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By Steve Franz. St. Louis, MO: BlueSource Publications, 2002. [xv, 328 p. ISBN 0-9718038-1-1. $40 (pbk.).] Available from: BlueSource Publications, PO Box 20074, St. Louis, MO 63144-0074. Illustrations, bibliography, indexes.
Elmore James (1918-1963) was an enigma, seemingly unknowable as a public figure or as a private person. His first record, "Dust My Broom," released in late 1951 on Trumpet Records (Trumpet 146 [1951], 78 rpm, frequently anthologized since), announced him as a bluesman of the first rank, and in early 1952 it became a Top 10 hit in many regional markets from Mississippi to Los Angeles according to Cash Box (13 [1952], cited by Franz, 279). His high, wailing voice and the piercing tones produced on his guitar with a tube or "bottleneck slide" on his fretting hand were readily identifiable trademarks to even the most casual listener of blues. During the rest of his life, James seemed to shun interviews, but nonetheless his music earned him a succession of hit records and fame that continued after his premature death. Two French writers, Jacques Demetre and Maurice Chevard, met James in Chicago in 1959, and they included their conversation with him in their series "Voyage au pays du blues" for Jazz Hot magazine (n.s., 25-26 [December 1959-September 1960]). Civil rights figure James Meredith described...
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