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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]
Clide Vernon "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) [1] is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi , and settled in Lafayette, Louisiana .
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] His slide guitar technique earned him the nickname "King of the Slide Guitar".
In 1997, he recorded a solo album, Back in Chicago: Jammin' with Willie Kent and the Gents, which won Best Blues Album of 1997 by Living Blues Magazine. [87] Roulette's contribution to the lap slide guitar was to prove that a lap-played instrument was capable of holding its own in Chicago blues style. [65]
Slide guitarists are musicians who are well-known for playing guitar with a "slide", a smooth, hard object, held in the fretting hand and placed against the strings to control the pitch. [1] Beginning with guitarists in the American South and Hawaii in early 20th century, [ 2 ] slide guitar styles have developed in a variety of musical settings ...
Roy Rogers (born July 28, 1950, Redding, California, United States) is an American blues rock slide guitarist and record producer. [1] He was named after the singing cowboy . [ 2 ] Rogers plays a variety of guitar styles related to the Delta blues , but is most often recognized for his virtuoso slide work.
Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945), commonly known as Blind Willie Johnson, was an American gospel blues singer and guitarist. His landmark recordings completed between 1927 and 1930, thirty songs in all, display a combination of powerful chest voice singing, slide guitar skills and originality that has influenced generations of musicians.
Several musicians have recorded their renditions of the song, [4] including Fleetwood Mac, who recorded it with Willie Dixon and J. T. Brown for their 1969 Blues Jam in Chicago album with slide and vocals by Jeremy Spencer. George Thorogood and the Destroyers also recorded it for their eponymous 1977 debut album.