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.

[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.

[7][8] His sound was just as unusual—he played his guitar with distortion more than a decade before rock guitarists did, and his gospel-influenced vocals were easily identifiable.

His biggest success was "The Things That I Used to Do" (1954),[4] produced by the young Ray Charles and released by Art Rupe's Specialty Records.

[11] The song spent weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart and sold over a million copies,[1] soon becoming a blues standard.