Eddie "One String" Jones (December 10, 1926 – Unknown)[1] was an American country blues unitar player and vocalist who was active in Los Angeles, California.

Jones drifted to Los Angeles to work as a street performer in a poor district of the city known as Skid Row.

Relying partially on the novelty of the unitar, which he crudely assembled with a piece of timber wood, one broom wire stretched across it, and a tin can mounted on the end, Jones gave no indication that the instrument or his technique were anything but peculiar to himself.

Usher had been investigating the skid row district, spectating the offerings of several street performers, and was immediately intrigued by Jones's otherworldly sound.

[7] Captain Beefheart endorsed Jones's material in a 1995 excerpt of Mojo magazine's featured topic called "The Greatest Thing I've Ever Heard All Year".