I was fourteen when I first heard Elmore James. I just fell in love with that fabulous slide guitar. Nobody else comes close. With all the studio innovations they can’t match Elmore. This was recorded live in the Chess studio. What a sound.
Elmore worked in a hi-fi shop and personalised his own amps to create that sound. Amazing.
Add in the anguished voice and those great poetic lyrics. The sky is crying look at the tears roll down the street.
The sky is crying, look at the tears roll down the street
The sky is crying, look at the tears roll down the street
I’m waiting in tears looking for my baby, and I wonder where can she be?
I saw my baby one morning, and she was walking on down the street
I saw my baby one morning, yes she walking on down the street
Made me feel so good until my poor heart would skip a beat
I got a bad feeling, my baby, my baby don’t love me no more
I got a bad feeling, my baby don’t love me no more
Now the sky’s been crying, the tears rolling down my door