Sufferin Mind

Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Specialty
• ASIN: B000000QMA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,067 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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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

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Genre: Blues Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 6-DEC-1991

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Influential New Orleans Bluesman, September 10, 2005

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sufferin Mind (Audio CD)

Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones is probably the most influential New Orleans blues artists ever. This generous anthology collects 26 tracks from his 1953-56 tenure at Specialty (before leaving for Atco). The album kicks off with his 1953 No. 1 "The Things I Used To Do" and hits all the highlights from the period, including "Story of My Life," "Sufferin' Mind" and "Something To Remember You By." [Note: The 1953 recordings (tracks 1-4) include Ray Charles as pianist and arranger.] If you're going to own only one Guitar Slim album, this is the one to get. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is Blue, December 27, 2002

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Greekfreak (Pusan Korea (South)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sufferin Mind (Audio CD)

Via Frank Zappa, I was turned onto Guitar Slim. That's the long and the short of it, and within moments, you can see how Slim influenced Zappa's scratchy, angry guitar sound.

It's all here, some of the purest, meanest, dirtiest blues ever recorded, I'm sure. "You Gonna Miss Me", "Bad Luck Blues", "Reap What You Sow", and especially "Story of My Life" hold up to anything you want to compare them to.

If there is a problem with sound quality, I'm not aware of it--but if you can find a more comprehensive anthology complete with alternate takes or even live tracks, it would probably be worth picking up instead of this release.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Story of My Life" - yes, yes, yes, June 19, 2003

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This review is from: Sufferin Mind (Audio CD)

There are a lot of great cuts on this CD but when I want to GET DOWN, I put on "Story of My Life." This song is blues at its most OVER-THE-TOP, from the Slim's impassioned voice twisting around the opening line to his totally raw guitar solo that sounds like one long moan. THIS IS THE BLUES!! Guitar Slim: you were one of a kind. R.I.P.