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Guitar Slim
Guitar Slim - Things I Used To Do - The Complete Specialty Releases [Vinyl LP]
This collection features all his A & B sides released on the Specialty label from 1953-56 including the groundbreaking R&B No.1 The Things That I Used To Do, a track that features in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll". He was an artist way ahead of his time, and a man who lived life as hard and fast as the most iconic contemporary rockers, becoming a huge influence for generations of blues and rock guitarists.
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones was no ordinary bluesman... A major inspiration for Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Frank Zappa, Earl King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and many more, Slim brought a new level of raw energy and electric intensity to guitar playing never witnessed before. Born in 1926 and raised in the blues heartlands of the Mississippi Delta, he plied his trade in the clubs of New Orleans after serving in WWII. His incendiary approach, vehement vocals and flamboyant theatrics made him the hottest ticket in town and his rockin' ways became the stuff of legend. His performances were loud, not content with turning his amp to 10, he would often plug straight into the PA system, creating an overdriven distortion that hadn't been heard before. In his short career he only recorded 30 sides and sadly his stage exploits were never captured on film.
Track Listing
The Things That I Used To Do
Well, I Done Got Over It
The Story Of My Life
A Letter To My Girlfriend
Later For You Baby
Trouble Don't Last
Sufferin' Mind
Twenty-five Lies
Stand By Me
Our Only Child
I Got Sumpin' For You
You're Gonna Miss Me
Think It Over
Quicksand
You Give Me Nothin' But The Blues
Sum'thin' To Remember You By
