JAMES, Elmore - Dust my broom

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In Elmore James' brand of blues, more than the harshness of his guitar - amplified until it is almost too loud - his voice is what stands out and drives us almost to distraction. Like dozens of others, Elmore James was an outstanding guitarist, a determined bandleader, a reliable composer and an imaginative songwriter. Like some others, the title of 'King of the Slide Guitar' seemed to be one he deserved, but like almost no one, he had the rare ability to generate extremely varied emotions and express the inexpressible, to pierce people's souls and brains with his unique, inimitable and completely novel voice. Elmore James erases all boundaries between 'urban' blues and 'country' blues. A genuine desperado of this brand of music, he managed to break free of the constraints of a profession which reduced creative freedom to the hypothetically inescapable demands of clients and the market.