J. B. Lenoir
Sign in to saveAfrican American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1967
- Works
- 1
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-03-05
- Active to
- 1967-04-29
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J. B. Lenoir /ləˈnɔːr/ (Monticello, Mississippi, March 5, 1929 – Urbana, Illinois, April 29, 1967) was an African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the 1950s and 1960s Chicago blues scene. Lenoir's guitar-playing father introduced him to the music of Blind Lemon Jefferson, whose music became a major influence. During the early 1940s, Lenoir worked with blues artists Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James in New Orleans. Lenoir would eventually find musical influence in
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Monticello
- Place of death
- Urbana
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1929-03-05
- date of death
- 1967-04-29
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
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