J.B. Lenoir
- MatchJ.B. Lenoir
- 100%Elmore James
- 94%Jimmy Rogers
- 92%Big Joe Williams
- 88%Champion Jack Dupree
- 84%Lowell Fulson
- 84%T-Bone Walker
- 83%Otis Rush
- 81%Willie Dixon
- 80%Big Maceo Merriweather
- 80%Little Walter
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
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chicago blues
guitar
singer-songwriter
folk
blues
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