- The Blues: Expanded Edition · 1989
- 100 Blues Classics & Greatest Blues Hits - The Very Best Classic Blues Collection · 1950
- J.B Lenoir: Essential 10 · 2010
- Alabama Blues! · 1979
- Alabama Blues! · 1979
- 1955-1956 · 2008
- The Golden Chicago Years · 2015
- The Golden Chicago Years · 2015
- The Golden Chicago Years · 2015
- The Golden Chicago Years · 2015
- The Golden Chicago Years · 2015
- Top 50 Classics - The Very Best of J.B. Lenoir · 2014
- Top 50 Classics - The Very Best of J.B. Lenoir · 2014
- 2015
About J.B. Lenoir
Though J.B. Lenoir hailed from Mississippi and eventually became part of the Chicago blues scene, his music was atypical of either area's noted blues style. He sang with a high, almost effeminate voice a la Delta giants Skip James and Robert Johnson, but he backed his vocals with a boogie-influenced sound tinged with traces of jazz. Perhaps most importantly, his lyrics occasionally (especially later in his career) tended toward the political. Songs such as "Eisenhower Blues" and "Vietnam Blues" were unique and powerful socio-political statements in a blues framework. Unfortunately, Lenoir's career was cut short when he died in a car crash in 1967 at the age of 38.
- HOMETOWN
- Monticello, MS, United States
- BORN
- 5 March 1929
- GENRE
- Blues