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Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959), better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist, from the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song, produced by Johnny Vincent at Specialty Records, "The Things That I Used to Do". It is a song that is listed in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Slim had a major impact on rock and roll and experimented with distorted overtones on the electric guitar a full decade before Jimi Hendrix.

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Rockinitis, Vol. 2 [2019]

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You Give Me Nothin' But the Blues [1956] 

Got the Blues [2018]

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The Things That I Used to Do4:02

Electric Blues [2017]

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The Things That I Used to Do2:59

You're Gonna Miss Me: Complete Singles Collection [2017]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02
Sufferin' Mind2:31
Stand By Me2:16
You're Gonna Miss Me2:54
Think It Over2:30
You Give Me Nothin' But the Blues2:19

A Soul Awakening: From Sacred to Secular [2015]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

A Stack of Blues [2014]

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The Things That I Used to Do 

I Just Love Rock 'n' Roll [2014]

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The Things That I Used To Do3:01

Please Don't Freeze [2014]

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You Give Me Nothin' But the Blues 

Essential Blues [The Gift of Music] [2013]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:05

New Orleans: Gris Gris [2013]

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Sufferin' Mind2:30

Soul Chronology, Vol. 2: This Old Soul of Mine [2013]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

The Blues Effect, Vol. 4: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:03

The King of Distortion Meets the Red Line Rebels [2013]

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The Things That I Used to Do2:59

The R&B No. 1's of the '50s [2013]

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The Things That I Used To Do3:01

50 Classics of Louisiana Sounds: 1953-1960 [2012]

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The Things That I Used to Do 

Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues - The Definitive Collection, Pt. 1: Beginnings 1 [2012]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

The Rough Guide To B.B. King: Birth Of A Legend (Reborn and Remastered) [2012]

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The Things That I Used To Do [*] 

101 Essential Blues Tracks [2011]

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The Things That I Used To Do2:58

Blues & the City [TMC] [2011]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:04

Let Me Tell You About the Blues: New Orleans [2011]

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The Things That I Used To Do3:04

Ronnie on the Radio: The Ronnie Wood Show [2011]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

B.B. King & Kings of the Electric Blues [2010]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

Big Box of Blues [Floating World] [2010]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:03

Blues: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection [2010]

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The Things That I Used To Do 

The Roots of Jimi Hendrix [2008]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

Jimi Hendrix's Jukebox [2007]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

New Orleans R&B Outbreak [2007]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:04

The Cosimo Matassa Story [2007]

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The Things That I Used to Do 

The Essential Blue Archive: The Story of My Life [2007]

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The Things That I Used to Do2:58
Stand by Me2:28
Sufferin' Mind2:26
Guitar Slim2:32
You're Gonna Miss Me2:49
Think It Over2:27
You Give Me Nothin' But the Blues2:15

Black & White Blues Guitars [2006]

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Things That I Used to Do3:00

Blues Gold [Hip O] [2006]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

New Orleans Guitar [2006]

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Sufferin' Mind2:30
Stand by Me2:15
Guitar Slim2:36
Think It Over2:30
You're Gonna Miss Me2:56
Long Distance Blues3:04
Railroad Station Blues2:41
I'll Always Be in Love with You2:17

New Orleans Guitar [#1] [2006]

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The Things I Used to Do3:02
Sufferin' Mind2:30
Stand by Me2:15
Guitar Slim2:36
Think It Over2:30
You're Gonna Miss Me2:56

Rhythm & Blues: The Golden Era [2006]

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Things That I Used to Do3:01

Specialty Profiles [2006]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:04

Specialty Profiles [2006]

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The Things That I Used to Do [*]3:04

Specialty Profiles [2 Disc] [2006]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:04
The Things That I Used to Do [*]3:04

The Best of Rhythm and Blues: Hits 1954-1955 [2006]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

1951-1954 [2005]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:00
Sufferin' Mind2:31
Stand by Me2:17
Guitar Slim2:36

29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1954 [2005]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1954 [2005]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

The R&B Years 1954 [2005]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

Blues Collection [Madacy] [2004]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

Hellhounds on Their Trail: A History of Blues Guitar 1924-2001 [Box Set] [2004]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

Good Morning Bluesman [2003]

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Guitar Slim2:36

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues [2003]

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The Things That I Used to Do 

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey [2003]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

The Time-Life Treasury of the Blues [2003]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

Things That I Used to Do [P-Vine] [2003]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

Time Life Treasury of the Blues [Promo] [2003]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:03

Living the Blues [Time-Life 2001] [2001]

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Things That I Used to Do 

The House of the Rising Sun [2001]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:00

Living the Blues: Blues Legends [1999]

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The Things That I Used to Do 

Whole Lotta Blues: Crescent City Blues [1999]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

Living the Blues [Time-Life Inc.] [1998]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

No. 1 Blues Album [1998]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

Essential Blues Guitar [1997]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

Kings of the Blues [Ace] [1997]

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Sufferin' Mind2:31

Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans [1996]

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The Things That I Used to Do2:59

Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994 [1996]

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The Things That I Used to Do2:54

Blues Masters, Vols. 1-5 [1995]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

Mojo Workin': The Best of Ace Blues [1995]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:02

The Specialty Story [Box] [1994]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:00

Creole Kings of New Orleans, Vol. 2 [1993]

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Think It Over2:30

Rockefeller's Live [1993]

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Things That I Used to Do4:29

Blues Masters, Vol. 1: Urban Blues [1992]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

Creole Kings of New Orleans [1992]

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The Things That I Used to Do2:58

Rhythm & Blues: 1954 [1992]

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The Things That I Used to Do 

Stax: Superblues, Vol. 2: All-Time Classic Blues Hits [1991]

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The Things That I Used to Do2:57

Sufferin' Mind [1991]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:00
Sufferin' Mind3:05
Sufferin' Mind [*]2:26
Stand by Me2:36
Guitar Slim2:34
Guitar Slim [*]2:32
Sufferin' Mind [take 1][#]2:54
Think It Over2:28
You're Gonna Miss Me2:51
You Give Me Nothing But the Blues2:16

Specialty Profiles: Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers [1990]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:03

The Rock 'N' Roll Era: Roots of Rock - 1945-1956 [1990]

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The Things That I Used to Do3:01

Story of My Life [1988]

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Sufferin' Mind2:20

Battle of the Blues [1987]

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Stand by Me 
You Give Me Nothing But the Blues 
You're Gonna Miss Me 

History of New Orleans R&B, Vol. 1 [1987]

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The Things That I Used to Do 

The Things That I Used to Do [1964]

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Guitar Slim 
Things That I Used to Do 
Sufferin' Mind 

The Things That I Used to Do [Ace] [1964]

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Guitar Slim2:41
The Things That I Used to Do3:02
Think It Over2:23
Sufferin' Mind2:30
Stand by Me2:15
You Give Me Nothing But the Blues2:19
You're Gonna Miss Me2:56

Blues Masters [Time Life Music]

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The Things That I Used to Do 

Mojo Music Guide, Vol. 4: Blues Power

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Things That I Used to Do3:01

This Is How It All Began, Vol. 2

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The Things That I Used to Do 

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The Things That I Used to Do 
You Give Me Nothing But the Blues2:19
Think It Over2:23
You're Gonna Miss Me2:56
Stand by Me2:15
Sufferin' Mind 

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