Dr. John - The Mojo of Dr. John '2019

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 2 CD 2019 Release featuring Dr. Johns early singles pre-Atlantic Records and
live concert recordings previously unreleased in North American and Japan. This
new retrospective includes rarities from the Rex, Ace, Crazy Cajun labels, and
rare live band and solo performances of Dr. Johns greatest hits. Dr. Johns music
is stamped with the rhythms and traditions of the Crescent City, and he has
spent a career that now spans more than half a century championing its music.
Born Malcolm John Mac Rebennack, he learned piano and guitar as a child. As a
child growing up in the 1940s, he was steeped in the music of the city. It was a
special time in New Orleans, he told USA Todays Edna Gunderson. The radio
stations played basically New Orleans music, and I thought that was what the
whole world heard. As a musician, he was schooled by local legends like Walter
Papoose Nelson (Professor Longhairs guitarist), guitarist Roy Montrell,
keyboardist James Booker and Cosimo Matassa (whose J&M Studio was the hub of the
citys recording scene). Rebennack became one of the first white session men on
the local scene. Working in L.A. with producer Harold Battiste, a fellow
Crescent City expatriate, he created the character of Dr. John the Night
Tripper, a voodoo sorcerer and healer. His first album, Gris-Gris, masterfully
evoked the mystical spirit of back-alley voodoo in a musical setting of
otherworldly NAwlins swamp funk. It meshed perfectly with the age of psychedelia
in which it was released. Such cuts as I Walk on Gilded Splinters evoked a
late-night, back-streets netherworld of ritual and mystery. Until his untimely
passing on June 6th of this year, Dr. John continued to keep the Crescent Citys
musical heritage alive. 
:: TRACKLIST ::

Disc: 1
 1. Foolish Little Girl
 2. Good Times
 3. Sahara
 4. Feedbag
 5. South Of The Border Town
 6. The Honeydripper Part 2
 7. Storm Warning (Long Version)
 8. The Time Had Come
 9. Woman
 10. Which Way
 11. A Little Closer To My Home
 12. Make Your Own
 13. You Said It
 14. Bring Your Own Along
 15. Somebody Tryin To Hoodoo Me
 16. Don Want No Monkey In My Business
 17. I Pulled The Cover Off You Two Lovers
 18. Shining As Hard As I Can (Dying In The Forest)

Disc: 2
 1. Trader John
 2. Zuzu Man
 3. Tipitina Woman Is The Root Of All Evil
 4. Bald Head
 5. The Ear Is On Strike
 6. Go Ahead On Got Lonesome-itis
 7. Such A Night (Live)
 8. Walk On Guilded Splinters (Live)
 9. Goin Back To New Orleans (Live)
 10. Tipitina (Live)
 11. Ive Been Hoodooed (Live)
 12. Right Place Wrong Time
 13. Let The Good Times Roll (Live)

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