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Ranked #1376 of The Greatest Artists
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Country: US

Born: 1918

Died: 1963

Elmore James

Elmore James (died 1963) was an American blues singer and slide guitarist known for a raw, amplified bottleneck slide sound and a driving vocal delivery. His electrified approach to slide guitar, exemplified by recordings such as "Dust My Broom," helped shape postwar Chicago blues and influenced later blues and rock guitarists, with a sustained, singing slide tone and rhythmic attack that became widely emulated.

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