Blind Lemon Jefferson

USA, 1925–1929

Pioneer of Texas country blues and one of the first commercially successful bluesmen.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Blind Lemon Jefferson and 5 artists Blind Lemon Jefferson influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did Blind Lemon Jefferson influence?

• T-Bone Walker — As a teenager Walker guided the blind Lemon Jefferson and learned from him.
• B.B. King — Blind Lemon's records played in King's home from childhood.
• Lead Belly — Lead Belly worked as Blind Lemon Jefferson's guide and musical partner in Texas — he recorded 'My Friend Blind Lemon' in his memory.
• Lightnin' Hopkins — The eight-year-old Hopkins met Blind Lemon Jefferson at a picnic in Buffalo, Texas and played behind him — the encounter he cited as his beginning.
• Albert King — The country-blues records of Blind Lemon Jefferson were part of the Delta bedrock behind King's blues.