11-578: Elmore James ( né Brooks ; January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice, James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. His slide guitar technique earned him the nickname "King of the Slide Guitar". Elmore James was born Elmore Brooks in Richland, Holmes County, Mississippi ,
22-592: A heart attack in Chicago in 1963, at the age of 45, as he was about to tour Europe with that year's American Folk Blues Festival . He was buried in the Newport Baptist Church Cemetery, in Ebenezer, Mississippi . Phil Walden of Capricorn Records raised funds for a granite headstone for James's grave. The headstone which reads "King of the Slide Guitar", features a bronze relief of James playing guitar. It
33-577: A man's surname at birth that has subsequently been replaced or changed. The diacritic mark (the acute accent ) over the e is considered significant to its spelling, and ultimately its meaning, but is sometimes omitted. According to Oxford University 's Dictionary of Modern English Usage , the terms are typically placed after the current surname (e.g., " Margaret Thatcher , née Roberts" or " Bill Clinton , né Blythe"). Since they are terms adopted into English (from French), they do not have to be italicized , but they often are. In Polish tradition ,
44-651: A couple of his early Bihari recordings. His "I Believe" was a hit a year later. During the 1950s he recorded for the Bihari brothers' Flair Records , Meteor Records , and Modern Records ; he also recorded for Chess Records and Mel London 's Chief Records . He played lead guitar on Big Joe Turner 's 1954 top 10 R&B hit "TV Mama". In 1959, he began recording for Bobby Robinson 's Fire Records , which released " The Sky Is Crying ", " My Bleeding Heart ", "Stranger Blues", " Look on Yonder Wall ", " Done Somebody Wrong ", and " Shake Your Moneymaker ", among others. James died of
55-621: A sideman again for Sonny Boy Williamson II and for their mutual friend Willie Love and possibly others. He made his debut as a session leader in August that year recording a Robert Johnson composition, " Dust My Broom ", which was a surprise R&B hit in 1952. His backing musicians became known as the Broomdusters. James broke his contract with Trumpet Records to sign with the Bihari brothers through their scout Ike Turner , who played guitar and piano on
66-416: Is the feminine past participle of naître , which means "to be born". Né is the masculine form. The term née , having feminine grammatical gender , can be used to denote a woman's surname at birth that has been replaced or changed. In most English-speaking cultures, it is specifically applied to a woman's maiden name after her surname has changed due to marriage. The term né can be used to denote
77-501: The Beatles ' song " For You Blue ", John Lennon plays a slide solo on a Höfner lap steel guitar ; George Harrison encourages him with "Go, Johnny, go ... Elmore James got nothin' on this, baby". Birth name#Maiden and married names A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname , the given name , or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered,
88-536: The Broomdusters, "Little" Johnny Jones (piano) and Odie Payne (drums). In the late 1930s, James worked alongside Sonny Boy Williamson II . During World War II , James joined the U.S. Navy, was promoted to coxswain and took part in the invasion of Guam . Upon his discharge, he returned to central Mississippi and settled in the town of Canton with his adopted brother, Robert Holston. He began recording with Trumpet Records in nearby Jackson in January 1951, first as
99-654: The entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name . The assumption in the Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or brit milah ) will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some reasons for changes of a person's name include middle names , diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents), and gender transition . The French and English-adopted née
110-572: The son of 15-year-old Leola Brooks, a field hand. His father was probably Joe Willie "Frost" James, who moved in with Leola, and Elmore took his surname. He began making music at the age of 12, using a simple one-string instrument ( diddley bow , or jitterbug) strung on a shack wall. As a teen he performed at dances under the names Cleanhead and Joe Willie James. James was influenced by Robert Johnson , Kokomo Arnold and Tampa Red . He recorded several of Tampa Red's songs. He also inherited from Tampa Red's band two musicians who joined his own backing band,
121-924: Was revealed at a dedication ceremony sponsored by the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund in 1992. James was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as an "Early Influence" inductee. He had been inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame within its initial list of inductions in 1980. In 2012, he was honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Ebenezer. James influenced many slide players, such as blues guitarists Homesick James , Hound Dog Taylor , and J. B. Hutto . His single string playing also influenced B.B. King and Chuck Berry . Rock guitarists Jimi Hendrix , Duane Allman , Brian Jones , Jeremy Spencer , and Frank Zappa have acknowledged his influence. In
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