Elmore James - King Of The Slide Guitar: The Complete Trumpet, Chief & Fire Sessions [Recorded 1951-1963, 3CD Box Set] (2003)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 801 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 438 MB | Covers - 93 MB
Genre: Blues, Chicago Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Charly/Snapper Music (SNAJ 722 CD)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 801 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 438 MB | Covers - 93 MB
Genre: Blues, Chicago Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Charly/Snapper Music (SNAJ 722 CD)
Mississippi born and raised, Elmore James learned his trade in the Delta in the 1930s, emerging in the early 1950s as the godfather of modern electric guitar, and no guitarist who ever plugged an instrument into an amp is free of his influence. Not only did he create the template for electric slide players everywhere, he also reworked his amps until they delivered a raw, overdriven sound that became endemic in pop and rock music a decade later, and no punk band ever sounded more ragged or passionate than Elmore James in full stride. James recorded for some dozen labels during his short recording career (he died in 1963 of a heart attack at the age of 45), and he is one of those rare artists whose recorded output was seamless from the first to the last…