1 	Well I Done Got OVer It 	
2 	Trouble Don't Last 	
3 	Guitar Slim 	
4 	The Story Of My Life 	
5 	A Letter To My Girl Friend 	
6 	Reap What You Sow 	
7 	Later For You Baby 	
8 	The Things That I Used To Do 	
9 	Quicksand
10 	Bad Luck Blues
11 	Think It Over
12 	Our Only Child 	
13 	I Got Sumpin' For You 	
14 	Sufferin' Mind 	
15 	Twenty Five Lies 	
16 	Something To Remember You By 	
17 	Certainly All 	
18 	Going Down Slow 	
19 	Stand By Me 	
20 	You Give Me Nothing But The Blues 	
21 	You're Gonna Miss Me 	
22 	I Wanna Love-a You 	
23 	I Got Sumpin' For You 	
24 	Reap What You Sow

Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones was a passionate, fiery singer and an absolutely brilliant guitar player whose early-'50s sides for Art Rupe's Specialty Records label still crackle out of the speakers with a ragged intensity 50 years later. Recorded between 1953 and 1955 in New Orleans with Lloyd Lambert's band (and Ray Charles sitting in on piano), Jones delivered explosive classics like "Things That I Used to Do," "The Story of My Life," "Sufferin' Mind," and "Quicksand," single-handedly inventing a distortion-ridden guitar tone that prefigured the blues and rock lead guitar players of the 1960s. His singing was equally as wild, and the gospel-like passion at work in these tracks is perfectly matched by the loose-limbed feel of Lambert's band, particularly tenor saxophonist Joe Tillman, who goes toe to toe with Jones' guitar lines. Jones' later work for Atlantic never rose to this kind of fevered pitch, so make sure that whatever Guitar Slim collection you pick up -- and this one is an excellent choice -- contains his Specialty tracks. --- Steve Leggett, Rovi

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01 - The Things That I Used To Do
02 - Well I Done Got Over It
03 - Story Of My Life
04 - Letter To My Girlfriend (Aka Prison Blues)
05 - Trouble Don't Last
06 - Later For You Baby
07 - Bad Luck Blues
08 - Twenty-Five Lies
09 - Sufferin' Mind
10 - Stand By Me
11 - Guitar Slim
12 - Our Only Child
13 - Reap What You Sow (Aka Bad Woman Blues)
14 - I Want To Love-A You (Take 1)
15 - Sufferin' Mind (Take 1)
16 - I Want To Love-A You (Take 11)
17 - Think It Over
18 - Quicksand
19 - You're Gonna Miss Me
20 - I Got Sumpin' For You
21 - Something To Remember You By
22 - You Give Me Nothing But The Blues
23 - Going Down Slow
24 - Certainly All (Take 2)
25 - Something To Remember You By (Take 1)
26 - Certainly All (Take 1)

Alto Saxophone – Gus Fontenette (tracks: 1 to 26)
Baritone Saxophone – Clarence Ford (tracks: 21 to 26)
Bass – Lloyd Lambert (tracks: 1 to 8), Lloyd Joseph Lambert (tracks: 8 to 26)
Drums – Oscar Moore (2) (tracks: 1 to 26)
Leader – Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell (tracks: 21 to 26)
Leader, Guitar – Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (tracks: 1 to 20)
Piano – John Gerard (3) (tracks: 5 to 8), Lawrence Eddie Cotton (tracks: 8 to 26)
Piano, Arranged By – Ray Charles (tracks: 1 to 4)
Saxophone – Luther Hill, Jr. (tracks: 17 to 20)
Tenor Saxophone – Charles Burbank (tracks: 1 to 4), Joseph Henry Tillman (tracks: 1 to 26), Oeth "Sax" Mallard (tracks: 5 to 8)
Trumpet – Frank S. Mitchell (tracks: 1 to 4), Roosevelt Paul Brown (tracks: 8 to 20) 

Guitar Slim is the kind of bluesman who makes one realize just how tame most performers are today. Just one listen to his searing, distorted guitar and boastful vocals on "Guitar Slim" will raise your expectations of other artists. Truth told, Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones was one of the greats of 1950s blues, a supreme showman who influenced Earl King, Albert King, and many others to follow in his wake. This collection contains Slim's finest work for the Specialty label and was put together with loving care by compiler Billy Vera. Slim's immortal "The Things That I Used to Do" is here along with impassioned and unforgettable cuts like "Sufferin' Mind" and "Reap What You Sow." Hidden treasures are plentiful with excellent alternate takes, sound checks of Slim calling the shots in the studio, and the classic New Orleans sound of saxophonists Joseph Henry Tillman and Gus Fontenette. ---Ken Hohman, Editorial Review

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