Elmore James
The Sky Is Crying - The Ultimate Collection

Elmore James is known as the “King of the Slide Guitar.” He was inspired by the local performances of Robert Johnson to take up the guitar. In fact, it was a number by Johnson ("Dust My Broom") that became James’ signature song and laid the foundation for his recording career. First cut by James in August 1951, “Dust My Broom” contains the strongest example of his stylistic signature: a swooping, full octave opening figure on slide guitar. 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.
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FEATURED TRACK"Dust My Broom"
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TRACK LISTING
- CD ONE:
- 1. The Sky Is Crying
- 2. Held My Baby Last Night
- 3. Bobby's Rock
- 4. Dust My Broom
- 5. Baby Please Set A Date
- 6. Rollin' And Tumblin'
- 7. I'm Worried
- 8. Done Somebody Wrong
- 9. Fine Little Mama
- 10. I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- 11. Early One Morning
- 12. I Need You
- 13. Strange Angel
- 14. She Done Moved
- 15. Something Inside Me
- 16. Stranger Blues
- 17. Anna Lee
- 18. Bleeding Heart
- CD TWO:
- 1. Standing At The Crossroads
- 2. One Way Out
- 3. Got To Move
- 4. Person To Person
- 5. So Unkind
- 6. My Kind Of Woman
- 7. My Baby's Gone
- 8. Find My Kinda Woman
- 9. Look On Yonder Wall
- 10. Shake Your Moneymaker
- 11. Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- 12. Sunnyland
- 13. Go Back Home Again
- 14. You Know You're Wrong
- 15. Hand In Hand
- 16. I Have A Right To Love My Baby
- 17. Everyday I Have The Blues
- 18. It Hurts Me Too
- CD THREE:
- 1. Talk To Me Baby
- 2. Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- 3. She's Got To Go
- 4. Pickin' The Blues
- 5. Twelve Year Old Boy
- 6. Up Jumped Elmore
- 7. I Believe
- 8. I Gotta Go Now
- 9. Make My Dreams Come True
- 10. Find My Kinda Woman (Alt) (Mono Version)
- 11. Mean Mistreatin' Mama (Alt)
- 12. You Know You Done Me Wrong (Alt of You Know You're Wrong)
- 13. Up Jumped Elmore (Blacksnake Blues) (Alt)
- 14. (Poor Little) Angel Child - Sam Myers
- 15. Little Girl - Sam Myers
- 16. You Can Do It If You Want To - Marshall Jones (Maybe Homesick James)
- 17. Woke Up Happy - Marshall Jones (Maybe Homesick James)
- 18. Back In Mississippi (A Conversation)
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