Standing at the Crossroads (1993)

About this title: Former radio repairman Elmore James spent a good deal of time re-wiring his amplifiers, giving him a raw, distorted, and urgent sound on electric guitar that, coupled with his killer slide style, made him the Godfather of modern electric guitar, and few gunslingers can match his intensity or powerful, dirty sound (even when armed with a train-load of stomp boxes). This intriguing disc packages late sessions James did for Bobby Robinson's Fire imprint, including fine versions of "Sunnyland Train" and "Standing at the Crossroads," which features James' signature roaring slide guitar sound, a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Anna Lee [James/Sehorn]
2. Stranger Blues [James/Lewis/Robinso]
3. My Bleeding Heart [Sehorn/James]
4. Standing at the Crossroads [James/Josea]
5. One Way Out [Sehorn/James]
6. Person to Person [James/Sehorn]
7. My Kind of Woman [James]
8. So Unkind [James/Sehorn]
9. Got to Move [James/Sehorn]
10. Look on Yonder Wall [Sehorn/James]
11. Shake Your Moneymaker [James]
12. Mean Mistreatin' Mama [Take 1] [James/Robinson]
13. Mean Mistreatin' Mama [Take 2] [James/Robinson]
14. Mean Mistreatin' Mama [Take 3] [James/Robinson]
15. Sunnyland Train [James]
16. My Baby's Gone [James]
17. Find My Kind of Woman [James]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.