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Champion Jack Dupres

from Old Compton Street - EP by Graham Corbould

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I read the obituary of this old blue's guy some years ago, all the things he did in the song are true. Quite a life.
ps he ended up living in a council house in Leeds, UK!

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Lighting up a stage with your smile and golden rings
Eighty years old he plays the blues and he sings
His piano rolls through the night, his voice it cuts like a knife
Not a clue was given to his tragic life.

To see your parents murdered by the Ku Klux Klan
Would be enough to break all but the strongest man
Captured in the East in the course of World War Two
To survive in a prison camp, so many died but not yo

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from Old Compton Street - EP, released January 11, 2021

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Graham Corbould London, UK

Following the tradition of many English singer-songwriters, Graham writes songs that tell a story. Song topics vary greatly and many are written with a rye humour (we all need a smile these days). A song could be about love and loss or it could describe a specific situation; it could be a more humorous observation, such as the misuse of the English Language or “Going Commando”! ... more

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