Junker Blues
| "Junker Blues" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Champion Jack Dupree | |
| A-side | "My Cabin Inn" |
| B-side | "Junker Blues" |
| Published | 1940 |
| Released | 1941 |
| Recorded | 28 January 1941 |
| Genre | piano blues |
| Length | 2:43 |
| Label | Okeh 06152 |
| Songwriter(s) | Dupree (credited) |
| Composer(s) | Willie Hall |
Junker Blues is a piano blues song first recorded in early 1941 by Champion Jack Dupree. It formed the basis of several later songs, including "The Fat Man" by Fats Domino (1949) and "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by Lloyd Price (1952). The original song is about a drug user's conflicts with life and the law, making reference to cocaine, "needles", "reefers", and life in the penitentiary; and contains admonishments against the use of hard drugs.