The Beatles were firm devotees, as evidenced by George saying “Elmore James got nothing on this, Baby!” as John was doing his slide guitar thing on “For You Blue.” The joke is he knew Elmore could blow their doors off.
His influence is all through the ‘60s. Even Chuck Berry learned from him. From Chuck, the Beatles, and Stones, you get say... 80, 90% of all rock and roll?
The Beatles were firm devotees, as evidenced by George saying “Elmore James got nothing on this, Baby!” as John was doing his slide guitar thing on “For You Blue.” The joke is he knew Elmore could blow their doors off.
His influence is all through the ‘60s. Even Chuck Berry learned from him. From Chuck, the Beatles, and Stones, you get say... 80, 90% of all rock and roll?