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Guitar Slim was an American blues and R&B musician. He was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and began playing guitar at the age of 12. He moved to New Orleans in 1945 and began performing in local clubs. He was known for his energetic performances and his use of distortion and feedback. He released his first single, "The Things That I Used to Do," in 1953. The song became a hit and was later covered by many other artists. Guitar Slim released several albums throughout his career, including Sufferin' Mind (1954), The Things That I Used to Do (1955), and Well, I Done Got Over It (1956). He also wrote and recorded the song "The Story of My Life," which was later covered by B.B. King. Guitar Slim died in 1959 at the age of 33. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1984.

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Occupation Musician
Age 33 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 10 December 1926
Birthday 10 December
Birthplace Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death (1959-02-07)
Died Place New York City
Nationality United States

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1951

His first recording session was in 1951. He had a minor rhythm and blues hit in 1952 with "Feelin' Sad", which Ray Charles covered. His biggest success was "The Things That I Used to Do" (1954), produced by the young Ray Charles and released by Art Rupe's Specialty Records. The song spent weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart and sold over a million copies, soon becoming a blues standard. It also contributed to the development of soul music. He recorded for several labels, including Imperial, Bullet, Specialty, and Atco.

1950

After returning from military service during World War II, he started playing in clubs around New Orleans, Louisiana. Bandleader Willie D. Warren introduced him to the guitar. He was particularly influenced by T-Bone Walker and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. About 1950 he adopted the stage name Guitar Slim and became known for his wild stage act. He wore bright-colored suits and dyed his hair to match them. He had an assistant who followed him around the audience with up to 350 feet of cord between his guitar and his amplifier, and occasionally rode on his assistant's shoulders or even took his guitar outside the club, bringing traffic to a stop. His sound was just as unusual—he played his guitar with distortion more than a decade before rock guitarists did, and his gospel-influenced vocals were easily identifiable.

1926

Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959), better 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. It 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 tones on the electric guitar a full decade before Jimi Hendrix.

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