(July 2025) Episode 661 is ELMORE JAMES. A blues legend known as “King of the Slide Guitar” and for loud amplification of his guitar. Traveling a well-worn blues trail from Mississippi to Chicago, his recordings were in the 1950s and early 1960s. If not for his early death in 1963, one figures his fame would have exploded in the 1960s blues revival.
Favorite song: Dust My Broom
Compared to expectations: same
Recommendation: Whose Muddy Shoes and Blues After Hours are good compilations of his songs.
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