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- Date Released: January 1, 1991
- Genre: Blues
- Label: Fantasy Records
Charismatic blues guitarist stands out in a town of pianists
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We Say...
If he'd never cut anything except the 1953 "The Things That I Used to Do" — with its swampy rhythm section, blue horns, piercing, distorted guitar and gospel-intense vocals arranged with a churchy feel by a then-up-and-coming pianist named Ray Charles — Slim would still deserve his own statue overlooking the Mississippi River. And in truth, his star-crossed career was all too brief and he never had another hit. But his stint at Specialty Records, though marred by the fact that every session after the first was in LA rather than NOLA, did produce other anguished performances like "The Story of My Life" and the title song, and a couple tuff-enuff rockers like "Well I Done Got Over It." In a town of pianists, the charismatic bluesman set a standard for guitarists that nobody else approached.
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They Say...
His guitar fraught with manic high-end distortion and his vocals fried over church-fired intensity, Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones influenced a boatload of disciples while enjoying the rewards that came with his 1954 R&B chart-topper, "The Things That I Used to Do." This 26-song survey of Slim's seminal 1953-1955 Specialty catalog rates with the best New Orleans blues ever cut -- besides the often imitated but never duplicated smash, his "Story of My Life," "Sufferin' Mind," and "Something to Remember You By" are overwhelming in their ringing back-alley fury. Slim could rock, too: "Well, I Done Got Over It," "Quicksand," "Certainly All," and the raucous "Guitar Slim" drive with blistering power. Saxophonist Joe Tillman was a worthy foil for the flamboyant guitarist in the solo department.
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| 01. |  |
The Things That I Used To Do
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3:01 |
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| 02. | |
Well I Done Got Over It
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2:28 |
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| 03. | |
Story Of My Life
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3:00 |
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| 04. | |
Letter To My Girlfriend (aka Prison Blues)
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2:09 |
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| 05. | |
Trouble Don't Last
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3:02 |
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| 06. | |
Later For You Baby
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2:20 |
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| 07. | |
Bad Luck Blues
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2:55 |
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| 08. | |
Twenty-Five Lies
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2:14 |
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| 09. | |
Sufferin' Mind
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2:28 |
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| 10. | |
Stand By Me
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2:36 |
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| 11. | |
Guitar Slim
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2:34 |
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| 12. | |
Our Only Child
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2:05 |
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| 13. | |
Reap What You Sow (aka Bad Woman Blues)
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2:49 |
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| 14. | |
I Want To Love-A You
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2:06 |
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| 15. | |
Sufferin' Mind
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3:05 |
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| 16. | |
I Want To Love-A You
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2:46 |
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| 17. | |
Think It Over
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2:28 |
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| 18. | |
Quicksand
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2:22 |
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| 19. | |
You're Gonna Miss Me
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2:51 |
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| 20. | |
I Got Sumpin' For You
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4:00 |
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| 21. | |
Something To Remember You By
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2:55 |
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| 22. | |
You Give Me Nothing But The Blues
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2:16 |
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| 23. | |
Going Down Slow
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3:39 |
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| 24. | |
Certainly All
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2:20 |
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| 25. | |
Something To Remember You By
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3:29 |
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| 26. | |
Certainly All
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2:07 |
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26 Total Tracks, 70:05 Total Length
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Credits
- Guitar Slim - Guitar // Guitar Slim - Leader // Guitar Slim - Main Performer // Oscar Moore - Drums // Bumps Blackwell - Producer // Gus Fontenette - Sax (Alto) // Clarence Ford - Sax (Baritone) // Lloyd Lambert - Bass // Frank Mitchell - Trumpet // Art Rupe - Producer // Gordon Skene - Digital Transfers // Billy Vera - Producer // Billy Vera - ? // Billy Vera - Compilation // Johnny Vincent - Producer // Jerry Wexler - Liner Notes // Sax Mallard - Sax (Tenor) // Ray Charles - Piano // Ray Charles - Arranger // Joe Tarantino - Remastering // Georgia Gillfillan - ? // Georgia Gillfillan - Package Production // Thomas E. Williams - Package Design // Charles Burbank - Sax (Tenor) // Roosevelt Paul Brown - Trumpet // Lawrence Eddie Cotton - Piano
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