| LC control no. | n 90676813 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Guitar Slim, 1926-1959 |
| Variant(s) | Jones, Eddie, 1926-1959 Slim, Guitar, 1926-1959 Guitar, Slim, 1926-1959 Jones, Eddie Lee, 1926-1959 |
| Associated place | New Orleans (La.) |
| Birth date | 1926-12-10 |
| Death date | 1959-02-07 |
| Place of birth | Greenwood (Miss.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Guitarists |
| Found in | His Red Cadillacs & crazy chicks, 1985?: label (Guitar Slim) container (Eddie Jones, better known as Guitar Slim; d. 1959) Feather, L. Enc. of jazz (Guitar, Slim (Eddie Jones), b. Greenwood, Miss., 12-10-26, d. NYC 2-7-59) Oxford music online, May 18, 2017: Encyclopedia of popular music (Jones, Eddie (blues); born December 10, 1926, Greenwood, Mississippi; died February 7, 1959, New York City, New York; aka "Guitar Slim"; blues performer; not to be confused with the Virginia-based bluesman Alec Seward who also used the Guitar Slim moniker) Wikipedia, May 18, 2017 (Guitar Slim; born Eddie Jones, December 10, 1926, Greenwood, Mississippi; died February 7, 1959, New York City; better known as Guitar Slim; New Orleans blues guitarist in the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song "The things that I used to do") Mississippi Blues Trail WWW site, May 18, 2017 (Guitar Slim; Eddie Lee "Guitar Slim" Jones; born in Greenwood [Mississippi] on December 10, 1926; in New York City on February 7, 1959, reportedly at age 32, although some documents suggest he may have been about two years older) <http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/guitar-slim> |
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