Artist
American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active on the Chicago blues scene of the 1950s and 1960s. Born 5 March 1929 in Monticello, Mississippi; died 29 April 1967 in Champaign, Illinois, of internal bleeding (and/or a heart attack) from injuries he had suffered in a car crash three weeks earlier, which had not been properly treated.
As a young boy, J.B.'s father taught him to play guitar in the style of Blind Lemon Jefferson; he was also taught by Arthur Crudup and Lightnin’ Hopkins. In the 1940s, he started playing in New Orleans with Sonny Boy Williamson and Elmore James. In 1949 he moved to Chicago; he began playing with names like Memphis Minnie, Big Maceo Merriweather and Muddy Waters.
J.B.'s first recording session was in late 1950 for Chess. He recorded for J.O.B and Parrot 1951-1953, before he returned to Chess. His most commercially successful and enduring release was 1954's “Mamma Talk To Your Daughter”, which reached #11 on the Billboard R&B chart and was later recorded by many other blues and rock musicians.
He was immortalised in John Mayall's songs “The Death of J.B. Lenoir” and "I’m Gonna Fight For You JB”. He also features in the 2003 documentary film “The Soul of a Man”, directed by Wim Wenders, part of Martin Scorsese’s The Blues series.
Tracks
1
Alabama
03:12
2
Mojo Boogie
02:16
3
God's Word
03:39
4
The Whale Has Swallowed Me
02:24
5
Move This Rope
03:33
6
I Feel So Good
01:53
7
Alabama March
02:52
8
Talk To Your Daughter
02:43
9
Mississippi Road
02:58
10
Good Advice
02:43
11
Vietnam
02:39
12
I Want To Go
01:40
13
Down In Mississippi
03:15
14
Slow Down Woman
01:33
15
If I Get Lucky
02:59
16
Shot On James Meredith
02:46
17
Round And Round
02:51
18
Voodoo Music
02:25
19
Born Dead
03:45
20
Leavin' Here
01:36
21
Vietnam Blues
03:03
22
How Much More
02:32
23
Tax Payin' Blues
02:20
24
Feelin' Good
03:00
Releases
Labels
Not On Label, Evidence
Countries
Russian Federation, United States of America