Lewis, Meade Lux
(1905–1964)> GUITARIST
Lewis, Meade “Lux” Meade Anderson Lewis, 4 September 1905; Chicago, IL – 7 June 1964 Minneapolis, MN Meade Anderson “Lux” Lewis was a seminal figure in boogie-woogie. His father was a porter on the Pullman coaches, and the family home was in Chicago on South La Salle near the New York Central line. Lewis was one of five children, four boys and a girl. Lewis senior was a guitarist who had made a couple of recordings, and he arranged for his son to take violin lessons. The violin was apparently…