Guitar Slim
American musician (1926–1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Birth name | Eddie Jones |
Born | (1926-12-10)December 10, 1926 Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | February 7, 1959(1959-02-07) (aged 32) New York City, U.S. |
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Occupation(s) | Musician |
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Years active | 1940s–1959 |
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