J.B. Lenoir
J.B. Lenoir was a committed artist and performer whose career was short-lived.
After arriving in Chicago (Illinois) in 1949, he scored a hit in 1954 with"Mama
Talk to Your Daughter". He also encountered censorship and trouble the same year
for the controversial "Eisenhower Blues". J.B. Lenoir then went through a dark
period when he was forced to give up music in part to survive on odd jobs.
Willie Dixon came to his aid in 1963 for the recording of Alabama Blues. J.B.
Lenoir died on April 29, 1967, following a car accident. In 2003, his life was
the subject of Wim Wenders' film Th...
