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John Arthur Lee was an Alabama bluesman who recorded five edges (“Baby Blues,” “Baby DO NOT Move,” “Straight down on the Depot,” “Alabama Boogie,” “Blind’s Blues”) for Government Information in July 1951 in Montgomery, AL. He also documented an record for Rounder Information in the 1970s (which proceeded to go …

b. John Arthur Lee, 24 May 1915, Mt. Ready, Alabama, USA. Few post-war nation blues monitors merit the explanation ‘masterpiece’, but John Lee’s July 1951 documenting of ‘Down ON THE Depot’ should get the accolade. Essentially a standard teach blues, it really is raised by his propulsive glide electric guitar …