''Forever and Ever'' is an album by the American musician

Champion Jack Dupree William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree (July 23, 1909 or July 4, 1910 – January 21, 1992) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer. His nickname was derived from his early career as a boxer. Biography Dupree was a New Orle ...

, released in 1991. It was his second album for Bullseye Blues and the last one released during his lifetime. The album won a W. C. Handy Award.

Production

Produced by

Ron Levy Ron Levy (born Reuvin Zev ben Yehoshua Ha Levi, May 29, 1951) is an American electric blues musician and composer. Levy was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. He primarily plays piano and organ. Levy grew up in Brookline, Massachu ...

, the album was recorded in New Orleans. "Third Degree" was written by

Eddie Boyd Edward Riley Boyd (November 25, 1914 – July 13, 1994)Dahl, Bill. Eddie Boyd: Biography AllMusic. Retrieved October 13, 2016. was an American blues pianist, singer and songwriter, best known for his recordings in the early 1950s, including the ...

. Bo Dollis duetted with Dupree on "Yella Pocahontas". The title track is about embracing the end of one's life.

Critical reception

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'' called Dupree "a New Orleans treasure whose music connects directly with the tones of Prof. Longhair and Dr. John." ''

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'' wrote that the album "alludes to some of his other Crescent City alliances... Yet the reminiscences, like the music itself, flow freely, without the slightest hint of prodding or preparation." The ''

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'' concluded: "Mixing barrelhouse, New Orleans and single-note blues styles with plenty of space and a booming voice that sounded aged in brine, this New Orleans native ... was proof that the real blues don't need any reviving." '' OffBeat'' deemed ''Forever and Ever'' "a modern blues masterpiece," writing that "Jack is relaxed and swinging with a New Orleans groove that puts the music so far back in the alley where even rats fear to tread."

Robert Christgau Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became a ...

facetiously called Dupree "a dirty old man in fine fettle entertaining the room... And for sure his age is part of the charm."

Track listing

References

{{authority control Champion Jack Dupree albums 1991 albums Rounder Records albums Albums produced by Ron Levy