Dupree was born in addition to 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) in addition to King Curtis every bit a fellow member of Curtis's band "The King Pins" (having grown upward amongst King Curtis inwards Fort Worth). He appeared on the 1969 Lena Horne in addition to Gábor Szabó recording, in addition to on recordings amongst Archie Shepp, Grover Washington, Jr., Snooky Young in addition to Miles Davis.
He was a founding fellow member of the band Stuff, which featured swain guitarist Eric Gale, Richard Tee on keyboards, Steve Gadd in addition to Chris Parker on drums, in addition to Gordon Edwards on bass. Dupree in addition to Tee recorded together on many occasions. Notable albums include the aforementioned Aretha in addition to King Curtis records, summation Joe Cocker's Stingray in addition to 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, in addition to Unstuffed. He played on Brook Benton's "Rainy Night inwards Georgia" in addition to "Please Send Me Someone to Love", in addition to is featured on 2 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 in addition to Jerry Jemmott, had been injured inwards an auto accident inwards Manhattan.
In subsequently years, Dupree used a Fender "red-knob" Twin Reverb in addition to played a Yamaha signature guitar called the Dupree Super Jam (it used to endure a model like to the SJ-550 HM, exactly instantly 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 in addition to influences. In 2009, Dupree appeared inwards a documentary entitled Still Bill, which chronicled the life in addition to 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, exactly ended upward joining him on phase to sing the lyrics to the song. In this purpose 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 abode inwards Fort Worth, Texas. He had been waiting for a lung transplant every bit 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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