.....;Posted on 08/09/2014 7:00:07 PM PDT by virgil283
"known as King of the Slide Guitar but he was also noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice....Elmore began making music at the age of 12 using a simple one-string instrument ("diddley bow" or "jitterbug") strung up on a shack wall....James was strongly influenced by Robert Johnson, as well as by Kokomo Arnold and Tampa Red. James recorded several of Tampa's songs, and even inherited from his band two of his famous "Broomdusters", There is a dispute as to whether Robert Johnson or Elmore wrote James' trademark song, "Dust My Broom" - wiki .....;
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One of my favorites. When I was 18, I was turned on to the Blues by Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “Back Door Friend” and Elmore James “Dust My Broom.”
His solo on “12 Year Old Boy” is perfection itself.
Thanks FH for telling me about “Hawaiian Boogie” I don’t think I’ve that one...
I couldn't decide to post “Dust My Broom.” or "It hurts me too" both are very good.
” dust my broom” - When you finish sweeping you shake the broom to clean it for the next use,.. but others say ...”Music writer Ted Gioia also likens the phrase to the biblical passages about shaking the dust from the feet and symbolizing “the rambling ways of the blues musician”
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I’m gon’ get up in the morning, I believe I’ll dust my broom
Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin’, girlfriend, can get my room “
Golly that is a great song, never heard of this guy thanks for the tip, I love blues.
I like, and play, a lot of his stuff, but I really like the things that came out just a bit earlier, when the Delta guys first hit Chicago, got their first electric guitars, and put their first bands together. But,,,, I’m a Delta Blues player. Love The Wolf!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vr-DR5HdKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgGslcXXL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP34u6rdscs
Wolf Spoonful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0aIjyX7vwI
I’ve just finished building my 2nd cigar box guitar (3 string) and am learning to play slide on it. Great admiration for the roots music they gave us and the primitive instruments they used to such great effect.
‘Lance Lipscomb’... I hadn’t heard him play this song...
Pretty much the same song;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwkiy9QnD80
I like Elmore, but I like The Wolf better!
M4L
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