[Ads-l] Antedating of "Lowdown" (Of Jazz or Blues)

[Shapiro, Fred]

lowdown, adj. (OED, adj., 3., 1922)

1915 Freeman 17 Apr. 7/4 (GenealogyBank)  Miss Lucille McGinty is leaving them spellbound with the "Low Down Blues."

1918 Atlanta Journal 4 Aug. 8/6 (GenealogyBank)  You know whut de railroad blues is, jedge, an' de Memphis blues, an' de low-down blues an' de liv'ry stable blues ?

Fred Shapiro

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