This artist should not be confused with Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, the New Orleans artist, or Alec "Guitar Slim" Seward the country blues guitarist from Virginia.
Norman G. Green was born in Bryant, TX. on July 25, 1920. His family moved to Oklahoma when he was in youth where he learned guitar and started playing at local functions. In 1947 he moved to Los Angeles. He made his debut recordings as R. Green & Turner for a label owned by J.R. Fulbright. Even though this was a retread of "Tin Pan Alley" first recorded by Curtis Jones in 1941, Green said that he and ? Turner wrote it and that Robert Geddins stole it from him. (Green & Turner's version was released as "Alla Blues". Green didn't record again for a decade waxing 45's for small labels such as Murray, Dig, Canton, Geenote, Solid Soul & Universal up until 1968. In 1970 he teamed up with Johnny Otis & his son son Shuggie to record a full length album for Kent. He was also known to have recorded with Louis Jackson & Junior Hampton. The Kent recordings would be his last under his name. He died in Los Angeles on September 28, 1975.
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