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Also known as Eddie Jones

American blues guitarist and singer (1926–1959)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1926-12-10
Active to
1959-02-07
electric bluesnew orleans blues

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Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959), better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist, from the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song "The Things That I Used to Do", produced by Johnny Vincent at Specialty Records. It is a song that is listed in "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". Slim had a major impact on rock and roll and experimented with distorted overtones on the electric guitar a full decade before Jimi He

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Eddie Jones - Oxford Reference

"Eddie Jones" published on by null., B. 10 December 1926, Greenwood, Mississippi, USA, d. 7 February 1959, New York City, New York, USA. Jones aka ‘Guitar Slim’ took the stage styles of his heroes T-Bone Walker ...

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The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button. B. 10 December 1926, Greenwood, Mississippi, USA, d. 7 February 1959, New York City, New York, USA. Jones aka ‘Guitar Slim’ took the stage styles of his heroes T-Bone Walker ...

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