Blues from my childhood…

Elmore James ~ ”Something Inside Me”(Electric Delta Blues 1960)  James was a blues slide guitarist and singer who recorded from 1951 to 1963. His first hit was “Dust My Broom”, an electrified adaptation of a Robert Johnson tune. 

Dust My Broom – Elmore James – 

https://youtu.be/aKo80b-QfK0?list=RDaKo80b-QfK0

2:56

Dust My Broom – Elmore James, the King of the Slide Guitar.

Elmore James – The Sky Is Crying –

 

https://youtu.be/kFn538A_yBA?list=RDkFn538A_yBA

 

2:49   “The Sky Is Crying”

https://youtu.be/fzr1Rfn-P4Y?list=RDfzr1Rfn-P4Y

Elmore James – “It hurts Me Too” | Remastered

Howlin’ Wolf – When I Laid Down I Was Troubled 

Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin’ Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chicago blues, and over a four-decade career, recorded blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and psychedelic rock. He is regarded as one of the most influential blues musicians of all time.

Born into poverty in Mississippi as one of six children, he went through a rough childhood where his mother kicked him out of her house, and he moved in with his great-uncle, who was particularly abusive. He then ran away to his father’s house where he finally found a happy family, and in the early 1930s became a protégé of legendary Delta blues guitarist and singer Charley Patton. He started a solo career in the Deep South, playing with other notable blues musicians of the era, and at the end of a decade had made a name for himself in the Mississippi Delta.  Wolf’s lyrics, delivered in a gruff, haunting voice, evoked his hard-life experiences and he laid a foundation for rock ‘n’ roll in the early 1950s.