Champion Jack Dupree - Old Time RnB, 28 Rocking Piano Blues Classics, 1951-1957 (2016)

Champion Jack Dupree was one of the most popular, authentic blues artists to tour the UK and Europe on a regular basis beginning in the late 1950s. In fact he became so regular he moved to Halifax and then later lived in Germany and Scandinavia. As you would expect this CD is chock full of superb blues piano and of course contains Champion Jack Dupree's hit, "Walking the Blues". This brief look at his career concentrates on a period when he was at a commercial peak in the R&B market in the United States. It is a body of work that never seems to date and no matter how many times you hear it there is always something new to enjoy.

TRACKLIST

01. The Woman I Love
02. Stumbling Block Blues
03. Number Nine Blues
04. Highway Blues
05. Shake Baby Shake (1953 Version)
06. Drunk Again
07. Shim Sham Shimmy
08. The Blues Got Me Rockin
09. Tongue Tied Blues
10. Ragged And Hungry (Lightning Junior & The Empires)
11. Somebody Changed The Lock (Lightning Junior & The Empires)
12. Please Tell Me Baby
13. Walkin Upside Your Head
14. Rub A Little Boogie
15. Camille
16. Two Below Zero
17. Blues For Everybody
18. Let The Doorbell Ring
19. Walking The Blues
20. She Cooks Me Cabbage
21. Me And My Mule
22. Lonely Road Blues
23. When I Got Married
24. Dirty Woman
25. Just Like A Woman
26. Old Time Rock And Roll
27. Shake Baby Shake (1957 Version)
28. Lollipop Baby