Guitar Slim - Complete Releases 1951-58 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Guitar Slim, who originally recorded under his given name of Eddie Jones, was born in 1926 and raised in the heartland of the blues in the Mississippi Delta, where he was a singer and dancer in his teens. He started playing in New Orleans after war service, becoming known for his wild stage act, and using distorted guitar sounds a decade before rock guitarists like Jimi Hendrix. This 30-track CD comprises all his A & B sides during the 1950s, recording for the Imperial, J-B, Specialty and Atco labels until his premature death in 1959. It includes his landmark million-selling R&B No. 1 hit from 1954 "The Things That I Used to Do", which was subsequently listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". It's a comprehensive overview of his career, and showcases his distinctive and innovative style, which influenced the likes of Buddy Guy, Albert Collins and Frank Zappa, as well as Hendrix himself, who recorded a version of "The Things That I Used to Do" - it was also later covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan Album Tracks 1. Bad Luck Is on Me (Woman Troubles) 2. New Arrival 3. Standin' at the Station (Lyin' Woman) 4. Cryin' in the Morning 5. Feelin' Sad 6. Certainly All 7. The Things That I Used to Do 8. Well, I Done Got Over It 9. The Story of My Life 10. A Letter to My Girlfriend 11. Later for You Baby 12. Trouble Don't Last 13. Sufferin' Mind 14. Twenty-Five Lies 15. Stand By Me 16. Our Only Child 17. I Got Sumpin' for You 18. You're Gonna Miss Me 19. Think It Over 20. Quicksand 21. You Give Me Nothin' But the Blues 22. Sum'thin' to Remember You By 23. Down Through the Years 24. Oh Yeah 25. If I Should Lose You 26. It Hurts to Love Someone (That Don't Love You) 27. I Won't Mind at All 28. Hello, How Ya' Been, Goodbye 29. When There's No Way Out 30. If I Had My Life to Live Over