J.B. Lenoir
- MatchJ.B. Lenoir
- 100%Lowell Fulson
- 83%Otis Rush
- 78%Big Maceo Merriweather
- 78%Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- 78%Sonny Boy Williamson
- 77%Big Joe Williams
- 77%Elmore James
- 76%Jimmy Rogers
- 75%Little Walter
- 75%Muddy Waters
Biography
5 March 1929, Monticello, Mississippi, USA, d. 29 April 1967, Champaign, Illinois, USA. Christened with initials, Lenoir was taught to play the guitar by his father, Dewitt. Other acknowledged influences were Blind Lemon Jefferson, Arthur Big Boy Crudup and Lightnin Hopkins, with the latters single-string runs and verse tags becoming an integral part of the mature Lenoir style. He relocated to Chicago in 1949, and was befriended by Big Bill Broonzy and... Read more
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