Elmore James

Origins of Guitar - The Original Masters (13 person items)

"The slide king; listening to Elmore James high distortion during the late 1950's and early 60's is something different than you would expect. James was like a carry over of Robert Johnson's old tracks, updating them, and adding his own technique's to enhance them, and his very unique bleeding voice. Mostly what he is known for is The Sky Is Crying. Before the great cover versions, he wrote standard and his version still sounds very good as it did when it first came out. The Sky Is Crying; a tr"

Ever heard this? REAL Underrated Guitar Players (13 person items)

"The Sky Is Crying When it comes to the older Blues men that started the trend that would later be revolutionized, you can thank Elmore James for some other things besides The Sky Is Crying. They call him "King of the slide guitar" and listening to his work, you see how powerfully unique he was. As time goes by, he seems to be forgotten. I know he's still mentioned some what and there is so many covers of The Sky Is Crying and some of his other tracks, but most of those covers are being remembe"