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Guitar Slim Jr. was born Rodney Armstrong in New Orleans in 1951. His father is Eddie Jones, Guitar Slim, a Blues artist most famous for his best selling song, “The Things That I Used to Do.”
Guitar Slim has worked with many blues musicians and received critical acclaim with his debut album, The Story of My Life. It received a Grammy nomination in 1988 for Best Blues Traditional Album.
Guitar Slim Jr. has worked for many years around the New Orleans Blues club circuit and has appeared with Stevie Ray Vaughn in concert. He continues to play in New Olreans venues, including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
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Guitar Slim Jr., “The Story Of My Life” (Orleans Records) | Offbeat Magazine
Originally released in 1988, Guitar Slim Jr.’s The Story of My Life earned a Grammy nomination in the Best Traditional Blues category. The album sounds just as good now as it did…
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Guitar Slim Jr. The Story of My Life | Making A Scene!
Guitar Slim Jr. The Story of My Life Orleans Records Rodney Glenn Armstrong a.k.a. Guitar Slim Jr. is a New Orleans blues guitarist and singer and the son of Eddie…
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A Lost Folk-Rock Gem from Dion, and Other New Releases | No Depression
Guitar Slim Jr., The Story of My Life. Despite a long musical career, Guitar Slim Jr. has never quite achieved the level of fame enjoyed by his father, whose million-selling “The Things…
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Attention-Worthy Blues: Guitar Slim Jr. — ‘The Story Of My Life’ | parcbench.live
Guitar Slim Jr. — The Story Of My Life It was his first album and it earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1989. Now, Guitar Slim…
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Guitar Slim Jr. – The Story of My Life | mxdwn Music
Downright Dirty Blues Guitar Like his pioneering father, Guitar Slim, before him, Rodney Armstrong (aka “Guitar Slim Jr.”) has garnered a reputation for playing downright dirty blues guitar, with some…
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Guitar Slim, Jr. review for Record Store Day 2017 | donandsherylsbluesblog
GUITAR SLIM, JR. THE STORY OF MY LIFE ORLEANS RECORDS TROUBLE DON’T LAST–LETTER TO MY GIRLFRIEND–THE STORY OF MY LIFE–BAD LUCK BLUES–CAN I CHANGE MY MIND–TOO WEAK TO FIGHT–REAP WHAT…
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Graded on a Curve: New in Stores, April 2017 | The Vinyl District
Guitar Slim Jr., The Story of My Life (Orleans) Although some peg him as a one hit wonder, Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones was a highly influential guitarist, and nowhere more so than…
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TVD Radar: Orleans Records reissues debut from Guitar Slim Jr. on Vinyl for the first time | The Vinyl District
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Orleans Records will be re-releasing The Story Of My Life, the Grammy-nominated debut album from singer-guitarist Guitar Slim Jr. on Record Store Day, April 22, distributed by Select-O-Hits. This will mark…
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