Tag: Dr. John
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Dr. John, Things Happen That Way, 2022 on Rounder
Dr. John’s final studio LP, posthumously released by Rounder after he passed in 2019. Guest appearances by Aaron Neville (“End of the Line”), Willie Nelson (“Gimme That Old Time Religion”), and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (“I Walk on Guilded Splinters”). Great covers here: Willie Nelson’s “Funny How Time Slips Away,” Hank Williams…
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Various Artists, All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman, 2014 on Rounder
A tribute concert to Gregg Allman with a star-studded set of guests, recorded January 10th, 2014 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, and put out on Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD by Rounder. Allman faced significant health issues in the 2010s, including hepatitis c, liver cancer, and a lung transplant – it’s great they were able…
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Willie Nelson, Milk Cow Blues, 2000 on Island Records
Originally released in 2000, but issued on vinyl for the first time in 2023, this is Willie singing the blues, with guests including Francine Reed, Keb’ Mo’, Jonny Lang, Dr. John, Susan Tedeschi, B.B. King, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd (doing a mean “Texas Flood”). Mix of Wilie’s own songs plus covers (“The Thrill is Gone.”…
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Dr. John, Desitively Bonnaroo, 1974 on ATCO
Dr. John’s seventh solo LP, Desitively Bonnaroo is the source of the name for the Bonnaroo music festival. It was produced by Allen Toussaint, who is also credited with keyboards, percussion, and backing vocals, and a band including George Porter Jr, Art Neville, Joseph Modeliste, and Leo Nocentelli (aka The Meters). Not sure if Dr.…
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Dr. John, Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, 1981 on Clean Cuts.
Dr. John, Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, 1981 on Clean Cuts. Dr. John used “Mac Rebennack” for his writing credits (or Mac Rebennack used Dr. John for some of his performing credits, if you prefer). Either way, this is Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. On solo piano. And no, he was not a medical doctor. Neither…
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Mike Bloomfield, John Paul Hammond, Dr. John; Triumvirate; 1973 on Columbia.
Mike Bloomfield, John Paul Hammond, Dr. John; Triumvirate; 1973 on Columbia. My copy is a UK pressing but it was out in the US at the same time. Great funky blues bayou combo – kind of an alternate universe supergroup in the model of Cream or Blind Faith. At their best on a standard like…
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Dr. John, the night tripper, Gris-Gris, 1986 on ATCO.
Do you walk on guilded splinters? Dr. John, the Night Tripper, Gris-Gris (1968). Rhino Records 180g european reissue from 2013 via Honest Jon’s in London