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The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James.(Book Review)
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 ...
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