Elmore James, Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Elmore James - 44m 8s

Tracks & Durations

1. Dust My Broom	2:45
2. Hawaiian Boogie	2:19
3. Please Find My Baby	3:07
4. Sho' Nuff I Do	2:55
5. Wild About You Baby	3:18
6. The 12 Year Old Boy	3:06
7. It Hurts Me Too	3:04
8. Cry For Me Baby	2:47
9. Coming Home	2:30
10. The Sky Is Crying	2:49
11. The Sun Is Shining	2:44
12. Madison Blues	2:24
13. I Can't Hold Out	2:16
14. Standing At The Crossroads	3:00
15. Done Somebody Wrong	2:21
16. Shake Your Moneymaker	2:31

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Review

This rocking trove of stylistic innovation spans Elmore James's peak recording years, from 1951 to 1963. In the charging fury of his slide guitar and his screaming voice one hears the echo of fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Robert Johnson, whose local Delta performances in the mid-1930s first inspired young Elmore to play guitar. Johnson's "Dust My Broom"--which became James's signature song and the foundation of his recording career--kicks things off here with the slashing guitar work that helped define the electric-blues idiom, followed by his instrumental showpiece "Hawaiian Boogie." Drenched in Delta-driven emotion, his fiery vocals are well represented on "It Hurts Me, Too" and "The Sky Is Crying", and the classic "Shake Your Money Maker" is one of several dance numbers powered by the raw, driving intensity that marked James's recorded legacy and influenced every slide guitarist working in his wake. --Alan Greenberg

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