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cornell dupree in 1976 08 may 2011 fort worth , texas fort worth , texas wounded bird , antilles , kokopelli , dialtone non_vocal_instrumentalist 19 december 1942 guitar r & b , jazz cornell dupree.jpg cornell dupree
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cornell dupree

cornell luther dupree -lrb- december 19 , 1942 -- may 8 , 2011 -rrb- was an american jazz and r&b guitarist .
he worked at various times with bill withers , donny hathaway , king curtis and steve gadd , appeared on david letterman , and wrote a book on soul and blues guitar : `` rhythm and blues guitar '' isbn 0-634-00149-3 .
he reputedly recorded on 2,500 sessions .
