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It should only contain pages that are Elmore James songs or lists of Elmore James songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Elmore James songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Elmore James was an American blues slide guitarist and singer who recorded from 1951 until 1963. His most famous song, "Dust My Broom", an electrified adaptation of a Robert Johnson tune, was his first hit and features one of the most identifiable slide guitar figures in blues. [2]
Elmore James (né Brooks; January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) [1] was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. [2] Noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice, James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. [ 3 ]
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James recorded the song with his long-time backup band, the Broomdusters: tenor saxophonist J. T. Brown, pianist Little Johnny Jones, and second guitarist Homesick James, with drummer Odie Payne. [1] It is a twelve-bar blues notated in 4/4 time in the key of D [ 2 ] and includes a twelve-bar slide-guitar intro and two twelve-bar sections with ...
The song was covered by George Thorogood with his band George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers on their album Move It On Over which was released in 1978. Thorogood recorded it with heavy use of the slide guitar. His lyrics were a modified version of the Elmore James version. He has continued to play it in live shows since then.
"Bleeding Heart" (sometimes listed as "(My) Bleeding Heart") is a song written and recorded by American blues musician Elmore James in 1961. Considered "among the greatest of James' songs", [1] "Bleeding Heart" was later popularized by Jimi Hendrix, who recorded several versions of the song.
Fortunately, to make things easier we have this two-disc 50-song box set rounding up at least one extant take of everything Elmore recorded with Robinson at the helm." Richie Unterberger noted, "this 71-track compilation [from Virigin/Flair] is the most thorough retrospective of that era likely to be produced. In addition to including songs ...