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Chainsaw Dupont & the Blues Warriors have built a strong following in Chicago by swimming against the tide, performing original material rather than the slew of preferred "classic blues" covers that are favored on the touristy blues circuit. Updating the classic blues with modern sounds, they still retain the soulful underpinnings that have always made the blues work. Dupont made his mark as the 90s touring guitarist for the late great Junior Wells , and has attracted some of the best young musicians in Chicago to his live band. His following includes both traditional blues fans and others who appreciate the musicianship of the band, with a trilogy of alt-blues CDs that pay tribute to the 3 great cities of the blues, Chicago, New Orleans, and now Memphis, with the release of "Ghost Kings of Beale St.". The Memphis CD was recorded at the legendary Sun Studio , and mixed at Chicago's famous Delmark Studio , adding to its blues pedigree.
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Member Since: 10/30/2006
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David "Chainsaw" Dupont
guitar, vocals
The Blues Warriors:
Jack "Jungle Dog" Baker
bass
P.T. "Sonny" Dugan
guitar, keys
Chris "Li'l Papa" Robertson
drums
The Chain Gang Horns:
Brennan Connors
sax
Julian Harris
trumpet

Influences: Albert King, Bill Withers, Muddy Waters, Sly Stone, Jimmy Reed, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Junior Wells, Gang of Four, White Stripes, Grateful Dead, Elvis Costello, Jules Shear, Jimi Hendrix, Public Enemy, Gil Scot-Heron, Johnny Adams, Boozoo Chavis, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Little Milton, Buddy Guy

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Sounds Like: Buddy Guy, Keb' Mo', Captain Beefheart, Taj Mahal, Peter Green, Bo Diddley, George Thorogood, Bill Withers, Willie Dixon, The Meters, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Frank Zappa, Booker T. & the MGs, Leon Redbone, Dr. John, Slim Harpo, The Blues Brothers, Parliament, Marvin Gaye, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Fats Domino, Leon Russell

Record Label: Blues Warrior
Type of Label: Indie

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Check out this event: Chainsaw Dupont live videotaping

Hosted By: Chainsaw Dupont When: Saturday Jan 19, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: Taste Entertainment Center6331 S. LoweChicago, IL 60621United StatesDescription:Chainsaw Dupont Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:49:00 GMT

Check out this event: Chicago Blues Tour Winter 2008

Hosted By: Chainsaw Dupont When: Saturday Jan 19, 2008 at 7:00 PMWhere: Chicago Cultural Center77 E. RandolphChicago, IL 60602United StatesDescription:Chainsaw Dupont Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:18:00 GMT

LYRIC OF THE WEEK 10: KING OF MY HEART

I think it's pretty obvious what caused this song. I was heartbroken and wrote down the hook lyrics on the back of a bus transfer one day on the bus. Then I worked up some vocal demos, bui...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:15:00 GMT

LYRIC OF THE WEEK 9: "THAT TRAIN"

When Chainsaw was a very young boy, his father left his family behind to pursue his apirations to become a pro boxer in New Orleans. He ran away from home trying to find him, and while he was go...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:34:00 GMT

LYRIC OF THE WEEK 8: "ALIBIS & LIES"

We went to Memphis to scout clubs and get ideas for the Beale St. record in 2005, and when we went to Beale, we were shocked by how little actual blues was being played there. We had also taken a trip...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:08:00 GMT

LYRIC OF THE WEEK 7: NOWHERE TO GO

I actually met this guy in Chicago's Loop, and he actually told me the story almost word for word as it is in the song. I didn't have money to give him, but oddly enough I was with a label owner at th...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:48:00 GMT

LYRIC OF THE WEEK 6: BluesOMatic"

I had the idea for this lyric a long time ago, but never really followed up on it until we decided we needed a humorous song for the current album. Chainsaw demo'd the track with the first draft of t...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:55:00 GMT

LYRIC OF THE WEEK 5: "RICOCHET"

When I wrote this, I agonized over the lyric for months, doing 5 complete rewrites. I thought I was writing about an accidental drive-by shooting, and with luck and fate as one of the main themes in ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:44:00 GMT

LYRIC OF THE WEEK 4: SACCHARINE

A composite character of several gold diggers I've met over the years, it was written immediately following a bad experience with the most recent one. The ATM machine line came to me when some drunk ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:40:00 GMT

LYRIC OF THE WEEK 3: "YOU THINK TOO MUCH"

We wanted to do a zydeco for the Louisiana-themed record we were working on, and although this was originally a play on a Mose Allison piano song, You Talk Too Much, we patterned it on an old Boozoo C...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:37:00 GMT