Eddie "One String" Jones

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Eddie "One String" Jones was an American country blues unitar player and vocalist who was active in Los Angeles, California. Little to nothing is known about Jones's personal background -- his name may have not even been Eddie Jones, but rather Jesse Marshall -- yet he is remembered for his 1960 recordings that appeared on an album, along with work by fellow musician Edward Hazelton. Jones's musicianship is regarded as a link between American blues and original elements of African music. Jones drifted to Los Angeles to work as a street performer in a poor district of the city known as Skid Row. Relying partially on the novelty of the unitar, which he crudely assembled with a piece of timber wood, one broom wire stretched across it, and a tin can mounted on the end, Jones gave no indication that the instrument or his technique were anything but peculiar to himself.[1] Music historian David Campbell expounded on how Jones played the unitar, writing, "He played it by sliding a half-pint bottle along the wire with his left hand, while striking it near the resonating can with a little whittled stick in his right hand".[2] It is directly related to the diddley bow, which in itself derived from West African instruments; however, Jones's practice of percussively sounding the resonator, and unorthodox sliding was far removed from known slide and bottleneck techniques.[3] In 1960, Jones approached record producer Frederick Usher Jr., with his unitar in hand. Usher had been investigat

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One String Blues

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One-String Blues

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Blues Masters Vol.10 Blues Roots

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Blues Masters, Vol. 10: Blues Roots

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Takoma Slide

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Blues Masters, Vol. 18: More Slide Guitar Classics

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Blues Masters, Volume 18: More Slide Guitar Classics

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One-String Blues: Rural Blues On Skid Row

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Rolling And Tumbling: Acoustic Blues

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Acoustic Slide Blues

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House of Blues - Essential Blues Guitar (Disc 2)

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Guitar Boogie Fever

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