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Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader.[1] He was known asThe
King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.James played a wide variety of
"blues" (which often crossed over into other styles of music) similar to that of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf andsome of B. B. King's work, but
distinguished by his guitar's vastly more powerful sound (arguably only equalled in technical ability by King,although in a different style)
unbelievably comin ...read more
Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader.[1] He was known asThe
King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.James played a wide variety of
"blues" (which often crossed over into other styles of music) similar to that of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf andsome of B. B. King's work, but
distinguished by his guitar's vastly more powerful sound (arguably only equalled in technical ability by King,although in a different style)
unbelievably coming from a modified, hollow body traditional acoustic guitar, which sounded like the more modernsolid body guitars. He most often
played using a slide, but on several recordings he plays without. His voice and style was as instantlyrecognisable as King's, Muddy's and Wolf's and
until he fell foul of the Chicago union, he and his 'Broomdusters' were as popular in the Chicagoclubs as any of these musician's bands. « hide |
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