Cornell Dupree was one of the greatest soul guitarists. He was primarily known as a session guitarist and band member for Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and King Curtis. His one man band approach to guitar was an influence on people like Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Mayfield. He passed away on May 8.  The average listener may not have known Mr. Dupree’s name (“Not many people read the back of albums,” he acknowledged in a 1997 interview in The Dallas Observer), but millions knew his playing. His licks are an indispensable part of a number of Ms. Franklin’s biggest hits, Brook Benton’s “Rainy Night in Georgia” and many other records.
By his own estimate, he played on about 2,500 sessions.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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