Elmore James
Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as King of the Slide Guitar, but he was also noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.
Biography
James was born Elmore Brooks in Richland, Holmes County, Mississippi, the illegitimate son of 15-year-old Leola Brooks, a field hand. His father was probably Joe Willie "Frost" James, who moved in with Leola, and so Elmore took this as his name. 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. As a teen he was playing at local dances under the names Cleanhead and Joe Willie James. His first marriage, c. 1942, was to Minnie Mae. He subsequently married at least twice more.
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", "Little" Johnny Jones (piano) and Odie Payne (drums). There is a dispute as to whether Robert Johnson or James wrote James' trademark song, "Dust My Broom".
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- Big Box of Elmore James released: 2013
- The Definitive Elmore James released: 2009
- Genius Blues released: 2007
- The Final Sessions: New York - February 1963 released: 2006
- The Best of the Modern Years released: 2005
- Blues After Hours released: 2005
- Blues After Hours released: 2005
- King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Chess, Chief & Fire Sessions released: 2005
- Every Day I Have the Blues released: 2005
- History of Elmore James, Volume 1 released: 2005
- Complete Blues: Person to Person released: 2004
- King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Trumpet, Chief & Fire Sessions released: 2003
- Blues Kingpins released: 2003
- Dust My Broom released: 2002
- Shake Your Moneymaker: The Best of the Fire Sessions released: 2001
- The Sky Is Crying released: 2000
- Midnite Jazz & Blues: Dust My Broom released: 2000
- Play Me the Blues... The Legendary Blues Singers, Volume 3 released: 2000
- Blues Masters: The Very Best of Elmore James released: 2000
- Slip Sliding Away released: 2000
- Rollin' and Tumblin' released: 1999
- The Sky Is Crying: Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 12 released: 1998
- King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Chief & Fire Sessions released: 1997
- The Sky Is Crying released: 1997
- Golden Hits released: 1996
- The Complete Fire and Enjoy Recordings released: 1995
- The Blues Collection 17: Dust My Broom released: 1994
- Dust My Broom released: 1993
- The Classic Early Recordings released: 1993
- The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James released: 1993
- Dust My Broom: The Best of Elmore James, Part 2 released: 1992
- Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 28: Standing at the Crossroads released: 1992
- Dust My Broom released: 1992
- The Immortal Elmore James released: 1992
- King of the Slide Guitar released: 1992
- The Blues Collection released: 1991
- Street Talkin' released: 1991
- Whose Muddy Shoes released: 1991
- The Complete Fire and Enjoy Sessions Part 1 released: 1990
- The Master of the Slide Guitar released: 1989
- Come Go With Me released: 1989
- 20 Greatest Hits released: 1987
- Let's Cut It: The Very Best of Elmore James released: 1987
- Shake Your Moneymaker released: 1986
- Red Hot Blues released: 1983
- One Way Out released: 1980
- I Need You released: 1966
- The Sky Is Crying released: 1965
- Dust My Broom released:
- Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Elmore James 1951-1953 released:
- Blues released:
The Definitive Elmore James
Released 2009- Dust My Broom
- Please Find My Baby
- Hand in Hand
- Rock My Baby Right
- I Believe
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Baby What's Wrong
- Sinful Woman
- Round House Boogie
- Dumb Woman Blues
- Sax-Ony Boogie
- Kickin' the Blues Around
- I May Be Wrong
- Sweet Little Woman
- Early in the Morning
- Can't Stop Lovin'
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Make a Little Love
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Strange Kinda Feeling
- Dark and Dreary
The Final Sessions: New York - February 1963
Released 2006- My Baby's Gone
- Find My Kinda Woman
- Look on Yonder Wall (Look Up on the Wall)
- Dust My Broom
- It Hurts Me Too
- Pickin' the Blues (Manhattan Slide)
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- I Have a Right to Love My Baby
- Twelve Year Old Boy
- Got to Move (She's Got to Go)
- I Gotta Go Now
- Talk to Me Baby
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Hand in Hand
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- Dust My Broom
- Elmore Jumps One (Up Jumps Elmore) / Black Snake Slide
- I Believe
- Hand in Hand
- Find My Kind of Woman (take 1)
- Hand in Hand (take 3)
- Back in Mississippi (Conversation)
The Best of the Modern Years
Released 2005- I Believe
- Baby What's Wrong
- Early In The Morning
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Strange Kinda Feeling
- Please Find My Baby
- Hand in Hand
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Sho' Nuff I Do
- Sunnyland
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Mean and Evil
- Happy Home
- No Love in My Heart (For You)
- Dust My Blues
- I Was a Fool, Too
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Goodbye Baby
- Wild About You
Blues After Hours
Released 2005- Dust My Blues
- Sunnyland
- Mean and Evil (The Way You Treat Me)
- Dark and Dreary (take 4)
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Happy Home
- No Love in My Heart
- Blues Before Sunrise
- I Was a Fool
- Goodbye Baby Goodbye
- Late Hours at Midnight
- Quarter Past Nine
- Strange Kinda Feeling (take 1)
- Make My Dreams Come True (take 2)
- So Mean to Me (take 4)
- Long Tall Woman
- Wild About You Baby (take 22)
- Elmo's Shuffle (take 5)
Blues After Hours
Released 2005- Dust My Blues
- Sunnyland
- Mean and Evil (The Way You Treat Me)
- Dark and Dreary (take 4)
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Happy Home
- No Love in My Heart
- Blues Before Sunrise
- I Was a Fool
- Goodbye Baby Goodbye
- Late Hours at Midnight
- Quarter Past Nine
- Strange Kinda Feeling (take 1)
- Make My Dreams Come True (take 2)
- So Mean to Me (take 4)
- Long Tall Woman
- Wild About You Baby (take 22)
- Elmo's Shuffle (take 5)
King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Chess, Chief & Fire Sessions
Released 2005- I Believe My Time Ain't Long (Dust My Broom)
- Country Boogie
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right
- My Best Friend
- Whose Muddy Shoes
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- Coming Home
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- Bobby's Back
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
Complete Blues: Person to Person
Released 2004- Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long)
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- The Sky Is Crying
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Strange Angels
- Standing at the Crossroads
- My Kind of Woman
- Got to Move
- Person to Person
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Sunnyland Trains
- Pickin' the Blues (Manhattan Slide)
- Twelve Year Old Boy
- Talk to Me Baby
- Elmore Jumps One (Up Jumped Elmore)
- Hand in Hand (take 3)
King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Trumpet, Chief & Fire Sessions
Released 2003- Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long)
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- Coming Home
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- Bobby's Rock
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby, Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- I'm Worried
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Need You (Baby)
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Strange Angels
- Early One Morning
- She Done Moved
Blues Kingpins
Released 2003- Lost Woman Blues (Please Find My Baby)
- Rock My Baby Right
- I Believe
- Baby What's Wrong
- Sinful Woman
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Can't Stop Lovin'
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Dark and Dreary
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Sunnyland
- The Way You Treat Me (Mean and Evil)
- Happy Home
- No Love in My Heart
- I Was a Fool
- Dust My Blues
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Goodbye Baby
The Sky Is Crying
Released 2000- The Sky Is Crying
- Dust My Broom
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Anna Lee
- Stranger Blues
- My Bleeding Heart
- Standing at the Crossroads
- One Way Out
- Person to Person
- My Kind of Woman
- So Unkind
- Got to Move
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 1)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 2)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 3)
- Sunnyland Train
- My Baby's Gone
- Find My Kinda Woman
Rollin' and Tumblin'
Released 1999- Comin' Home
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Wherever You Go
- Dust My Broom
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Early One Morning
- I Need You
- Strange Angels
King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Chief & Fire Sessions
Released 1997- Dust My Broom
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- Coming Home
- It Hurts Me Too
- Knocking at Your Door
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- Bobby's Rock
- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- I'm Worried
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Need You
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Strange Angels
- Early One Morning
- She Done Moved
The Sky Is Crying
Released 1997- The Sky Is Crying
- Dust My Broom
- Fine Little Mama
- Can't Stop Loving You
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- I Need You Baby
- Something Inside Me
- I'm Worried
- Early One Morning
- She Done Moved
- Strange Angel
- Anna Lee
- Stranger Blues
- Look Under Yonder Wall
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Shake Your Money Maker
- My Bleeding Heart
- One Way Out
- Make My Dream Come True
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
The Complete Fire and Enjoy Recordings
Released 1995- Make My Dreams Come True
- Bobby's Rock
- The Sky Is Crying
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Rollin' and Tumblin
- I'm Worried
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Early One Morning
- I Need You Baby
- Strange Angels
- She Done Moved (instrumental)
- Something Inside Me
- You Don't Have to Go (vocal: Sam Myers)
- Stranger Blues
- Stranger Blues (alternate version)
- My Bleeding Heart
- Standing at the Crossroads
- One Way Out
The Blues Collection 17: Dust My Broom
Released 1994- Dust My Broom
- Cry for Me Baby
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- It Hurts Me Too
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- The Sky Is Crying
- Take Me Where You Go
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Fine Little Mama
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Got to Move
- One Way Out
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- Something Inside of Me
- Person to Person
- Talk to Me Baby
Dust My Broom
Released 1993- Dust My Broom
- Pickin' the Blues
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- Anna Lee
- Standing at the Crossroads
- My Bleeding Heart
- My Kind of Woman
- Got to Move
- So Unkind
- Person to Person
- One Way Out
- Go Back Home Again
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Sunnyland Train
- You Know You Done Me Wrong
- My Baby's Gone
- Find My Kind of Woman
- Look on Yonder Wall
The Classic Early Recordings
Released 1993- Dust My Broom
- Please Find My Baby (version 1)
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Please Find My Baby (version 2)
- Hand in Hand
- Long Tall Woman
- Rock My Baby Right
- One More Drink (take 1)
- My Baby's Gone
- One More Drink (take 2)
- Lost Woman Blues (Aka Please Find My Baby) (version 3)
- I Believe
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Baby What's Wrong
- Sinful Woman
- Round House Boogie (Aka Sax Symphonic Boogie)
- Dumb Woman Blues
- Sax-Only Boogie
- Kicking the Blues Around (Aka Flaming Blues)
- I May Be Wrong
- Sweet Little Woman
The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James
Released 1993- Dust My Broom
- The Sun Is Shining
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Sho' Nuff I Do
- Please Find My Baby
- T.V. Mama
- My Best Friend
- Madison Blues
- Cry for Me Baby
- The Sky Is Crying
- Sunny Land
- I Can't Hold Out
- Look on Yonder Wall
- I Need You
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- The 12 Year Old Boy
- It Hurts Me Too
- Rollin and Tumblin
- Something Inside Me
- Standing at the Crossroads
Dust My Broom: The Best of Elmore James, Part 2
Released 1992- Done Somebody Wrong
- Early One Morning
- Got to Move
- Stranger Blues
- Person to Person
- Mean Mistreating Mama
- Bobby's Rock
- My Kind of Woman
- I'm Worried
- You Know You Done Me Wrong
- Strange Angel
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- She Done Moved
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Poor Little Angel Child
- So Unkind
- Dust My Broom
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Talk to Me Baby
- Look Up on the Wall
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- I Gotta Go Now
Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 28: Standing at the Crossroads
Released 1992- Anna Lee
- Stranger Blues
- My Bleeding Heart
- Standing at the Crossroads
- One Way Out
- Person to Person
- My Kind of Woman
- So Unkind
- Got to Move
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Shake Your Money Maker
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 1)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 2)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 3)
- Sunnyland Train
- My Baby's Gone
- Find My Kinda Woman
The Immortal Elmore James
Released 1992- Dust My Broom
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- The Sky Is Crying
- I'm Worried
- Coming Home
- Stranger Blues
- Fine Little Mama
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Early One Morning
- It Hurts Me Too
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- My Bleeding Heart
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Hand in Hand
- I Done Somebody Wrong
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Standing at the Crossroads
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
King of the Slide Guitar
Released 1992- The Sky Is Crying
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Bobby's Rock
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Something Inside of Me
- I'm Worried
- Fine Little Mama
- I Need You
- Early One Morning
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Strange Angel
- She Done Moved
- My Baby's Gone
- Stranger Blues
- Anna Lee
- (My) Bleeding Heart
- Standing at the Crossroads
- One Way Out
- My Kind of Woman
- Person to Person
- Find My Kind of Woman (alternate)
- Find My Kind of Woman
- So Unkind
The Master of the Slide Guitar
Released 1989- Blues Before Sunrise
- I Was a Fool
- Sunnyland
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Sno Nuff I Do
- Happy Home
- Long Tall Woman
- So Mean to Me
- My Best Friend
- No Love in My Heart
- It Hurst Me Too
- Hand in Hand
- Dust My Broom
- Coming Home
- Look on Yonder Wall
- I Believe
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- Mean and Evil
- Wild About You Baby
- Dark and Dreary
- Goodbye Baby
- Dust My Blues
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- The Sky Is Crying
Come Go With Me
Released 1989- Stranger Blues
- Anna Lee
- So Unkind
- Bobby's Rock
- Sunnyland Train
- Find My Kinda Woman
- Twelve Year Old Boy
- Stranger Blues
- My Kind of Woman
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Hand in Hand (take 3)
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- My Baby's Gone
- She Done Moved
- Make My Dreams Come True
- I'm Worried
- My Bleeding Heart
- Look on Yonder Wall
- Early One Morning
- Strange Angels
- It Hurts Me Too
- Everyday (I Have the Blues)
- I Have a Right to Love My Baby
- Standing at the Crossroads
20 Greatest Hits
Released 1987- Dust My Broom
- It Hurts Me Too
- Shake Your Money Maker
- Rolling & Tumbling
- Coming Home
- Person to Person
- I Can't Hold Out
- Fine Little Mama
- The Sky Is Crying
- I Need You
- Take Me Where You Go
- The 12 Year Old Boy
- Cry For Me Baby
- Gotta Move
- One Way Out
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- Baby Please Set a Date
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Something Inside of Me
Shake Your Moneymaker
Released 1986- Dust My Broom
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- Coming Home
- It Hurts Me Too
- Elmore's Contribution to Jazz
- Cry for Me Baby
- Take Me Where You Go
- The Sky Is Crying
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Knocking at Your Door
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- Shake Your Moneymaker
- I Need You
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- Something Inside of Me
- Person to Person
- Baby Please Set a Date
- One Way Out
- Got to Move
- Talk to Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out)
One Way Out
Released 1980- Talk to Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out)
- Shake Your Money Maker
- Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby
- It Hurts Me Too
- The Sky Is Crying
- Cry for Me Baby
- Something Inside of Me
- Standing at the Crossroads
- Coming Home
- Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Take Me Where You Go
- I Need You
- Person to Person
- One Way Out
- The Twelve Year Old Boy
- Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long)
Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Elmore James 1951-1953
- Dust My Broom (I believe my time ain´t long)
- Please Find My Baby
- Hand In Hand
- Long Tall Woman
- Rock My Baby Tonight
- My Baby´s Gone
- One More Drink
- Baby what´s wrong
- I Believe
- Sinful Woman
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Round house boogie
- Kickin´ the blues around
- Sax-ony boogie
- Dumb Woman Blues
- Country Boogie (Tool Bag Boogie)
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She won´t do right (Dust my broom)
- Whose Muddy Shoes
- Sweet Little Woman
- I May Be Wrong
Blues
- Dust My Broom
- Standing At The Crossroads
- No Love in My Heart (For You)
- The Way You Treat Me
- I Was A Fool
- Goodbye Baby
- Happy Home
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Sunnyland
- I Believe
- Sho' Nuff I Do
- Rock My Baby Right
- Dust My Blues
- I Held My Baby Last Night
- Early In The Morning
- Please Find My Baby
- Sinful Woman
- Dark And Dreary
- Make My Dreams Come True
Born: 1918-01-27
Died: 1963-05-24
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I Can't Hold Out
by: Elmore JamesI just talked to my baby on the telephone
She said, "Stop what you're doing and baby come on home"
I can't hold out, I can't hold out too long
I get a real good feeling talking to you on the phone
You said, "Baby don't you worry, you're my heart's desire
You know that I love you, I can't stand to see you cry"
I can't hold out, I can't hold out too long
I get a real good feeling talking to you on the phone
She said, "Baby you can run, you can walk or fly
You know that I love you, you're my heart's desire"
I can't hold out, I can't hold out too long
I get a real good feeling talking to you on the phone, oh yeah
I talked to my baby, I talked to my baby
I talked to my baby, I talked to my baby
I get a real good feeling talking to you on the phone
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