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\\\"Elmore James\\\'s version of Robert Johnson\\\'s \\\"I Believe I\\\'ll Dust My Broom\\\" is an interesting aversion. Johnson is often said to have invented electric blues with his version, so James\\\'s version, the first electric version to be recorded, takes it to its logical next step. As such, both versions are considered of roughly equal importance, a rare thing for a song. James\\\'s version has received more play on the radio and jukeboxes over the years, and most covers are based on his version, but Johnson\\\'s identity as the writer has barely been obscured.\\\"

I don\\\'t understand what is going on with those first sentences.

\\\"Johnson is often said to have invented electric blues with his version, so James\\\'s version, the first electric version to be recorded, takes it to its logical next step.\\\"

Are you saying people think that the Johnson version was the electric version? Or that Johnson invented electric blues with it (which is both contradictory to the next sentence and wrong, since it\\\'s acoustic)? The wording is confusing me.