RIP Cornell Dupree

[proud2BlibKansan]

Cornell Dupree, 69, the rhythm-and-blues guitarist whose work graced innumerable recordings by artists including Aretha Franklin, Joe Cocker, Paul Simon, Bonnie Raitt and Mariah Carey, died May 8 at his home in Fort Worth. He had emphysema and was awaiting a lung transplant.

As a mainstay of New York recording studios, Mr. Dupree’s career spanned more than four decades and, by his estimation, nearly 2,500 albums.

Cornell Dupree, 69, was a rhythm-and-blues guitarist whose work graced innumerable recordings by artists including Aretha Franklin, Joe Cocker, Paul Simon, Bonnie Raitt and Mariah Carey.

He was among the elite in a small cadre of musicians who turned in memorable, often crucial hooks in a song and did not mind being overshadowed by the main performer. Writer and guitarist Josh Alan Friedman called Mr. Dupree “the ultimate unshowoff.”

Some of his prettiest guitar lines colored one of the most melancholy — and sentimental — songs in rhythm and blues, Brook Benton’s 1970 recording of “Rainy Night in Georgia.”

more . . . http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/cornell-dupree-rhythm-and-blues-guitarist-dies-at-69/2011/05/10/AFt1XyjG_story.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PwuJ5i-o28&feature=related

[wilt the stilt]

1. King Curtis-Live at the Fillmore

great album- One that Duane allman told people to get and I never for once ever regretted getting it. Cornell is the guitarist on it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Yes that's one of our faves

Also all the Stuff albums.

[spanone]

3. k&r...

[Sonoman]

4. Thanks for everything, Cornell.

He taught me what not to play.

Glide on, man.

Sonoman