Vinyl LP pressing. Despite the fact that his career was curtailed in 1963 by a fatal heart attack when he was only 45, Elmore James was an extremely influential figure in the development of blues guitar, both by virtue of his highly distinctive sound, which he consciously developed by building his own combination of a modified hollow-bodied guitar and custom pick-ups, but also his hit with a version of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom", which has become one of the most ubiquitously performed and recorded tunes in blues. This rocking 16 track LP majors in on his finest releases throughout his short career from the iconic "Dust My Broom" in 1951 through to "Stanger Blues", released just a few months before his death. A host of high profile guitarists have readily cited Elmore James as an influence and performed his material over the years, despite his relatively modest body of work, including Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood. This collection is an ideal celebration of the 'King Of The Slide Guitar'.

Tracklist:

Dust My Broom
I Believe
Early in the Morning
Standing at the Crossroads
Dust My Blues
Blues Before Sunrise
It Hurts Me Too
Bobby's Rock [Instrumental]
Sky Is Crying
I Can't Hold Out
Sun Is Shining
Rollin' and Tumblin'
Done Somebody Wrong
Fine Little Mama
Shake Your Moneymaker
Stranger Blues

UPC: 824046167820
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 7.18.25
Format: Vinyl Record

Shake Your Moneymaker: Best Of 1951-1962 [LP]