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Born | Monticello, Mississippi, U.S. | March 5, 1929
Died | April 29, 1967 Urbana, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 38)
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Years active | 1950s–1967 |
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J. B. Lenoir (/ləˈnɔːr/ luh-NORR; March 5, 1929 – April 29, 1967)[1][2] was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s and 1960s.
J. B. Lenoir (pronounced and sometimes misspelled "Lenore") was a distinctive blues artist, in both his high-pitched singing style and the candid political critiques in many of his song lyrics.