• NEWS
  • REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • EVENTS
  • VIDEOS

Subscribe to Updates

Get the latest creative news from Blues Scene about music & art.

Remembering George Harrison

November 29, 2023

Review/Gallery: Robert Finley Live at The Blues Kitchen, Manchester November 9, 2023

November 28, 2023

Roots Rockers Coyote Motel Premiere “Keep Me in Your Mind” From Soundtrack to Film ‘The River: A Songwriter’s Stories of South’

November 28, 2023

Singer-Songwriter Oria Aspen Releases New Song ‘I Dream in Color’

November 27, 2023
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Facebook Twitter Instagram Vimeo
American Blues SceneAmerican Blues Scene
  • NEWS
  • REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • EVENTS
  • VIDEOS
Advertise
American Blues SceneAmerican Blues Scene
Home»News»C.C. Rider the Venerator: Elmore James
News

C.C. Rider the Venerator: Elmore James

C.C. RiderBy C.C. RiderJanuary 27, 2015Updated:April 10, 2020No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email VKontakte WhatsApp
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

This is the latest from The Bluesmobile’s C.C. Rider, who spends her life venerating the founding fathers of the blues. She’s walked the crooked highways of this singing country to resurrect the voices of the past. With the dirt of the Delta on her hands, she sleeps in the shadow of the giants on whose shoulders popular music now stands.

Photo of Elmore James
Elmore James Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Courtesy of Shorefire Media

Elmore James

(January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963)

As a kid, Elmore James taught himself to play guitar by stringing up a broom wire on the side of his house. Fitting, that a broom wire would be the origin of what some say is the most recognizable lick in the blues.

See, Elmore wasn’t content to stick to his acoustic roots. Fresh out of the Navy, he was working at his brother’s radio repair shop when he tinkered around with electronics. Enabled him to come up with some wild, distorted amplification unheard of back then. Pair that with his unmatched slide technique, some primal vocals, and you’ve got a legend on your hands.

Elmore laid the foundation for blues rock shredders. In the early ‘60s, another young guitar playing veteran took the stage name “Jimmy James” as a tribute to his idol Elmore James. Oh yeah, Jimi went back to his real name—Hendrix—but even as he gained his own fame, he made a point to be photographed with Elmore James LP’s so folks would know who he learned from.

Let’s learn a little something from Elmore too. Here’s the King of the Slide Guitar, Elmore James with his take on Robert Johnson’s “Dust My Broom.”

C.C. Rider Elmore James Jimi Hendrix The Bluesmobile
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email WhatsApp
Previous ArticleBrad Hatfield Delivers with "For A Change"
Next Article C.C. Rider the Venerator: Will Shade and the Memphis Jug Band
C.C. Rider
  • Website
  • Twitter

C.C. Rider, who spends her life venerating the founding fathers of the blues. She’s walked the crooked highways of this singing country to resurrect the voices of the past. With the dirt of the Delta on her hands, she sleeps in the shadow of the giants on whose shoulders popular music now stands.

Related Posts

Roots Rockers Coyote Motel Premiere “Keep Me in Your Mind” From Soundtrack to Film ‘The River: A Songwriter’s Stories of South’

November 28, 2023

Singer-Songwriter Oria Aspen Releases New Song ‘I Dream in Color’

November 27, 2023

VizzTone to Release New Bob Corritore & Friends Album, ‘Phoenix Blues Rumble’

November 24, 2023

Alastair Greene Signs to Ruf Records

November 20, 2023

Comments are closed.

Advertisment
Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • Videos
  • About

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.