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500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!
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Other post-WWII Chicago bluesmen are better known, but the work of Elmore James holds up as well as any of theirs. If he never had the technical accomplishment of, say, Earl Hooker, he did have as much depth of emotional expression as Muddy Waters; just listen to the sweetness of "I Need You" or the pain of "It Hurts Me, Too." The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James contains some of the most important work of a man who still reigns as the king of slide guitar; anyone who wears a bottleneck today owes a debt to James. Highlights include Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom," which James made his s
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Manufacturer: Rhino
Release date: 6 April 1993
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0081227119027 UPC: 081227119027
Release date: 6 April 1993
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0081227119027 UPC: 081227119027
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500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 music items)"He was Robert Johnson’s student, Rolling Stone Brian Jones’s idol, and Eric Clapton has paid tribute to him. With “Dust My Broom,” he coined the most copied slide-guitar lick in electric blues. Standout track: “Dust My Broom” "
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