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A formidable contender in the ring before he shifted his focus to
pounding the piano instead, Champion Jack Dupree often injected his
lyrics with a rowdy sense of down-home humor. But there was nothing
lighthearted about his rock-solid way with a boogie; when he shouted
"Shake Baby Shake," the entire room had no choice but to acquiesce.
Dupree was notoriously vague about his beginnings, claiming in some
interviews that his parents died in a fire set by the Ku Klux Klan, at
other times saying that the blaze was accidental. Whatever the
circumstances of the tragic conflagration, Dupree grew up in New
Orleans' Colored Waifs' Home for Boys (Louis Armstrong also spent his
formative years there). Learning his trade from barrelhouse 88s ace
Willie "Drive 'em Down" Hall, Dupree left the Crescent City in 1930
for Chicago and then Detroit. By 1935, he was boxing professionally in
Indianapolis, battling in an estimated 107 bouts.
In 1940, Dupree made his recording debut for Chicago A&R man
extraordinaire Lester Melrose and OKeh Records. Dupree's 1940-1941
output for the Columbia subsidiary exhibited a strong New Orleans
tinge despite the Chicago surroundings; his driving "Junker's Blues"
was later cleaned up as Fats Domino's 1949 debut, "The Fat Man." After
a stretch in the Navy during World War II (he was a Japanese P.O.W.
for two years), Dupree decided tickling the 88s beat pugilism any old
day. He spent most of his time in New York and quickly became a
prolific recording artist, cutting for Continental, Joe Davis, Alert,
Apollo, and Red Robin (where he cut a blasting "Shim Sham Shimmy" in
1953), often in the company of Brownie McGhee. Contracts meant little;
Dupree masqueraded as Brother Blues on Abbey, Lightnin' Jr. on Empire,
and the truly imaginative Meat Head Johnson for Gotham and Apex.
King Records corralled Dupree in 1953 and held onto him through 1955
(the year he enjoyed his only R&B chart hit, the relaxed "Walking the
Blues.") Dupree's King output rates with his very best; the romping
"Mail Order Woman," "Let the Doorbell Ring," and "Big Leg Emma's"
contrasting with the rural "Me and My Mule" (Dupree's vocal on the
latter emphasizing a harelip speech impediment for politically
incorrect pseudo-comic effect).
After a year on RCA's Groove and Vik subsidiaries, Dupree made a
masterpiece LP for Atlantic. 1958's Blues From the Gutter is a
magnificent testament to Dupree's barrelhouse background, boasting
marvelous readings of "Stack-O-Lee," "Junker's Blues," and "Frankie &
Johnny" beside the risquΘ "Nasty Boogie." Dupree was one of the first
bluesmen to leave his native country for a less racially polarized
European existence in 1959. He lived in a variety of countries
overseas, continuing to record prolifically for Storyville, British
Decca (with John Mayall and Eric Clapton lending a hand at a 1966
date), and many other firms.
Perhaps sensing his own mortality, Dupree returned to New Orleans in
1990 for his first visit in 36 years. While there, he played the Jazz
& Heritage Festival and laid down a zesty album for Bullseye Blues,
Back Home in New Orleans. Two more albums of new material were
captured by the company the next year prior to the pianist's death in
January of 1992. Jack Dupree was a champ to the very end.
Tracks:
CD #1
01. See My Milk Cow (4:32)
02. Mr. Dupree Blues (5:33)
03. Yellow Pocahontas (Extended Version) (4:12)
04. Gutbucket Blues/Ugly Woman (4:36)
05. Street Walking Woman (4:36)
06. Income Tax (4:51)
07. Roll On (4:21)
08. I've Been Mistreated (Extended Version) (5:29)
09. A Racehorse Called Mae (2:43)
10. My Home's In Hell (4:57)
11. How Am I Doing (2:49)
12. I Haven't Done No One No Harm (2:40)
13. Street Walking Woman (Alternate Version/Previously Unreleased) (5:19)
14. Big Fat Woman (Previously Unreleased) (4:50)
15. Whiskey, Look What You Done To Me (Previously Unreleased) (5:07)
16. Going Down to The Blue Horizon (Previously Unreleased) (4:57)
17. Juke Box Jump (Previously Unreleased) (2:08)
18. Black Cat Shuffle (Previously Unreleased) (2:25)
CD #2
01. I Want To Be Hippy (4:31)
02. Grandma (You're A Bit Too Slow) (3:18)
03. Puff Puff (2:09)
04. Blues Before Sunshine (3:21)
05. I'll Try (4:27)
06. Going Back To Louisiana (3:10)
07. Aint That A Shame (3:33)
08. Stumbling Block (2:28)
09. Old And Grey (4:34)
10. Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well (2:21)
11. Postman Blues (3:14)
12. Lawdy, Lawdy (2:40)
13. Kansas City (2:06)
14. Ba' La Fouche (2:23)
15. Rub A Little Boogie (Live/Previously Unreleased) (3:18)
16. Black And White Blues (Live/Previously Unreleased) (9:03)
17. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (Live/Previously Unreleased) (5:02)
18. The Sheik Of Araby (Live-Previously Unreleased) (4:30)
19. You Make Me Feel Alright (Live/Previously Unreleased) (4:06)
20. Do The Boogie Woogie (Live/Previously Unreleased) (5:09)
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