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Early singles pre-Atlantic Records and live concert recordings. This new retrospective includes rarities from the Rex, Ace, Crazy Cajun labels, and rare live band and solo performances of Dr. John's greatest hits.
Our Overview.
2019 Release featuring the indomitable legend Mac Rebennack aka. Dr. John’s early singles pre-Atlantic Records and live concert recordings previously unreleased in North American and Japan. Known for music that was spiced with his gravelly vocals, mixed with a gumbo of blues, R&B, rock and with a bit of New Orleans voodoo thrown in for good measure Dr John was a one off. This new retrospective includes rarities from the Rex, Ace, Crazy Cajun labels, and rare live band and solo performances of Dr. John’s greatest hits. A treat for fans old and new.
Born Malcolm John ‘Mac’ Rebennack, he learned piano and guitar as a child. As a musician, he was schooled by local legends like Walter ‘Papoose’ Nelson (Professor Longhair’s guitarist), guitarist Roy Montrell, keyboardist James Booker and Cosimo Matassa (whose J&M Studio was the hub of the city’s 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 ‘N’Awlins’ swamp funk. It meshed perfectly with the age of psychedelia in which it was released.