Lenoir, J. B., 1929-1967

found: Little Walter. The blues world of Little Walter [SR] 1984:label (J.B. Lenoir) container (blues singer & guitarist; made recording debut at age 22 in 1951; killed in car accident at age 38 in 1967)

found: Conversation with the blues, c1997:p. 191 (Lenoir, J.B.; b. Mar. 5, 1929, Monticello, Miss.)

found: African American National Biography, accessed February 19, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Lenoir, J. B.; rhythm and blues musician/singer, songwriter, guitarist; born 05 March 1929 near Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States; settled in Chicago (the late 1940s); formed his own band (1951); switched to Parrot, a label owned by the Chicago disc jockey Al Benson; the two-horn, guitar-boogie combination produced a distinctive sound that became his musical trademark; operated and partially owned a blues club, the Club Lolease (1950s); traveled to Europe as part of the American Folk Blues Festival (1965); second tour with the American Folk Blues Festival reinforced his status in Europe (1966); died 29 April 1967 in Urbana, Illinois, United States)