1 comment(s) Nov 6, 2009
On that album, Benoit mixed original material such as the autobiographical "When a Cajun Man Gets the Blues" and the driving "Fast and Free" with little-known tracks such as Li'l Bob & the Lollipops' "I Got Loaded," Professor Longhair's "Her Mind Is Gone" and Otis Redding's classic "These Arms of Mine." Benoit continued that same successful formula with 2005's "Fever for the Bayou," which merges his own work with that of Elmore James, 2006's "Brother to the Blues," which was nominated for a... (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
Links to other featured weather-related tunes Jun 17, 2009
by Elmore James 10/29/08. by AC/DC 10/22/08. (USA Today -- Weather)
An interview with Etta James May 8, 2009
"The Sky Is Crying" (from "Blues to the Bone," 2004) Feeding off an electric guitar, James's performance is lean and resolute on this cover of an Elmore James blues staple. "Purple Rain" (from "All the Way," 2006) A bit gimmicky, sure, but James covering Prince is sort of ingenious. (Boston Globe)
Bobby Rush encourages Monroe bluesman to solo Mar 30, 2009
"As I talked to him, I found out the other slide players that he's worked with were guys like Elmore James and Freddie King. He said, We'll do this, just the two of us, as a straight acoustic thing.' It was an honor," Sivils said. "I was shocked a little bit."I support him with some rhythm guitar, play a little bit of slide and do the one thing you really do when you play with Bobby Rush, which is stay out of Bobby Rush's way. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Small-town boy Feb 21, 2009
"I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means. But I'd want to pair that with strings that remind me of a Billie Holiday record. Those are the kinds of juxtapositions I'm striving for. It's never going to happen where Chet Atkins played guitar with your favorite singer from some different decade. But I can pretend and that's where the sounds often come from.". Ward's music has been called "mysterious" and "timeless" - vague terms that fail... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
