Junker's Blues
Context
Blues attributed to New Orleans pianist Willie "Drive 'em Down" Hall, who never recorded it; Champion Jack Dupree cut it on January 28, 1941 in Chicago for OKeh, credited as the author. The lyrics follow a drug user facing the law. Its melody served as the template for Fats Domino's The Fat Man (1949), Lloyd Price's Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952) and Professor Longhair's Tipitina (1953).
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Blues, spirituals, work songs, Boogie-woogie.