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Elmore James - I Need You (1965)

Track listing:
  1. Make My Dreams Come True [1953] 2:43
  2. Got To Move [1961] 2:45
  3. I Need You [1960] 3:33
  4. Something Inside Of Me [1960] 5:04
  5. Look On Yonder Wall [1961] 2:29
  6. Shake Your Money Maker [1961] 2:35
  7. Strange Angels [1960] 3:11
  8. Early One Morning [1960] 2:49
  9. She Done Moved [1960] 1:50
  10. Please Set A Date [1959] 2:53

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Most electric slide guitar players will admit to the massive influence of James' style. He was also a major influence on successful blues guitarists as Homesick James (Elmore's older cousin who was a member of Elmore's band The Broomdusters since 1957 and featured on many of his recordings), John Littlejohn, Hound Dog Taylor, J.B. Hutto and many others. He also influenced many rock guitarists such as The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones and Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer.

Elmore James' songs "Done Somebody Wrong" and "One Way Out" were often covered by The Allman Brothers Band, who cited him as a major influence. James was also covered by blues-rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble many times in concert. The most famous of these covers is one that came by an indirect route: James' fellow bluesman Albert King recorded a cover of "The Sky Is Crying", and Stevie Ray Vaughan copied King's version of the song. That song was also covered by George Thorogood on his second album, Move It On Over and by Eric Clapton on his album There's One in Every Crowd.

Perhaps the most famous guitarist who admired Elmore James was Jimi Hendrix. Early in Hendrix's career, he styled himself variously as 'Maurice James' and subsequently as 'Jimmy James'. This, according to former band mate and recording partner Lonnie Youngblood, was a tribute to Elmore James.[4] There is a photo of Hendrix (that can be seen in the sleeve of his :blues album) in London wearing a military jacket and holding Elmore James's UK LP The Best Of Elmore James. (Hendrix was frequently photographed throughout his performing career holding LP covers of musicians that influenced him.) He performed James' "Bleeding Heart" during the Experience's Royal Albert Hall concert in 1969, and also with the Band of Gypsys at their New Year's concerts at the Fillmore East in 1969/70 as well as recording two different versions of it in the studio. Buddy Miles also sang lyrics along with Hendrix playing some motifs from James' "The Sky Is Crying" during his famous jam session at the Newport Pop Festival on June 22, 1969. Hendrix quoted several lyrics and motifs from Elmore's catalogue throughout his career.

James is mentioned in The Beatles' song "For You Blue": while John Lennon plays the slide guitar (James' trademark), George Harrison says, "Elmore James got nothin' on this, baby." Other artists influenced by Elmore James include Frank Zappa[5] and Jeffrey Evans of the band '68 Comeback.

The Grateful Dead, John Primer (Blue Steel CD), Billy Gibbons, and Eric Clapton are other notable artists to have recorded Elmore James covers.

01. Make My Dreams Come True (Flair 1031, 1954; Fire 1011, 1960)
02. Got To Move (NYC 1961, this LP)
03. I Need You Baby (NYC 1960, this LP and Sphere Sound 708)
04. Something Inside Me (NYC 1960, this LP and Sphere Sound 713)
05. Look On Yonder Wall (New Orleans 1961, Fire 504, 1962)
06. Shake Your Money Maker (New Orleans 1961, Fire 504, 1962)
07. Strange Angels (NYC 1960, this LP )
08. Early One Morning (NYC 1960, this LP)
09. She Done Moved (Instr.) (NYC 1960, this LP and Sphere Sound 713)
10. Baby Please Set A Date (NYC 1959, this LP)