John Lee
US country blues singer and guitarist
United States • 1915-05-24 – 1977-10-11
Biography
John Arthur Lee (May 24, 1915 – October 11, 1977) was an American country blues guitarist, pianist, singer and songwriter. He recorded two singles released by Federal in 1952 and, despite a period of 13 years away from music, Lee was 'rediscovered' and recorded an album released on Rounder in 1974. His most notable track, "Down at the Depot", was described as a "masterpiece".
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
79 releases · 24 albums · active 1962–2025
- Performance · 90
- Production · 39
- Engineering · 27
- Other credits · 8
Studios: Whitfield Street Studios · Abbey Road Studios · Manchester Arena · Chase Park Transduction
Frequent collaborators
- Kiara
- Simply Red
- Dezi Phillips
- Mary Davis
- J.Y. Park
- Brian Charette
- Ekko Astral
- Sarah Jane Morris



