Various Artists: Blues Pianist of New Orleans - COMPACT DISCS

Various Artists: Blues Pianist of New Orleans - COMPACT DISCS

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Blues Pianist of New Orleans

Artist:

Various Artists

Label:

Storyville Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

717101861927

Genre:

Pop

Release Date:

2019-10-04

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

WITH DVD, 2 PACK

William Thomas Dupree was born in 1909 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was from the Belgian Congo and his mother was part African-American, part Cherokee. His parents ran a grocery store in the Irish Channel neighborhood and the family lived upstairs. When he was about one year old, the house was set on fire by the Ku Klux Klan and both his parents were killed. He grew up in the Colored Waifs Home in New Orleans where he received no schooling, but learned about music, cooking and fighting. When he came out of the orphans' home, he learned to play barrelhouse piano, especially from a pianist called Willie 'Drive 'Em Down' Hall. He made his living playing piano and fighting in the street for bets. He returned to Chicago in 1939 and joined a circle of recording artists including Big Bill Broonzy and Tampa Red, who introduced him to record producer Lester Melrose. After WWII he moved to New York, where he made multiple recordings for many labels, including his legendary 1958 album for Atlantic Records, Blues From The Gutter.

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