Dr. John - In The Right Place - LP (1973) Atco - (2014) Rhino - New Orleans (FLAC)

Born Malcolm John Rebennack Jr in 1941- passed 2019. better known world wide by his stage name Dr. John. A gifted singer and songwriter. His music combines blues, pop, jazz, boogie woogie, soul,funk, and rock and roll, combined with the unique sounds only New Orleans has to offer. The good DR  began playing the piano at the age of six and, as he grew up, he became strongly influenced by the style of Roy Byrd (aka Professor Longhair). He immersed himself in the music and voodoo cultures of New Orleans, where he became known as Mac Rebennack, playing the organ in strip clubs with 'make-up' bands in the French Quarter. However, it was as a session guitarist with John Vincent's Ace Records that gave him his first break, around 1957. He worked with the New Orleans R&B session crew at Crescent City's 'Cosimo V. Matassa' studio(Bio previously done) and with an 'All For One' co-operative formed by Harold Battiste- cutting "Storm Warning" (Rex, 1957) and singles on Ace, Rex and AFO (an acronym of All For One) .Rebennack then moved to California in 1962 with Battiste's crew, where they played on Sam Cooke's final recording session. Rebennack subsequently undertook a lot of session work around LA (appearing briefly for a "Freak Out!" album session with Frank Zappa) and developed his 'Mardi Gras' persona of "Dr. John Creaux, The Night Tripper" with Battiste's help, assembling the "Gris-Gris" album whilst sessioning for Sonny & Cher. His drawled and ponderous style, tinged with a husky Southern Comfort delivery, caught the mood of the moment upon the album's release in 1968 giving him the commercial freedom to explore the many facets of the Louisiana blues and Memphis funk cultures in following releases. His recordings have been supported by such alumni as Clapton, Jagger, Allen Toussaint, The Meters, Jerry Wexler and Mike Bloomfield and 100,s of others. He had a top-ten hit with "Right Place, Wrong Time", his most commercial hit world wide and he appeared in the Martin Scorsese film The Last Waltz (1978). He unexpectedly passed away of a sudden, massive heart attack on June 6, 2019. Theres tons more info on his site GO HERE!that i would recommend visiting. I loved the guys honest musical style and sadly missed. This was arguably the album that put his name outside New Orleans to a world wide audience.With a massive 70 albums and 50 odd 45,s to his credit the man is undoubtedly a LEGEND!

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