Label: JSP
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Recording Date: June 13, 1940 - November 30, 1953
Styles: New Orleans Blues, Piano Blues, Regional Blues, New Orleans R&B, Chicago Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues
by Steve Leggett
Recording information: Chicago, IL (06/13/1940-11/30/1953); Cincinnati, OH (06/13/1940-11/30/1953); New York, NY (06/13/1940-11/30/1953).
Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven.
Personnel: Champion Jack Dupree (vocals, piano); Edwin Moire, Bill Gaither , Jesse Ellery, Mickey Baker, Sticks McGhee, Brownie McGhee (guitar); Papa George Lightfoot, Sonny Terry (harmonica); Al King , Jesse Powell, Nat Perrilliat (tenor saxophone); Mickey Spider, Milton Batiste (trumpet); Wilbert Ellis (piano); John Taylor, Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers , Ernest Hayward, Charles Connor, Gene Moore , Melvin Merritt, Willie Jones III (drums).
Credits: Mickey Baker - guitar; Milton Baptiste - trumpet; Thomas Barney - bass instrument; Tom Barney - bass; Milton Batiste - trumpet; Brother Blues & The Back Room Boys - primary artist; Big Tom Collins - primary artist; Charles Connor - drums; Champion Jack Dupree - piano, primary artist, vocals; Champion Jack Dupree & His Country Blues Band - primary artist; Jack Dupree Quartet - primary artist; Count Edmondson - bass, bass instrument; Jesse Ellery - guitar; Big Chief Ellis - primary artist; Big Chief Ellis & His Blues Stars - primary artist; Wilbert Ellis - piano; The Empires - vocals; Bill Gaither - guitar; Sidney Grant - sax (tenor); Bob Harris - bass, bass instrument; Ernest Hayward - drums; Earl Johnson - drums; Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - drums; Meat Head Johnson & His Blues Hound - primary artist; Willie Jones - drums; Willie Jones III - drums; Willie Jordan & His Swinging Five - primary artist; Al King - sax (tenor); Ransom Knowling - bass, bass instrument; Papa George Lightfoot - harmonica; Lightin' Jr. & The Empires - primary artist; Brownie McGhee - guitar, guitars; Brownie McGhee & His Guitar & Orchestra - primary artist; Sticks McGhee - guitar, guitars; Melvin Merritt - drums; Edwin Moire - guitar; Gene Moore - drums; Papa Lightfoot - harmonica; Nat Perrilliat - sax (tenor); Jesse Powell - sax (tenor); Lonnie Scott - piano; Neil Slaven - annotation, liner notes; Mickey Spider - trumpet; Wilson Swain - bass, bass instrument; John Taylor - drums; Sonny Terry - harmonica; Cedric Wallace - bass, bass instrument.
Tracks, Disc 1: 1) Gamblin' Man Blues; 2) Warehouse Man Blues; 3) Chain Gang Blues; 4) New Low Down Dog; 5) Black Woman Swing; 6) Cabbage Greens No. 1; 7) Cabbage Greens No. 2; 8) Angola Blues; 9) My Cabin Inn; 10) Bad Health Blues; 11) That's All Right; 12) Gibing Blues; 13) Dupree Shake Dance; 14) My Baby's Gone; 15) Weed Head Woman; 16) Junker Blues; 17) Oh, Red; 18) All Alone Blues; 19) Big Time Mama; 20) Shady Lane; 21) Hurry Down Sunshine; 22) Jackie P. Blues; 23) Heavy Heart Blues; 24) Morning Tea; 25) Black Cow Blues.
Tracks, Disc 2: 1) My Cabin Inn; 2) Bad Health Blues; 3) Gibing Blues; 4) Dupree Shake Dance; 5) My Baby's Gone; 6) Jackie P. Blues; 7) Black Cow Blues; 8) Jitterbug; 9) Slow Boogie; 10) Mexico Reminiscences; 11) Too Evil to Cry; 12) Clog Dance (Stomping Blues); 13) Rum Cola Blues; 14) She Makes Good Jelly; 15) Johnson Street Boogie Woogie; 16) I'm Going Down with You; 817) F.D.R. Blues; 18) God Bless Our New President; 19) County Jail Special; 20) Fisherman's Blues; 21) Black Wolf; 22) Lover's Lane; 23) Walkin' by Myself; 24) Outside Man; 25) Forget It Mama;
Tracks, Disc 3: 1) You've Been Drunk; 2) Santa Claus Blues; 3) Gin Mill Sal; 4) Let's Have a Ball; 5) Going Down Slow; 6) Hard Feeling; 7) How Long, How Long Blues; 8) Mean Old Frisco; 9) I Think You Need a Shot; 10) Bad Whiskey and Wild Woman; 11) Bus Station Blues; 12) Love Strike Blues; 13) Wet Deck Mama; 14) Big Legged Mama; 15) I'm a Doctor for Women; 16) Cecelia, Ceceila; 17) Going Down to the Bottom; 18) Fifth Avenue Blues; 19) Highway 31; 20) Come Back Baby; 21) Chittlins and Rice; 22) One Sweet Letter; 23) Lonesome Bedroom Blues; 24) Old Woman Blues; 25) Mean Mistreatin' Mama; 26) Featherweight Mama; 27) Day Break.
Tracks, Disc 4: 1) Deacon's Party; 2) My Baby's Comin' Back Home; 3) Just Plain Tired; 4) I'm Gonna Find You Someday; 5) Goin' Back to Louisiana; 6) Barrel House Mama; 7) Old, Old Woman; 8) Mean Black Snake; 9) The Woman I Love; 10) All Night Party; 11) Heart Breaking Woman; 12) Watchin' My Stuff; 13) Ragged and Hungry; 14) Somebody Changed the Lock; 15) Stumbling Block Blues; 16) Highway Blues; 17) Shake Baby Shake; 18) Number Nine Blues; 19) Drunk Again; 20) Shim Sham Shimmy; 21) Ain't No Meat on de Bone; 22) The Blues Got Me Rockin'; 23) Tongue Tied Blues; 24) Please Tell Me Baby; 25) Walkin' Upside Your Head; 26) Rub a Little Boogie; 27) Camille.
Credits: Mickey Baker - guitar; Milton Baptiste - trumpet; Thomas Barney - bass instrument; Tom Barney - bass; Milton Batiste - trumpet; Brother Blues & The Back Room Boys - primary artist; Big Tom Collins - primary artist; Charles Connor - drums; Champion Jack Dupree - piano, primary artist, vocals; Champion Jack Dupree & His Country Blues Band - primary artist; Jack Dupree Quartet - primary artist; Count Edmondson - bass, bass instrument; Jesse Ellery - guitar; Big Chief Ellis - primary artist; Big Chief Ellis & His Blues Stars - primary artist; Wilbert Ellis - piano; The Empires - vocals; Bill Gaither - guitar; Sidney Grant - sax (tenor); Bob Harris - bass, bass instrument; Ernest Hayward - drums; Earl Johnson - drums; Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - drums; Meat Head Johnson & His Blues Hound - primary artist; Willie Jones - drums; Willie Jones III - drums; Willie Jordan & His Swinging Five - primary artist; Al King - sax (tenor); Ransom Knowling - bass, bass instrument; Papa George Lightfoot - harmonica; Lightin' Jr. & The Empires - primary artist; Brownie McGhee - guitar, guitars; Brownie McGhee & His Guitar & Orchestra - primary artist; Sticks McGhee - guitar, guitars; Melvin Merritt - drums; Edwin Moire - guitar; Gene Moore - drums; Papa Lightfoot - harmonica; Nat Perrilliat - sax (tenor); Jesse Powell - sax (tenor); Lonnie Scott - piano; Neil Slaven - annotation, liner notes; Mickey Spider - trumpet; Wilson Swain - bass, bass instrument; John Taylor - drums; Sonny Terry - harmonica; Cedric Wallace - bass, bass instrument.
Tracks, Disc 1: 1) Gamblin' Man Blues; 2) Warehouse Man Blues; 3) Chain Gang Blues; 4) New Low Down Dog; 5) Black Woman Swing; 6) Cabbage Greens No. 1; 7) Cabbage Greens No. 2; 8) Angola Blues; 9) My Cabin Inn; 10) Bad Health Blues; 11) That's All Right; 12) Gibing Blues; 13) Dupree Shake Dance; 14) My Baby's Gone; 15) Weed Head Woman; 16) Junker Blues; 17) Oh, Red; 18) All Alone Blues; 19) Big Time Mama; 20) Shady Lane; 21) Hurry Down Sunshine; 22) Jackie P. Blues; 23) Heavy Heart Blues; 24) Morning Tea; 25) Black Cow Blues.
Tracks, Disc 2: 1) My Cabin Inn; 2) Bad Health Blues; 3) Gibing Blues; 4) Dupree Shake Dance; 5) My Baby's Gone; 6) Jackie P. Blues; 7) Black Cow Blues; 8) Jitterbug; 9) Slow Boogie; 10) Mexico Reminiscences; 11) Too Evil to Cry; 12) Clog Dance (Stomping Blues); 13) Rum Cola Blues; 14) She Makes Good Jelly; 15) Johnson Street Boogie Woogie; 16) I'm Going Down with You; 817) F.D.R. Blues; 18) God Bless Our New President; 19) County Jail Special; 20) Fisherman's Blues; 21) Black Wolf; 22) Lover's Lane; 23) Walkin' by Myself; 24) Outside Man; 25) Forget It Mama;
Tracks, Disc 3: 1) You've Been Drunk; 2) Santa Claus Blues; 3) Gin Mill Sal; 4) Let's Have a Ball; 5) Going Down Slow; 6) Hard Feeling; 7) How Long, How Long Blues; 8) Mean Old Frisco; 9) I Think You Need a Shot; 10) Bad Whiskey and Wild Woman; 11) Bus Station Blues; 12) Love Strike Blues; 13) Wet Deck Mama; 14) Big Legged Mama; 15) I'm a Doctor for Women; 16) Cecelia, Ceceila; 17) Going Down to the Bottom; 18) Fifth Avenue Blues; 19) Highway 31; 20) Come Back Baby; 21) Chittlins and Rice; 22) One Sweet Letter; 23) Lonesome Bedroom Blues; 24) Old Woman Blues; 25) Mean Mistreatin' Mama; 26) Featherweight Mama; 27) Day Break.
Tracks, Disc 4: 1) Deacon's Party; 2) My Baby's Comin' Back Home; 3) Just Plain Tired; 4) I'm Gonna Find You Someday; 5) Goin' Back to Louisiana; 6) Barrel House Mama; 7) Old, Old Woman; 8) Mean Black Snake; 9) The Woman I Love; 10) All Night Party; 11) Heart Breaking Woman; 12) Watchin' My Stuff; 13) Ragged and Hungry; 14) Somebody Changed the Lock; 15) Stumbling Block Blues; 16) Highway Blues; 17) Shake Baby Shake; 18) Number Nine Blues; 19) Drunk Again; 20) Shim Sham Shimmy; 21) Ain't No Meat on de Bone; 22) The Blues Got Me Rockin'; 23) Tongue Tied Blues; 24) Please Tell Me Baby; 25) Walkin' Upside Your Head; 26) Rub a Little Boogie; 27) Camille.