The New Orleans blues musician Guitar Slim recorded "The Things That I Used to Do" (1953), which featured an electric guitar solo with distorted overtones and became a major R&B hit in 1954.
Музикант Guitar Slim з Нового Орлеана записав пісню «The Things That I Used to Do» (1953), в якій соло виконав на електрогітарі з ефектом дисторшн, що стала R & B-хітом в 1954 році.