Dr. John
The Ultimate Dr. John
Atlantic
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This collection is drawn from Dr. John's years on the Atlantic label. Drawing from the albums Gris-Gris, Gumbo,, Remedies, Desitively Bonnaroo, and In The Right Place; it puts his early years as the band leader in perspective and shows the growth and changes he took. It takes us from the Hoodoo-Voodoo sounds of I WALK ON GUILDED SPLINTERS and IKO IKO, to the more polished, but still funky, tunes like SUCH A NIGHT. It is a good sampling of New Orleans rhythm and blues from the more primitive tunes to the more polished of this phase of his recorded years. His long years as a studio musician (if you look on a lot of early New Orleans R & B you will see listed Mac Rebanack listed this is the Doctor’s given name) earned him the respect of the many great 'sidemen' [A virtual who's who of New Orleans musicians] that he has playing with him on this album. If you don't have early Dr. John this is a necessity. He is at his primordial funky best here.
TRACKS
RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME
SUCH A NIGHT
TRAVELING MOOD
WHAT COMES AROUND (GOES AROUND)
ME-YOU= LONELINESS
LET'S MAKE A BETTER WORLD
IKO-IKO
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
JUNKO PARTNER
THOSE LONELY LONELY NIGHTS
HUEY SMITH MEDLEY
A. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
B. DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT
C. WELL I'LL BE JOHN BROWN
MARDI GRAS DAY
MAMAROUX
I WALK ON GUILDED SPLINTERS