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Guitar Slim

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American blues guitarist and singer (1926-1959)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1926 to 1959 · aged 32
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Eddie Jones, 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.

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Eddie Jones, 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.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 1959 · aged 32
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16 languages

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