Talk:Elmore James
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I wish "fans", as well intentioned they truly are, would stop writing these articles. This is so full of irrelevant and meaningless crap, absurd comparisions and insignificant name dropping. Elmore's contribution to electric blues and of course specifcally slide guitar is momumental. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.98.15.169 (talk) 19:05, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
"Becoming a well-known musician in those days, with the rewards of prestige, good free food, illicit free liquor, women's favours, the promise of escape from the hard agricultural work, etc., must have been as attractive to Elmore as it was to the other musicians of that time and earlier, such as the 'second'
I took out most, or at least the most obvious, of the irrelevant and speculative material and touched up a bit of grammar, If anyone thinks I was too heavyhanded, they are of course free to revert. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.72.244.157 (talk) 15:28, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Singles
Re: the opening sentence: "Elmore recorded in an era when few blues artists recorded albums." I think it may be worth considering a rewording of this. The term
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
It should be noted that James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of a Fame as an "early influence" in 1992. 107.221.229.121 (talk) 03:28, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, it should. This article is in serious need of an expansion/rewrite. —Ojorojo (talk) 13:37, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
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