Elmore James - Shake Your Moneymaker
Classic is a word tossed around so frequently and carelessly these days it's hard to recall the time when it accurately described truly stellar songs. Well, this compilation of 16 sides by Chicago slide-guitar master Elmore James, recorded in New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City between 1959 and 1961, includes real, honest-to-god classics such as "The Sky Is Crying," "Done Somebody Wrong," "Shake Your Moneymaker," and "Look Up Yonder Wall." James's grainy vocals and stinging guitar powerfully express pain and regret. His recording studio band, Broomdusters, sometimes with the great drummer Belton Evans present, reveals emphatic feeling in a supporting role. Only "My Bleeding Heart," sullied by noisome horns and a general sluggishness, and "Something Inside Me," on which an unidentified sax player wears out his welcome fast, fail the test of time.
mp3 @ 192 kbs
Tracks:
01 - Shake Your Moneymaker.mp3
02 - Look On Yonder Wall.mp3
03 - The Sky Is Crying.mp3
04 - Rollin` And Tumblin`.mp3
05 - Held My Baby Last Night.mp3
06 - I`m Worried.mp3
07 - Done Somebody Wrong.mp3
08 - Fine Little Mama.mp3
09 - Anna Lee.mp3
10 - Stranger Blues.mp3
11 - Something Inside Me.mp3
12 - Early One Morning.mp3
13 - Sunnyland.mp3
14 - Standing At The Crossroads.mp3
15 - My Bleeding Heart.mp3
16 - Dust My Broom.mp3