{"title":"Elmore James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElmore James was an American blues singer and guitarist, born in Holmes County, Mississippi on January 27, 1918. He had a significant impact on the music industry until his death in Chicago, Illinois on May 24, 1963. Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 for his early influence, James left a lasting legacy with his unique style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for his powerful vocals and distinctive slide guitar playing, Elmore James inspired countless musicians throughout his career. His son also followed in his footsteps as a musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy the music of \u003ci\u003eLightnin' Hopkins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSonny Boy Williamson II\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eJimmy Reed\u003c\/i\u003e, you will likely appreciate Elmore James' work. Other similar artists include \u003ci\u003eMagic Sam\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOtis Rush\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWillie Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e. With influences ranging from \"Howlin' Wolf\" to John Lee Hooker, Elmore James is truly a legend of the blues genre.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-esential-recordings","title":"The Esential Recordings","description":"\u003cp\u003eElmore James was arguably the most influential Blues guitarist on the likes of Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Stevie Ray Vaughan and many other aspiring Blues musicians around the globe. He was also responsible for writing and recording some of the most enduring Blues classics of all time. This collection celebrates a man who connects his music from the 1950s and early 1960s directly to its roots in the Mississippi Delta.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Primo","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50507328323915,"sku":"1004264","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0555c43f-f901-4cca-aec4-0db9bf50ba01_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727847294"},{"product_id":"hits-and-rarities","title":"Hits and Rarities","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeldom has a single musician had a more lasting effect than Elmore James “King of the Slide Guitar.”  That shangety-shangety bottleneck riff defined the sound after he debuted it on his seminal “Dust My Broom,” inspiring other Chicago slide aces and eventually spreading all around the globe as shaggy-haired blues-rockers fed it through mammoth amps. The mind-melting impact of Elmore’s anguished vocals was every bit as intense as his crashing fretwork.   First cut by James in August 1951, “Dust My Broom” defined his signature style: a swooping, full-octave opening figure on slide guitar. James left behind a raft of classic blues songs that influenced a legion of Chicago slide players and were a foundational influence for the 60's blues rock explosion. His influence went beyond that one riff, however, as he has been credited with practically inventing blues rock by virtue of energizing primal riffs with a raw, driving intensity.  James left behind a raft of classic blues songs that include “Shake Your Money Maker,” “Talk to Me Baby,” “It Hurts Me Too” and “The Sky Is Crying.”  His songs have been cut by the likes of the Allman Brothers Band, Canned Heat Fleetwood Mac and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. “You can hear his signature riff at least once a night from every slide guitarist working,” music historian Tony Glover has written, “but no one has ever quite matched that vocal intensity, which transformed the lonesome moan of the Delta into a Chicago scream.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sunset Blvd","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50943205179723,"sku":"2235602","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_365a7164_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1733515042"},{"product_id":"blues-after-hours-atzxkw","title":"Blues After Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Hound Dog Taylor to Ry Cooder and Derek Trucks, Elmore James, a giant of blues music who continues to influence many musicians, goes wild on slide guitar with his band, the Broom Dusters! Originally released on Crown Records in 1960, P-Vine officially reissue this important piece of blues history in the same jacket as the original release. Don’t miss this fantastic reissue on limited edition vinyl, with an iconic OBI-strip.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P-Vine","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50989762904395,"sku":"2024641","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/unnamed_7_b10da50a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1734548366"},{"product_id":"blues-after-hours-4","title":"Blues After Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete album + 6 bonus tracks. Known as the \"King of the Slide Guitar,\" Elmore James was the most influential slide guitarist of the postwar period. His music went far beyond his premature death in 1963 at the age of forty-five. He was credited with helping to invent blues rock and his style influenced a generation of blues-rock players like Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Duane Allman, and The Rolling Stones. \u003ci\u003eBlues After Hours \u003c\/i\u003ewas James' debut album, and one of the greatest blues albums of all-time.\u003ci\u003eBlues After Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, originally released on LP by Crown in 1960, was Elmore James' first long-playing record. Made up of singles released on the Modern imprints Meteor and Flair, for many it was their first introduction to the fiery slide guitarist, and the crunchy garage sound of James' arrangements (backed variously by the Broomdusters in Chicago, the Maxwell Davis Orchestra in Los Angeles, and the J\u0026amp;M Studio house band in New Orleans), coupled with his passionate edgy vocals, quickly made him one of the most influential blues artists of his time. Mastered from the original LP tapes and augmented with eight bonus tracks (which include three additional singles relevant to the LP and five tracks from the Chicago sessions), this expanded version of \u003ci\u003eBlues After Hours\u003c\/i\u003e has great sound, and the rough explosive nature of James' music is front and center and never lets up from the second he steps into the famous slide riff on \"Dust My Blues,\" which opens the set. That roaring riff is repeated many times on this disc, since labels constantly demanded it, and James delivered it under a range of different titles, and amazingly, no one ever seems to get tired of it. But James was more than a one-trick pony, and he didn't just play slide. He was also an impassioned singer, and gifted enough to trade lines (both vocally and on guitar) with horn sections, giving songs like \"Dark and Dreary\" the illusion of being both raw and smooth at the same time. Truthfully, James never recorded a lame track (even if dozens of them were variations on \"Dust My Broom\"), always pouring all his energy into the performance, so it really doesn't matter which collection of his you pick up, but this one has the advantage of being a fleshed-out facsimile of his very first album (right down to the cover art), giving it a kind of historical and archival appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blues Joint","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":51246095040843,"sku":"2176478","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_1d2b59cc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1739231921"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/elmore-james.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}