CHAMPION JACK DUPREE was, in his time (the 1930s), better known for his knockouts in the ring than for his musical talents. And yet, the boxer discovered a passion for the blues, singing about life's hardships, just before being enlisted in the British army to go to the front. Only rediscovered in 1958, *Blues From The Gutter* describes the ills of urban sprawl and modernity that still afflict us today.