Elijah Jones

Country blues singer and guitarist, who recorded six titles for Bluebird in 1938, also backing Yank Rachell at the same session. He recorded again for Aristocrat in c. 1949, but these recordings were not released until 1984 on Various - Southside Screamers! (Chicago Blues 1948-1958).

We don't know anything about Elijah C. Jones. Jones was brought to the studios in 1938 by Yank Rachell, recording some titles and resurfacing in 1949 for another (at that time unissued) session where he was billed as Kid Slim. These latter sides were possibly recorded for Aristocrat records but George Paulus, who owned the acetates from this session, has said that they carry no matrix numbers so it's unclear their real source. Paulus issued these sides on the album Southside Screamers on his St. George label.