Blind Lemon Jefferson

Jefferson is one of those foundational artists you owe a debt to whether you know it or not. His high, keening voice and that intricate, almost unaccompanied fingerpicking sounded nothing like the lockstep twelve-bar template, he played around the beat, stretched bars, and let the guitar answer his own lines. He was a commercial star at a time when few Black blues artists got recorded at all, and 'See That My Grave Is Kept Clean' alone seeded countless covers. He died young and somewhat mysteriously in Chicago, but the recordings are eternal. Pure, raw, essential Texas blues.

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Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929) was an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures of early country blues. Blind from a young age, he became one of the first commercially successful male blues recording artists of the 1920s. His recordings, including 'Matchbox Blues' and 'See That My Grave Is Kept Clean,' shaped generations of later musicians.

Name (English)

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Name (Japanese)

ブラインド・レモン・ジェファーソン

Reading

ぶらいんど・れもん・じぇふぁーそん

Born

September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929

Origin

Texas, United States

Occupation

Guitarist / Singer-songwriter / Street performer / Singer / Recording artist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind%20Lemon%20Jefferson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45001

Tags

• From Texas
• Guitarist
• Singer-songwriter
• Street performer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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