Champion Jack Dupree - From New Orleans to Chicago/Champion Jack Dupree and His Blues Band [Slipcase]

Artist:

Dupree, Champion Jack

UPC:

5017261206497

Description:

2 LPs on 1 CD: FROM NEW ORLEANS TO CHICAGO (1966)/HIS BLUES BAND (1967).
Personnel: Champion Jack Dupree (vocals, piano); Champion Jack Dupree; Mike Vernon (whistling); Rex Morris, Bob Efford (tenor saxophone); Harry Klein (baritone saxophone); Albert Hall (trumpet); John Baldwin , Malcolm Pool, John Baldwine (bass guitar); Bill Shortt (rub-board); Bill Shortt (washboard); Mickey Baker (vocals, guitar, tambourine); Eric Clapton, Tony McPhee (guitar); John Mayall (harmonica); Keef Hartley, Ronnie Verrell (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Andrew Thompson .
Liner Note Authors: Mike Vernon; Tony Russell.
Directors: Mickey Baker; Mike Vernon.
Arrangers: Mickey Baker; Mike Vernon.
Like many black American blues and R&B artists, New Orleans singer and pianist Champion Jack Dupree found more respect and recognition in Europe than he did in his homeland, and he relocated to Europe in 1959, only rarely returning to the U.S. He cut several albums there, including the two included in this double-disc set from Beat Goes On, From New Orleans to Chicago, recorded in London in 1966, and Champion Jack Dupree and His Blues Band, tracked in the same city a year later (both were originally released on London Decca). Of the two, the latter release is the stronger (thanks in no small part to guitarist Mickey Baker), although From New Orleans is probably better known, mainly for the presence of Eric Clapton and John Mayall at the sessions. Throughout, listeners are treated to Dupree`s thundering barrelhouse piano, his Emerald City vocals (always delivered, it seems, with a slight wink), and -- in the case of the 1967 album -- a solid and rocking backing band. Highlights include "Ain`t It a Shame" and "Down the Valley" from the first disc and "Louise," "Come Back Baby" (an almost Cajun chunk of near-swamp pop), and "Georgiana," a ballad in the Ray Charles mold, from the second. Seldom have the blues been delivered with more open-ended glee, and fans of this engaging artist will undoubtedly be pleased that these albums are back in print, and packaged together. ~ Steve Leggett

Track Listing:

DISC 1: FROM NEW ORLEANS TO CHICAGO:

1. Third Degree
2. T.V. Mama
3. He Knows the Rules
4. Ain`t It a Shame
5. Ooh La-La
6. (Going Down To) Big Leg Emma`s
7. Won`t Be a Fool No More
8. Take It Slow and Easy
9. She`s All in My Life
10. Poor Poor Me
11. Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
12. Down the Valley
13. Too Early in the Morning
14. Shim-Sham-Shimmy

DISC 2: AND HIS BLUES BAND:

1. Barrelhouse Woman
2. Louise
3. One Dirty Woman
4. When Things Go Wrong
5. Cut Down on My Overheads
6. Troubles
7. Tee-Nah-Nah
8. Caldonia
9. Under Your Hood
10. Come Back Baby
11. Baby Let Me Lay It On You
12. Garbage Man
13. I Feel Like a Millionaire
14. Right Now
15. Georgiana
16. Shake, Baby, Shake

Album Information

Release Date:

01/25/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Chicago Blues

Label:

Beat Goes On

Producer:

Mike Vernon; Mike Vernon

Catalog Number:

BGOCD 649

Original Release Year:

2004

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Mickey Baker; John Mayall; Tony McPhee; Eric Clapton; Keef Hartley

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