Guitar Slim | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Eddie Jones |
| Born | December 10, 1926 Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | February 7, 1959 (aged 32) New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Musician |
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| Years active | 1940s–1959 |
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Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959),[1] known as Guitar Slim, was an American guitarist in the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song "The Things That I Used to Do", for Specialty Records.[1] It is listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.[2] Slim had a major impact on rock and roll and experimented with distorted tones on the electric guitar a full decade before Jimi Hendrix.[3]
- ^ a b Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins. pp. 68–69. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "Specialty Album Discography". Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved November 25, 2006.
- ^ Aswell, Tom (2010). Louisiana Rocks! The True Genesis of Rock & Roll. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing. pp. 61–5. ISBN 978-1589806771.