Champion Jack Dupree

• COLLECTORS LIMITED EDITION

• HIGH QUALITY 180 GRAM COLORED VINYL

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

The 1958 masterwork album of Champion Jack Dupree's long and prolific career. Cut in New York (in stereo!) with a blasting band that included saxist Pete Brown and guitarist Larry Dale, the Jerry Wexler-produced Atlantic collection provides eloquent testimony to Dupree's eternal place in the New Orleans blues and barrelhouse firmament.

There's some decidedly down-in-the-alley subject matter -- "Can't Kick the Habit," "T.B. Blues," a revival of "Junker's Blues" -- along with the stomping "Nasty Boogie" and treatments of the ancient themes "Stack-O-Lee" and "Frankie & Johnny.

PERSONNEL:

• Pete Brown - (alto sax)
• Champion Jack Dupree - (piano, vocals)
• Ennis Lowery - (guitar)
• Wendell Marshall - (bass)
• Willie Jones - (drums)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Strollin'
• A2. T.B. Blues
• A3. Can't Kick The Habit
• A4. Evil Woman
• A5. Nasty Boogie

• SIDE B
• B1. Junker's Blues
• B2. Bad Blood
• B3. Goin' Down Slow
• B4. Frankie & Johnny
• B5. Stack-O-Lee