Early Cuts from a Singer, Pianist and Songwriter

Original Release Date:  June 16, 2009

Track Listing

• 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
• 26. My Cabin Inn [Alternate Take]
• 27. Bad Health Blues [Alternate Take]
• 28. Gibing Blues [Alternate Take]
• 29. Dupree Shake Dance [Alternate Take]
• 30. My Baby's Gone [Alternate Take]
• 31. Jackie P. Blues [Alternate Take]
• 32. Black Cow Blues [Alternate Take]
• 33. Jitterbug
• 34. Slow Boogie
• 35. Mexico Reminiscences
• 36. Too Evil to Cry
• 37. Clog Dance (Stomping Blues)
• 38. Rum Cola Blues
• 39. She Makes Good Jelly
• 40. Johnson Street Boogie Woogie
• 41. I'm Going Down with You
• 42. F.D.R. Blues
• 43. God Bless Our New President
• 44. County Jail Special
• 45. Fisherman's Blues
• 46. Black Wolf
• 47. Lover's Lane
• 48. Walkin' by Myself
• 49. Outside Man
• 50. Forget It Mama
• 51. You've Been Drunk
• 52. Santa Claus Blues
• 53. Gin Mill Sal
• 54. Let's Have a Ball
• 55. Going Down Slow
• 56. Hard Feeling
• 57. How Long, How Long Blues
• 58. Mean Old Frisco
• 59. I Think You Need a Shot
• 60. Bad Whiskey and Wild Woman
• 61. Bus Station Blues
• 62. Love Strike Blues
• 63. Wet Deck Mama
• 64. Big Legged Mama
• 65. I'm a Doctor for Women
• 66. Cecelia, Ceceila
• 67. Going Down to the Bottom
• 68. Fifth Avenue Blues
• 69. Highway 31
• 70. Come Back Baby
• 71. Chittlins and Rice
• 72. One Sweet Letter
• 73. Lonesome Bedroom Blues
• 74. Old Woman Blues
• 75. Mean Mistreatin' Mama
• 76. Featherweight Mama
• 77. Day Break
• 78. Deacon's Party
• 79. My Baby's Comin' Back Home
• 80. Just Plain Tired
• 81. I'm Gonna Find You Someday
• 82. Goin' Back to Louisiana
• 83. Barrel House Mama
• 84. Old, Old Woman
• 85. Mean Black Snake
• 86. The Woman I Love
• 87. All Night Party
• 88. Heart Breaking Woman
• 89. Watchin' My Stuff
• 90. Ragged and Hungry
• 91. Somebody Changed the Lock
• 92. Stumbling Block Blues
• 93. Highway Blues
• 94. Shake Baby Shake
• 95. Number Nine Blues
• 96. Drunk Again
• 97. Shim Sham Shimmy
• 98. Ain't No Meat on de Bone
• 99. The Blues Got Me Rockin'
• 100. Tongue Tied Blues
• 101. Please Tell Me Baby
• 102. Walkin' Upside Your Head
• 103. Rub a Little Boogie
• 104. Camille

Credits

• Champion Jack Dupree: Piano, Vocals
• Bill Gaither: Guitar
• Milton Batiste: Trumpet
• Papa George Lightfoot: Harmonica
• Tom Barney: Bass
• Brownie McGhee: Guitar
• Jesse Ellery: Guitar
• Wilbert Ellis: Piano
• Willie Jones: Drums
• Ransom Knowling: Bass
• Sticks McGhee: Guitar
• Gene Moore: Drums
• Nat Perrilliat: Sax (Tenor)
• Jesse Powell: Sax (Tenor)
• Neil Slaven: Liner Notes, Compilation, Annotation
• Sonny Terry: Harmonica
• Wilson Swain: Bass
• Al King: Sax (Tenor)
• Count Edmundson: Bass
• Cedric Wallace: Bass
• Edwin Moire: Guitar
• Jesse Powell: Sax (Tenor)
• Melvin Merritt: Drums
• Bill Gaither: Guitar
• John Taylor: Drums
• Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers: Drums
• Willie Jones III: Drums
• The Empires: Vocals
• Al King: Sax (Tenor)
• Bob Harris: Bass
• Sidney Grant: Sax (Tenor)
• Milton Baptiste: Trumpet
• Mickey Spider: Trumpet
• Lonnie Scott: Piano
• Ernest Hayward: Drums
• Charles Connor: Drums
• John Taylor: Drums
• Papa Lightfoot: Harmonica
• Earl Johnson: Drums