Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying [180g Vinyl LP]

Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying [180g Vinyl LP]

Details

• Format: LP, Vinyl, Album, Reissue
• Catalogue Number: 408741
• Barcode: 8436559466486
• Genre: Blues / Electric Blues
• Label: WaxTime
• Originally Released: 1960
• Pressing: Vinyl LP, 180 gram, Limited to 500 copies
• Condition: New & Sealed

Description

The Sky Is Crying collects essential recordings by Elmore James, the most influential slide guitarist in electric blues history. His trademark sound -- a raw, distorted Duane-style bottleneck slide over a driving boogie rhythm -- defined a template that would run directly through Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and every slide player who followed.

The title track The Sky Is Crying is one of the great blues performances, its crying slide figure one of the most imitated in the genre. Dust My Broom is James's signature song, its opening triplet slide riff instantly recognisable. It Hurts Me Too and Done Somebody Wrong demonstrate his emotional range beyond the high-energy slide work.

Tracklist

Side A

1. The Sky Is Crying
2. Dust My Broom
3. I Believe
4. Bleeding Heart
5. It Hurts Me Too
6. Sunnyland

Side B

1. Done Somebody Wrong
2. Standing at the Crossroads
3. Happy Home
4. No Love in My Heart
5. Madison Blues
6. Something Inside of Me

Credits

• Elmore James - Guitar, Vocals