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Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack, Jr. (born November 21, 1940), better known by the stage name Dr. John (also Dr. John Creaux), is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist whose music combines blues, boogie woogie and rock and roll. The winner of five Grammy awards, Rebennack was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by singer John Legend on Monday, March 14, 2011.
Dr. John has been making his own idiosyncratic music since the 1960s. Along with Professor Longhair, Dr. John is heir to the rich New Orleans tradition. He is perhaps best known for “Right Place, Wrong Time”, an international hit in 1973, reissued and used on soundtracks many times since.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, his professional musical career began as a session musician in New Orleans in the 1950s. Early on he also played guitar and was often known as Mac Rebennack. He switched to the bass (“the lowest time of my life”), and then the piano after his index finger was nearly shot off protecting his bandmate and longtime friend Ronnie Barron. He gained fame beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with music that combined new orleans-style rhythm and blues with psychedelic rock and stage shows that bordered on voodoo religious ceremonies, including elaborate costumes and headdress. For a time he was billed as Doctor John, The Night Tripper. The name “Dr. John” came from a legendary Louisiana voodoo practitioner from the start of the 19th century.
Dr. John has been making his own idiosyncratic music since the 1960s. Along with Professor Longhair, Dr. John is heir to the rich New Orleans tradition. He is perhaps best known for “
Right Place, Wrong Time”, an international hit in 1973, reissued and used on soundtracks many times since.Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, his professional musical career began as a session musician in New Orleans in the 1950s. Early on he also played guitar and was often known as Mac Rebennack. He switched to the bass (“the lowest time of my life”), and then the piano after his index finger was nearly shot off protecting his bandmate and longtime friend Ronnie Barron. He gained fame beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with music that combined new orleans-style rhythm and blues with psychedelic rock and stage shows that bordered on voodoo religious ceremonies, including elaborate costumes and headdress. For a time he was billed as Doctor John, The Night Tripper. The name “Dr. John” came from a legendary Louisiana voodoo practitioner from the start of the 19th century.
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PolskiFlower wrote:
I am now a patient of the Doctor.
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kaly_ wrote:
Happy Birthday !
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FangsFirst wrote:
...I love that a ton of the tracks most listened to are from Gris-Gris. Normally it's all <insert single here> because people who just kinda like this or that song push the singles up really high. But here we have "Mama Roux" at 2 and "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" at 3 and "Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya" at 9 and "Jump Sturdy," "Danse Kalinda Ba Doom," and "Danse Fambeaux" at 12-14! 6/7 of the album in the top 15! Craziness!
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shtyle wrote:
never heard anything like this, amazing
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iLLMaTiK wrote:
Saw him live a couple days ago, and it was an amazing show. Two and a half hours of ecstasy and dancing. Long live the Doctor!
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eSpinoza88 wrote:
Fambeaux of the best bass-line !
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Druid66 wrote:
Tell the patients the Doctor is in!
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Orange-1 wrote:
Best Music!:-)
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arlaqin wrote:
knew this was gonna be mmamazing a couple seconds into gris-gris.
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duulirium wrote:
amamamazin
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Dr_Seussicide wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/xCryingxOverxGirlsxCorex
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babybling10 wrote:
Inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame
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vebbiz wrote:
Twilight zone
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SlipperShuffle wrote:
the legend
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DoctorMoog42 wrote:
“Sometimes there’s an alligator driving a car, and other times you’re wearing a hat made out of meat.”
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Roolio wrote:
loop Garooo!
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Halfthatswhole wrote:
The ultimate in all things cool...
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GosudO wrote:
Voodo(o)pe.
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mynameisjoehann wrote:
gris-gris= awsome
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juanbsc wrote:
@ Insomniacme, that's how I get friends into him! A Cajun Waits with added funk. Soooo awesome.
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Dr. John to be inducted into Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame!
28 Feb 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/drjohnthenitetripper
Congratulations to Dr. John on his induction into the Rock N'
Roll Hall of Fame! The ceremony will take place March 14th, 2011.
If your interested in watching, there will be a simulcast that same
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