Cornell Dupree, guitarist for Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, dies
(CBS/AP) FORT WORTH, Texas - Cornell Dupree Jr., a guitarist who played in Aretha Franklin's touring band, including on her 1971 album "Aretha Live at Fillmore West," has died. He was 68.
(Scroll down to see Dupree play live with King Curtis.)
Dupree performed live with many musicians, including King Curtis, and played on more than 2,500 recording sessions, according to allmusic.com, with musicians ranging from Paul Simon to Roberta Flack to Mariah Carey. He died Sunday at home in Fort Worth. His funeral is set for Friday.
Just out of high school, he went to work in Manhattan with saxophonist King Curtis Ousley, another Fort Worth native.
Dupree, who went on to be a studio player, played guitar on "Respect" by Franklin, "Rainy Night in Georgia" by Brook Benton and "Memphis Soul Stew" by King Curtis.
He toured with Franklin's band from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s.
His son, Cornell Dupree III, tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram most people don't know his father, but "there's not too many musicians who don't know him."