 Blues trail marker located in the Greenwood area off Highway 49 East Image by Chillin662, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Slim GuitarGuitar Slim Guitar Slim American guitarist (1926–1959) 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] Quick facts Background information, Born ... Guitar Slim Background information Born Eddie Jones (1926-12-10)December 10, 1926 Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. Died February 7, 1959(1959-02-07) (aged 32) New York City, U.S. Genres Blues R&B rock… (Source: Wikipedia)
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