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The Things I Used To Do
Composer: Guitar Slim (aka Eddie Jones)

The Things I Used To Do was performed once by the Grateful Dead, with Elvin Bishop, on June 8, 1969.

This song is registered on BMI and HFA as written by Eddie Jones, the given name of Guitar Slim. He is credited on the majority of recordings of the song though some are credited to the performer. The song is registered as both The Things I Used To Do and The Things That I Used To Do and both titles are used on recordings. The majority of Guitar Slim recordings use The Things That I Used To Do.



Guitar Slim

no info Single (The Things That I Used to Do / Well, I Done Got It Over), Guitar Slim, 1954
info Alan Freed's Top 15, Various Artists, 1962
info Golden Goodies, Vol. 15, Various Artists, 1964
info The Things I Used to Do, Guitar Slim, 1970
info This Is How It All Began, Vol 2, Various Artists, 1970
no info History of New Orleans R&B, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1987
no info Best of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1988
no info Rock 'N' Roll Era: Roots of Rock: 1945-1956, Various Artists, 1990
info Sufferin' Mind, Guitar Slim, 1991
info The Things That I Used to Do, Guitar Slim, 1991
no info Superblues, Vol. 2: All-Time Classic Blues Hits, Various Artists, 1991
no info Blues Masters, Vol. 1: Urban Blues, Various Artists, 1992
no info Rhythm & Blues: 1954, Various Artists, 1992
no info Creole Kings of New Orleans, Various Artists, 1992
no info Saturday Night At Rockefellers, Various Artists, 1993
info The Specialty Story, Various Artists, 1994
no info Things That I Used to Do, Guitar Slim, 1994
no info Blues Masters, Vols. 1-5, Various Artists, 1995
no info Mojo Workin': The Best of Ace Blues, Various Artists, 1995
no info Crescent City Soul: Sound of New Orleans, Various Artists, 1996
no info Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994, Various Artists, 1996
no info Essential Blues Guitar, Various Artists, 1997
no info Living the Blues, Various Artists, 1998
no info No. 1 Blues Album, Various Artists, 1998
no info Living the Blues: Blues Legends, Various Artists, 1999
no info Whole Lotta Blues: Crescent City, Various Artists, 1999
no info Glory Days of Rock 'N' Roll: Birth of Rock 'N' Roll, Various Artists, 2001
info The Things That I Used to Do, Guitar Slim, 2003
no info Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey, Various Artists, 2003
no info The Time-Life Treasury of the Blues, Various Artists, 2003
no info Blues Story, Various Artists, 2003
no info The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll: 1946-1954, Various Artists, 2004
no info Hellhounds on Their Trail: A History of Blues Guitar 1924-2001, Various Artists, 2004
no info The Blues Collection, Various Artists, 2004
no info Mojo Music Guide, Vol. 4: Blues Power, Various Artists, 2004
info 1951-1954: The Chronological Guitar Slim, Guitar Slim, 2005
info Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1954, Various Artists, 2005
no info The R&B Years 1954, Various Artists, 2005
info Blues Gold, Various Artists, 2006
no info Black & White Blues Guitars, Various Artists, 2006
no info New Orleans Guitar, Various Artists, 2006
no info The Best of Rhythm and Blues: Hits 1954-1955, Various Artists, 2006
no info The Story of My Life, Guitar Slim, 2007
no info The Cosimo Matassa Story, Various Artists, 2007
no info Jimi Hendrix's Jukebox, Various Artists, 2007
no info Essential Blues Anthology, Various Artists, 2008
no info The Roots of Jimi Hendrix, Various Artists, 2008

 
Other recordings

no info Single (The Things That I Used to Do / Love Me Now), Earl King, 1960
info St. Louis to Liverpool, Chuck Berry, 1964
no info Single (Promised Land / Things I Used to Do), Chuck Berry, 1964
no info Showtime, James Brown, 1964
no info Single (The Things I Used to Do / Out of the Blue), James Brown, 1964
no info Things I Used to Do / That's Why I'm Always Crying), Junior Parker, 1964
no info Get It, Get It, Ike & Tina Turner, 1965
no info There's Something On Your Mind, Bobby Marchan, 1965
no info Single (Have Faith (In Me) / The Things I Used To Do), Earl Gaines, 1967
info This Is Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy, 1968
no info Soulin' The Blues, Bill Black's Combo, 1968
no info Broke An' Hungry, Guitar Junior, 1969
info The Elvin Bishop Group, Elvin Bishop, 1969
no info Single (The Things I Used to Do / Rock a While), Larry Dale, 1969
no info If Walls Could Talk, Little Milton, 1970
no info My Feeling for the Blues, Freddie King, 1970
no info Lovin' Blues, Earl Gaines, 1970
no info The Hunter, Ike & Tina Turner, 1970
no info The Things I Used to Do, Pee Wee Crayton, 1971
no info High & Low Down, Lightnin' Slim, 1971
no info Live at Monterey, The Johnny Otis Show, 1971
no info Blues with a Touch of Soul, Mighty Joe Young, 1971
no info Stoop Down Baby...Let Your Daddy See, Chick Willis, 1972
no info Transatlantic 770, Jimmy Dawkins, 1973
no info The Best of Junior Parker, Junior Parker, 1974
info Larger Than Life, Freddie King, 1975
no info Lovin' Blues, Earl Gaines, 1975
no info On the Road Again, Luther Johnson, 1976
no info Things That I Used to Do, Big Joe Turner, 1977
no info Zy De Blue, Rockin' Dopsie & The Cajun Twisters, 1977
no info Magic Slim, Vol. 2: Let Me Love You, Magic Slim, 1978
no info Live in Montreux, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, 1978
no info Black Night, Eddy Clearwater, 1979
no info Single (You're So Fine / The Things I Used To Do), Sam Myers/King Edward, 1979
no info Single (Things I Used To Do / Jimmy Jimmy), Katie Webster, 197?
no info Hell of a Spell, Doug Sahm, 1980
no info Frozen Alive!, Albert Collins, 1981
no info The Mississippi Delta Blues Band, 1981
no info Trick Bag: The Best of Earl King, Earl King, 1982
no info Couldn't Stand the Weather, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, 1984
no info Pounds of Blues, Katie Webster, 1984
no info Stax Blues Masters: Blue Monday, Various Artists (Little Milton), 1984
no info Just Blues, Sonny Rhodes & The Texas Twisters, 1985
no info Antone's 10th Anniversary Anthology, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Buddy Guy), 1986
info The Chess Box, Chuck Berry, 1988
no info Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Buddy Guy, 1988
no info Zy-De-Co-In', Rockin' Dopsie & the Zydeco Twisters, 1989
no info Messing with the Blues, James Brown, 1990
info The Chess Box, Muddy Waters, 1990
no info Black Top Blues-A-Rama, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Earl King), 1990
no info Genuine Mississippi Blues, Various Artists (King Edward), 1990
no info The Complete Imperial Recordings, Albert Collins, 1991
no info Houserockin' Daddy, Luther "Houserocker" Johnson, 1991
no info Louisiana Music, Rockin' Dopsie & the Zydeco Twisters, 1991
no info My Time After Awhile, Buddy Guy, 1992
info Junior's Blues: The Duke Recordings, Vol. 1, Little Junior Parker, 1992
no info The Best of Joe Turner, Big Joe Turner, 1992
no info Have Some Fun, Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers, 1992
no info Windy City Blues, Various Artists (Mighty Joe Young), 1992
info All Night Long They Play the Blues, Various Artists (Little Johnny Taylor), 1992
no info Bluesmen, John Cephas & Phil Wiggins, 1993
no info Blues Boss: Live, Big Joe Turner, 1993
no info Just One of Those Things, Cicero Blake, 1993
no info Direct Hits from Bullseye Blue, Various Artists (Johnny Talbot), 1993
no info Hats off to Stevie Ray, Various Artists (Frank Marino), 1993
no info Soul Fixin' Man, Luther Allison, 1994
no info On the Blues Side, Chuck Berry, 1994
no info The Best of Elvin Bishop: Tulsa Shuffle, Elvin Bishop, 1994
no info Live, Doug Sahm, 1994
no info Shake, Rattle and Roll, Big Joe Turner, 1994
no info Blues Guitar Heroes, Various Artists (Albert Collins), 1994
no info Blues Legends, Various Artists (Albert Collins), 1994
no info The Blues Box, Various Artists (Mighty Joe Young), 1994
no info Old Town Blues, Vol. 1: Downtown Sides, Various Artists (Bob Gaddy), 1994
no info Just Blues, Sonny Rhodes, 1995
no info Harlem Blues Operator, Bob Gaddy, 1995
no info High & Low Down/Over Easy, Lightnin' Slim/Whispering Smith, 1995
no info Cookin' with the Blues, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Albert Collins), 1995
no info Best of The Blues, Vol 1, Various Artists (Junior Parker), 1995
no info Heaven's Prisoners Soundtrack, Various Artists (Stevie Ray Vaughan), 1995
no info The EP Collection, Chuck Berry, 1996
no info Molten Ice, Albert Collins, 1996
no info The Iceman Cometh, Albert Collins, 1996
no info Live, Albert Collins and Barrelhouse, 1996
no info Deep in the Southern Trenches: Live in 95, Sarasota Slim, 1996
no info Antone's 20th Anniversary, Various Artists (Buddy Guy), 1996
no info Love Can Be Found Anywhere (Even In A Guitar) / Trash Talkin', Albert Collins, 1997
no info King of the Louisiana Swamp Blues, Lightnin' Slim, 1997
no info Live at Carnegie Hall, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, 1997
no info Smokey Wilson With the William Clarke Band, 1997
no info Troubled World, Johnny B. Moore, 1997
no info Texas Rocker, Cal Valentine, 1997
no info Blues for Hippies?, Various Artists (Jimmy Dawkins), 1997
no info Legendary Blues Singers, Various Artists(Buddy Guy), 1997
no info Chicago Blues from C.J. Records, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Johnny Big Moose Walker), 1997
no info For Real, Joe Beard & Duke Robillard, 1998
info As Good as It Gets, Buddy Guy, 1998
no info The Latest and the Greatest/You Never Can Tell..., Chuck Berry, 1998
no info Texas Flood/Couldn't Stand the Weather/Soul to Soul, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, 1998
no info Live At Co-Co's, Lonnie Mack 1998
no info Swamps the Word, Clarence Edwards, 1998
no info Rockin' with the Iceman, Albert Collins, 1998
no info The Hot 'Cool' Sound of Albert Collins, Albert Collins, 1998
no info Love My Life, Hosea Hargrove, 1998
no info Blues Fallin' Down Like Rain, Kenny Neal, 1998
no info Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar, Vol. 2: Saturday, Bryan Lee, 1998
no info Chicago Blues, Various Artists (Mighty Joe Young), 1998
no info Lovin' Blues: The Starday-King Years 1967-1973, Earl Gaines, 1999
no info The Crazy Cajun Recordings, Lowell Fulson, 1999
no info The Collection, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, 1999
no info Somewhere on Down the Line, Little Mack Simmons, 1999
no info The Very Best Of, Bobby Marchan, 1999
no info Blues Came to Burgaw, George Herbert Moore, 1999
no info Genuine Mississippi Blues...Plus, Various Artists (King Edward), 1999
no info Best of Blues, Various Artists (Junior Parker), 1999
no info The Complete JSP Recordings: 1979-1982, Buddy Guy, 2000
no info The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Buddy Guy, 2000
no info Hip Shakin', J.B. Hutto, 2000
no info Soul Jam, The Sir Douglas Quintet, 2000
no info SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, 2000
no info Blues at Sunrise, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, 2000
no info Don't Look Any Further, Vernon Garrett, 2000
no info Easy in the Apple, Jesse Thomas, 2000
no info Living Legends, Paul Oscher / Steve Guyger, 2000
no info Shades of Blue: Earth Born, Various Artists(Buddy Guy), 2000
no info John Vincent Presents the Vin Story, Various Artists (Stella Johnson), 2000
no info Old Town Country Blues, Various Artists (Bob Gaddy), 2000
no info Live Tonite...Plus!, Eric Bell, 2001
no info Collected, Buddy Guy, 2001
no info Lightnin' Slim, Lightnin' Slim, 2001
no info Live, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, 2001
no info Rockin' My Blues to Sleep, Johnny Nicholas & the Texas All Stars, 2001
no info My Baby Loves Me, Johnny Dollar, 2001
no info Cold Tremors, Albert Collins, 2001
no info The Best of Little Mack Simmons, Little Mac Simmons, 2001
no info Memphis Barbecue Sessions, Big Jack Johnson w/ Kim Wilson & Pinetop Perkins, 2001
no info Virginmegamusic [Blues], Various Artists (Junior Parker), 2001
no info Pickin' on Stevie Ray Vaughan, Various Artists, 2001
no info Extended Versions, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, 2002
no info The Essential, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, 2002
no info Texas Flood/Couldn't Stand the Weather, Stevie Ray Vaughan, 2002
info Live at Sugar Hill, Vol. 2, John Lee Hooker, 2002
no info Blues for Harlem, Larry Johnson, 2002
no info Portrait in Blues, Ike & Tina Turner, 2002
no info Everything Gonna Be Alright, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, 2002
no info My Guitar Memories, Gerry McGee, 2002
no info Shake for Me, Lefty Dizz, 2002
no info From Hell to Gone and Back: Texas Blues, Various Artists (Pee Wee Crayton), 2002
no info Black and Blue, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Lefty Dizz), 2002
no info Blues, Chuck Berry, 2003
no info That's All Right, Lightnin' Slim, 2003
no info Come On: The Complete Imperial Recordings, Earl King, 2003
no info Throw Away the Book, Byther Smith, 2004
no info The Hunter/Outta Season, Ike & Tina Turner, 2004
no info Party Till the Cows Come Home, Elvin Bishop, 2004
no info Born To Sing The Blues, Clarence "Guitar" Sims, 2004
no info Chiaroscuro, Dave Conant, 2004
info Deep Freeze, Albert Collins, 2005
no info Live! At Double Bayou Dance Hall, Pete Mayes & The Texas Houserockers, 2005
no info We Got the Funky Blues, Roger Girke and the Funky Twisters, 2005
no info Blues Anthology, Various Artists (Joe Tuner), 2005
no info Blues Classics, Various Artists (Joe Tuner), 2005
no info The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, 2006
no info The Soul Anthology, Ike & Tina Turner, 2006
no info Texas Bluesman, Joe "Guitar" Hughes, 2006
no info The Ultimate Collection, Chuck Berry, 2007
no info Ice Axe Cometh: Collection 1978-1986, Albert Collins, 2007
no info Vanguard Visionaries, Buddy Guy, 2007
no info The Singles, Vol. 3: 1964-1965, James Brown, 2007
no info Thin Lizzy Blues, Eric Bell, 2007
no info Snakes and Ladders Live, Paul Lamb, 2007
no info Bluegrass Interpretations of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Various Artists, 2007
no info Chuck Berry Is on Top/St. Louis to Liverpool, Chuck Berry, 2008
no info Bluesman, Joey Gilmore, 2008
no info Tulsa Shuffle: The Best of Elvin Bishop, Elvin Bishop, 2008
no info Live from Austin TX, Albert Collins, 2008
no info We've Always Had the Blues, Ike and Tina Turner, 2008
no info Live at Sunbanks, The Randy Oxford Band, 2008
info Taking Care of Business: 1956-1973, Freddie King, 2009
no info The Definitive Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy, 2009
info You Never Can Tell: The Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966, Chuck Berry, 2009

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