J.B. Lenoir

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 latter’s 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

Genres

Blues

Tags

blues

chicago blues

guitar

singer-songwriter

folk

Decades

1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Links

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