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ALBUMSolo Piano: Live In New Orleans, 1984Dr. John
Albums by Dr. John
ALBUMThings Happen That WayDr. John
ALBUMGumbo Blues (2020 Re-Recorded Versions)Dr. John
ALBUMBig Band Voodoo (feat. WDR Big Band)Dr. John
ALBUMSke-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit of SatchDr. John
ALBUMLocked DownDr. John
ALBUMTribalDr. John
ALBUMCity That Care ForgotDr. John
ALBUMAn Introduction to Dr. JohnDr. John
ALBUMMercernaryDr. John
ALBUMSippiana HericaneDr. John
Dr. John's Popular Music Videos
Right Place, Wrong Time
Dr. John & Chris Barber
Another Murder in New Orleans
Dr. John, Bobby Rush & Blinddog Smokin'
Little Liza Jane
Dr. John & Chris Barber
Mac's Boogie-Woogie
Dr. John & Chris Barber
Treme Music Video: My Indian Red (Live)
Dr. John
New Orleans Memories (Medley)
Dr. John & Chris Barber
When the Saints Go Marching In
Dr. John & Chris Barber
Goin' Back to New Orleans
Dr. John
New Stack-a-Lee
Dr. John & Chris Barber
Memories of Smiley
Dr. John & Chris Barber
Artist Playlists
Dr. John Essentials
The gravel-voiced high priest of New Orleans' temple of funk.
Inspired by Dr. John
Rock, folk, and groove traveling beyond New Orleans' city limits.
Dr. John: Deep Cuts
Original fusion compositions and funked-up tributes to Ellington.
Dr. John: Influences
Stride piano, early-rock energy, and R&B grooves point the way.
Artist Biography
No performer embodies the deeply funky, audaciously swinging spirit of New Orleans music more than singer/songwriter/pianist Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John. Born in The Big Easy in 1941, Rebennack dropped out of high school to gig tirelessly and record as a guitarist—before losing the use of a fretting finger in a gun fight and making the switch to piano. Following two years in jail on a heroin charge, Rebennack moved to Los Angeles, where he joined fabled studio sessioneers The Wrecking Crew. His 1968 debut, Gris-Gris, introduced his alter ego, Dr. John the Night Tripper, a beaded and befeathered hybrid of voodoo exoticism and Big Easy conviviality. After four albums of cult-pleasing swampadelic soul, he returned to his roots in 1972 with Dr. John's Gumbo, a stirring celebration of his hometown's keyboard-centric rhythm-and-blues tradition. The following year, he shrewdly hired preeminent Nawlins instrumental quartet The Meters for an album containing his biggest hit, the classic-rock standard "Right Place Wrong Time." His distinctive growl graced memorable commercials (notably, Louisiana mainstay Popeye's) and sitcom themes (including Blossom), and inspired Dr. Teeth, leader of Muppets house band the Electric Mayhem. In later years, he filled albums with the more than 115 songs he co-wrote with Brill Building legend Doc Pomus and provided voodoo vibes for projects by Spiritualized and Gregg Allman. In 2014, Dr. John brought it all back home in celebration of New Orleans jazz pillar Louis Armstrong on Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch, his final album before his death in 2019.
Hometown
New Orleans, LA, United States
Genre
Rock