Elmore James

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  • blues
  • Chicago Blues
  • delta blues
  • Classic Blues
  • jazz
Elmore James (Elmore Brooks, Richland, Mississippi, 27th January 1918 – Chicago, Illinois, 24th May 1963) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was known as "The King of the Slide Guitar".

James was born fifty miles north of Jackson (not to be confused with another Richland just south of Jackson). He began playing as a teen, under the names "Cleanhead" and "Joe Willie James", alongside musicians such as the first Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, and Robert Johnson. Read more on Last.fm

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Albums

I Need You (1966)
The Sky Is Crying (1965)
Blues After Hours (1960)
Dust My Broom
King of the Slide Guitar (disc 2)
Ultimate Blues CD2

Singles

 
Bleeding Heart / Mean Mistreatin' Mama (1965)
 
Everyday I Have the Blues / Dust My Broom (1965)
 
It Hurts Me Too / Pickin' the Blues (1965)
 
Stranger Blues / Anna Lee (1962)
 
Look on Yonder Wall / Shake Your Moneymaker (1961)
 
The Sky Is Crying / Held My Baby Last Night (1960)
 
It Hurts Me Too / Elmore's Contribution to Jazz (1957)
 
The 12 Year Old Boy / Coming Home (1957)
 
Make My Dreams Come True / Hand in Hand (1954)
 
I Believe / I Held My Baby Last Night (1953)
 
Blues

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