom," "Shake Your Ane Maker," "The Sky Is Crying," and "One Way Out." While numerous compilations related to Elmore James have been released, most are now difficult to obtain. This is a definitive 2-disc set that anyone wanting to understand the blues absolutely must listen to. DISC 1 1. THE SKY IS CRYING 2. BOBBY?fS ROCK 3. HELD MY BABY LAST NIGHT 4. DUST MY BROOM 5. BABY PLEASE SET A DATE 6. ROLLIN?f AND TUMBLIN?f 7. I?fM WORRIED 8. DONE SOMEBODY WRONG 9. FINE LITTLE MAMA 10. I CAN?fT STOP LOVIN?f YOU 11. EARLY ONE MORNING 12. I NEED YOU 13. STRANGE ANGEL 14. SHE DONE MOVED 15. SOMETHING INSIDE ME 16. STRANGER BLUES 17. ANNA LEE 18. BLEEDING HEART DISC 2 1. STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS 2. ONE WAY OUT 3. GOT TO MOVE 4. SO UNKIND 5. MY KIND OF WOMAN 6. LOOK ON YONDER WALL 7. SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER 8. MEAN MISTREATIN?f MAMA 9. SUNNYLAND 10. GO BACK HOME AGAIN 11. YOU KNOW YOU?fRE WRONG 12. IT HURTS ME TOO 13. TALK TO ME BABY 14. PICKIN?f THE BLUES 15. TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY 16. CAN?fT STOP LOVING MY BABY 17. I BELIEVE 18. MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE Elmore James, whose real name is Elmore Brooks, was born on January 27, 1918, in Richmond, Holmes County, Mississippi. He began playing guitar at the age of 12 and later started his musical career under names such as Cleanhead and Joe Willie James. He is said to have received guitar lessons from Robert Johnson and honed his skills playing in the backing bands of Sonny Boy Williamson II and Howlin' Wolf. In 1951, his first recording on trumpet, "Dust My Broom," became a huge hit. His style of playing Robert Johnson's songs with a wild electric bottleneck technique was later called the Broom style and greatly influenced Hound Dog Taylor, J.B. Hutto, and others. He later moved to Chicago and recorded many masterpieces for Meteor, Chess, and in the late 1950s, for Fire and Enjoy in New York. However, he died of a heart attack in Chicago on September 23, 1963, at the height of his career. Even after his death, he continued to exert a tremendous influence on the rock world, including Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
