Eddie guitar slim jones biography

American musician (1926–1959)

Musical artist

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]

Biography

Early life

Jones was born in Greenwood, Mississippi.^[4] His mother died when he was five, and he was raised by his grandmother.

In his teen years, he worked in cotton fields and spent his free time at juke joints, where he started sitting in as a singer or dancer; he was good enough as a dancer that he was nicknamed "Limber Leg".^[5]

Recording career

After returning from milit