Elmore James / Fleetwood Mac / The Nighthawks / Peter Green Splinter Group It probably wasn’t difficult to justify, (to himself, anyway), Elmore James’s aversion to contracts. He had signed on with Trumpet Records in January of 1951, mainly working on sessions for other artists on the label, notably Sonny Boy Williamson II. He also […]
Near the end of February 2018, Italian Peter Green researcher Mario Pirrone brought to my attention an “alternate” recording of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers’ ‘It Hurts Me Too’ found on the 1969 U.K. compilation, “Looking Back”. Excited by the find (and admittedly a little jealous that this had gone unnoticed by me in all of […]
Fleetwood Mac / Jeremy Spencer 1968 – 2006 ‘Bleeding Heart’ is one of Elmore James’ later originals, done for producer Bobby Robinson. From late 1960 through early 1963 James cut over thirty titles for Robinson during sessions held in New York City and New Orleans. The majority of those titles were released posthumously, including this […]
