Dupree was born as well as raised inwards Fort Worth, Texas, where he graduated from I.M. Terrell High School. Dupree began his career playing inwards the Atlantic Records studio band, recording on albums past times Aretha Franklin (Aretha Live at Fillmore West) as well as King Curtis equally a fellow member of Curtis's band "The King Pins" (having grown upwards amongst King Curtis inwards Fort Worth). He appeared on the 1969 Lena Horne as well as Gábor Szabó recording, as well as on recordings amongst Archie Shepp, Grover Washington, Jr., Snooky Young as well as Miles Davis.
He was a founding fellow member of the band Stuff, which featured swain guitarist Eric Gale, Richard Tee on keyboards, Steve Gadd as well as Chris Parker on drums, as well as Gordon Edwards on bass. Dupree as well as Tee recorded together on many occasions. Notable albums include the aforementioned Aretha as well as King Curtis records, summation Joe Cocker's Stingray as well as Luxury You Can Afford, summation Cornell's solo albums Teasin', Saturday Night Fever (instrumental), Shadow Dancing, Can't Get Through, Coast to Coast, Uncle Funky, Child's Play, Bop 'n' Blues, as well as Unstuffed. He played on Brook Benton's "Rainy Night inwards Georgia" as well as "Please Send Me Someone to Love", as well as is featured on ii tracks of Peter Wolf's 1998 album, Fool's Parade. He is also known for playing the opening guitar riff on Aretha Franklin's "Respect".
In Dec 1972, the UK music magazine, NME, reported that Dupree, along amongst Roberta Flack as well as Jerry Jemmott, had been injured inwards an auto accident inwards Manhattan.
In afterward years, Dupree used a Fender "red-knob" Twin Reverb as well as played a Yamaha signature guitar called the Dupree Super Jam (it used to endure a model like to the SJ-550 HM, merely immediately is closer to a three-pickup Pacifica amongst a maple neck).
In 1989, Cornell recorded a video for Arlen Roth's Hot Licks called R&B Guitar, which documented his style, technique as well as influences. In 2009, Dupree appeared inwards a documentary entitled Still Bill, which chronicled the life as well as times of Bill Withers. He appeared on phase playing a guitar-led version of Grandma's Hands. Bill Withers, at first, was sitting inwards the audience, merely ended upwards joining him on phase to sing the lyrics to the song. In this part of the documentary, Dupree played his guitar on a stool, breathing using an oxygen machine, which foretold his suffering from emphysema.
Dupree died on May 8, 2011 at his domicile inwards Fort Worth, Texas. He had been waiting for a lung transplant equally a number of suffering from emphysema.
Tracklist:
1 Bumpin' 4:37
2 Short Stuff 4:01
3 Putt's Pub 5:17
4 For Blue's Sake 5:32
5 Child's Play 4:32
6 Smooth Sailin' 4:37
7 Ramona 5:08
8 Just What You Need 4:20
9 Mr. Bojangles 7:03
Personnel:
Guitar, Producer – Cornell Dupree
Alto Saxophone – Steve Greenfield
Arranged By [Horns] – Richard Tee
Bass – Will Lee
Drums, Percussion – Eric Parker
Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker
Piano – Paul Shaffer
Piano, Organ – Mitch Margold
Tenor Saxophone – Scott Kreitzer
Trombone – Randy Andos
Trumpet – Barry Danielian
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