Elmore James - Cry for me Baby

Elmore James (January 27, 1918 -- May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader. He was known as The King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.

His best known song is the blues standard "Dust My Broom" (also known as "Dust My Blues"). The song gave its name to James's band, The Broomdusters. The song's opening slide guitar riff is one of the best-known sounds in all of blues. It is essentially the same riff that appears in the recording of the same song by Robert Johnson, but James played the riff with electric slide guitar. It was even transformed into a doo-wop chorus on Jesse Stone's "Down in the Alley", recorded by The Clovers and Elvis Presley. Stone transcribed the riff as: "Changety changety changety changety chang chang!"

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• Elmore
• James
• Cry
• for
• me
• Baby
• blues
• Elecrtric
• Slide
• Guitar
• Dust
• my
• Broom
• Broomdusters

[lstop1day9243]

Is the guitarist here Elmore James? I've been looking up this song, and it's ambiguous...some other names for guitar show up...also, if you listen closely...you can hear a second guitar, like at 2:34...is that Elmore james? or the other guitarist...

[tormentor91]

i think elmore plays the solo, but the lead guitar during the verses is another guitarist

[frap1408]

This is cookin!!!! but it cuts off the solo, wheres the rest of it?

[tormentor91]

this is everything and im quite sure it's the full version of this song

perhaps elmore was unhappy with the ending and decided to fade out early or there was some other reason why there isn't more

[BreakFreeAndSoar]

I have a recording of this song and it ends the same way. I love the weaving guitar - and the drumming rocks, too. Not to mention Elmo's expressive vocals...

[crazyque4m]

this song take me back to Algeria, La hang out in the juke joint my family own he take me home

[BigTimeBluesFan989]

Love this song. Good ole Blues!

[paititi]

@lstop1day9243 During the solo Elmore gives out the kind of cry of appreciation that one would give for someone else playing, not for oneself, and not while one is in the process of playing. So, although Elmore is fabulous, on thios one the solo must be by someone else (Eddie Taylor), I'd say.

[vitorsuman]

@tormentor91 there are two guitars, of course. the one playing during the verses sounds a lot like Hubert Sumlin.

[doowopman49]

ELMORE JAMES............."NUFF SAID"! TOM D.

[inwoodjones]

@lstop1day9243 The guitar player is Eddie Taylor... through the entire song. He's the friend who taught Jimmy Reed guitar under the "shady tree"... and is in fact on many Jimmy Reed recordings. Later, ET and Carey Bell were a tandem, as well with Willie Kent. A great, yet unsung author and architect of the Chicago sound. Enjoy.

[inwoodjones]

@lstop1day9243 The guitar player is Eddie Taylor... through the entire song. He's the friend who taught Jimmy Reed guitar under the "shady tree"... and is in fact on many Jimmy Reed recordings. Later, ET and Carey Bell were a tandem, as well with Willie Kent. A great yet unsung author and architect of the Chicago sound. Enjoy.

[inwoodjones]

@lstop1day9243 The guitar player is Eddie Taylor... through the entire song. He's the friend who taught Jimmy Reed guitar under the "shady tree"... and is in fact on many Jimmy Reed recordings. Enjoy.

[WonderWomanFan4life]

wow what a great voice..

[fullmooney1]

@Glendoras thank you for the info.

[sexybluessinger]

I luv Elmore James, his lyrics, his vocals, his picking, to bad the world lost him so early...he's a legend in his own time, he was way ahead of his time.