Producers include: Allen Toussaint, Harold Battiste.Includes liner notes by Jeff Hannush.Personnel: Dr. John (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards).Audio Remasterers: Ken Perry; Bill Inglot.Liner Note Author: Jeff Hannusch.This i...
Personnel includes: Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (vocals, guitar, piano); David Spinozza (guitar); Gary Brown (saxophone); Allen Toussaint (keyboards, percussion); Ralph McDonald (percussion); Robbie Montgomery, Jessie Smith (background vocals)...
AND HIS NEW ORLEANS CONGREGATION is a compilation of Dr. John recordings from the late 1950's and early 1960's.Personnel includes: Dr. John, Earl King, Alvin Tyler, Frankie Ford, Lee Dorsey, Joe Tex, Huey "Piano Smith, Benny Spellman....
Personnel: Dr. John (vocals, guitar, piano); Alvin Robinson (guitar, background vocals); Ken Klimak (guitar); Harold Battiste (clarinet, saxophone); Sidney George (harmonica, saxophone); Moe Bechamin (saxophone, background vocals); Lee Alle...
Mac Rebennack (aka Dr. John) in many ways embodies not only New Orleans music, but American music as well. His distinct sound is rooted in Crescent City jazz and R&B, yet also contains elements of country, blues, and rock-&-roll. And it's a...
Personnel includes: Dr. John (vocals, guitar, piano); Leo Nocentelli (guitar); Gary Brown (clarinet, soprano, alto & tenor saxophones); Mark Colby (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Whit Sidener (alto & baritone saxophones); Ken Faulk (trumpet, f...
Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.Long before he began stirring up a smoldering pot of sonic gumbo with his spooky, swamp-psychedelic brand of New Orleans R&B, Dr. John the Night Tripper was Crescent City studio pro Mac Rebennack. That's the ...
CITY LIGHTS marked a transitional point for Dr. John. It found him beginning to move away from the swampy, gritty New Orleans R&B sound of his earlier albums toward a cleaner, jazzier style. It's the first of two albums he made for A&M/Hori...
New Orleans piano legend Dr. John is mad as hell, and he's letting the world know it in no uncertain terms on THE CITY THAT CARE FORGOT. Over swampy, percolating grooves that bear more greasy funk than blues, Dr. John melodically excoriates...
Personnel: Dr. John (vocals, guitar, piano, organ); Danny Barker (guitar, banjo); Tommy Moran (guitar); Pete Fountain (clarinet); Charles Neville, Herb Hardesty, Eric Traub, Amadee Castenell, Frederick Kemp (tenor saxophone); Alvin "Red" Ty...
Here we go again. Cleopatra, a label long associated with issuing titles of dubious quality (and sometimes mysterious origin) by well-known artists, has licensed from Warner these early sides by Dr. John. The music isn't terrible by any str...
Personnel: Dr. John (vocals, piano, organ); Dr. John; John Fohl (guitar, guitars, background vocals); Eric Truab, Herbert Hardisty, James Rivers, Eric Traub (tenor saxophone); Alonzo Bowen (baritone saxophone); Charlie Miller (trumpet); Dav...
Audio Remasterers: Dave Schultz; Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.Liner Note Author: John Tottenham.Photographer: Richard Aaron.Arrangers: Harold Battiste; Allen Toussaint.This entry in Rhino Records' extra-value double-CD best-of series...
/Chris Barber's Jazz & Blues Band.Contains 2 bonus tracks.Personnel: Dr. John (vocals, piano, percussion); Dr. John; Roger Hill (guitar, percussion); Roger Hill (guitar); Dick Cook, Dick Cook (clarinet); Roy Maskell (trumpet, trombone...
Dr. John: Trazi Williams, Mac Rebennack, Amadee Castenell, Jr., Herman V. Ernest III, David Barard, Tom Moran, Charles Miller.Recorded on Fat Tuesday, 1989, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME features New Orleans legend Dr. John in concert on his h...
Liner Note Authors: Fred Jung; George Harris.A compilation of vintage recordings by Dr. John (A.K.A. Mac Rebennack), 2006's WHAT GOES AROUND (COMES AROUND) finds the Louisiana musical icon in vibrant form. On this 15-song set, listeners ...
Personnel: Dr. John (vocals, piano).Liner Note Authors: Fred Jung; George Harris.This grab bag of Dr. John recordings from the late 1960s and early '70s shows the New Orleans stylist in both pre- and post-GRIS GRIS modes. There's the ...
Fans looking to procure a little time with the Doctor could do a lot worse than this 1997 budget compilation from Rhino Flashback. "Right Place Wrong Time," "Tipitina," and "Iko Iko" are classic Dr. John tunes, but there's a lot missing lik...