Elmore james –

Shake your moneymaker: best of 1951-62

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'.

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Elmore James
Released	2025
Music Genre	Jazz and Pop / Rock
Label	ACROBAT
Condition	New
UPC	824046167820
SKU	al-824046167820

1.1 Dust My Broom
1.2 I Believe
1.3 Early in the Morning
1.4 Standing at the Crossroads
1.5 Dust My Blues
1.6 Blues Before Sunrise
1.7 It Hurts Me Too
1.8 Bobby's Rock [Instrumental]
1.9 Sky Is Crying
1.10 I Can't Hold Out
1.11 Sun Is Shining
1.12 Rollin' and Tumblin'
1.13 Done Somebody Wrong
1.14 Fine Little Mama
1.15 Shake Your Moneymaker
1.16 Stranger Blues