Champion Jack Dupree
USA
Born: 04 July 1910
Died: 21 January 1992
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Styles: Piano Blues, Acoustic Blues, Jump Blues/Piano Blues, Chicago Blues, New Orleans Blues, Electric Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Early R&B, R&B/Soul
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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 circumst...
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