J. B. Hutto (April 26, 1926 – June 12, 1983) was an American blues
musician, born Joseph Benjamin Hutto. Hutto was influenced by Elmore
James, and became known for his slide guitar work and declamatory style of
singing. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame two years after his
death.
Hutto was born in Blackville, South Carolina, the fifth of seven children. His
family moved to Augusta, Georgia when Hutto was three years old. His
father, Calvin, was a preacher and Hutto, along with his three brothers and
three sisters, formed a gospel group called The Golden Crowns, singing in
local churches. Hutto's father died in 1949, and the family relocated to
Chicago.Hutto served as a draftee in the Korean War in the early 1950s,
driving trucks in combat zones.
In Chicago, Hutto took up the drums and played with Johnny Ferguson and
his Twisters. He also tried the piano before settling on the guitar and playing
on the streets with percussionist Eddie 'Porkchop' Hines. After adding Joe
Custom on second guitar they started playing club gigs, and harmonica
player George Mayweather joined after sitting in with the band. Hutto named
his band The Hawks, after the wind that blows in Chicago. A recording
session in 1954 resulted in the release of two singles on the Chance label
and a second session later the same year, with the band supplemented by pianist Johnny Jones, produced a third.
Later in the 1950s Hutto became disenchanted with music and gave it up to work as a janitor in a funeral home after a woman broke his guitar over
her husband's head one night.[6] He returned to the music industry in the mid 1960s with a new version of the Hawks featuring Herman Hassell on
bass and Frank Kirkland on drums. His recording career resumed with, first, a session for Vanguard Records released on the compilation album
Chicago/the Blues/Today! Vol. 1, and then albums for Testament and Delmark.[8] The 1968 Delmark album Hawk Squat! Which features Sunnyland
Slim on organ and piano, and Maurice McIntyre on tenor saxophone, is regarded as his best work on album up to this point.
After Hound Dog Taylor died in 1975, Hutto took over his band the Houserockers for a time, and in the late 1970s he moved to Boston and recruited
a new band which he called the New Hawks, with whom he recorded further studio albums for the Varrick label. His 1983 Varrick album Slippin'
& Slidin', the last of his career and later reissued on CD as Rock With Me Tonight, has been described as "near-perfect".
Hutto returned to Illinois in the early 1980s, where he was diagnosed with cancer. He died in 1983, at the age of 57, in Harvey. He was interred at
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois.
In 1985 the Blues Foundation inducted Hutto into its Hall of Fame. His nephew, Lil' Ed Williams (of Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials) has carried
on his legacy, playing and singing in a style very close to his uncle's.
There was also a bar in West Saint Louis County named after JB. They hosted a wide list of some of the best blues musicians.[citation needed]
A "J.B. Hutto" model guitar is often used to refer to a mid-1960s, Red, Montgomery Ward Res-O-Glas Airline Guitar. Although he was not a paid
endorser, J.B. made the guitar famous by appearing with it on the cover of his Slidewinder album. This is the same type of fiberglass guitar later
played by Jack White of the White Stripes.
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