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The song has been widely covered as well as multiply recorded by Professor Longhair himself. [6] Professor Longhair: from New Orleans Piano (1972, previously unreleased alternate take recorded in 1953) [14] Dr. John: from Dr. John's Gumbo (1972) Professor Longhair: from Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo (1974). [15]
Dr. John: Dr. John chronology; Goin' Back to New Orleans (1992) Television (1994) Afterglow (1995) Television is a studio album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. [1]
Live recordings include a 1996 tribute concert to Stevie Ray Vaughan, with Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Robert Cray, Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Art Neville and Buddy Guy. [3] Vaughan, Clapton, and others performed it at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2004 [ 4 ] and again in 2010 by Vaughan, Clapton, Robert Cray and Hubert Sumlin .
The "Iko Iko" story is told by Dr. John in the liner notes to his 1972 album, Dr. John's Gumbo, in which he covers New Orleans R&B classics: The song was written and recorded back in the early 1950s by a New Orleans singer named James Crawford who worked under the name of Sugar Boy & the Cane Cutters.
"Big Chief" is a song composed by Earl King in the early 1960s. It became a hit in New Orleans for Professor Longhair in 1964, [1] featuring a whistled first chorus in a rollicking blues piano style and subsequent lyrics written in mock-American-Indian pidgin (whistled and sung by King, uncredited).
Dr. John's Gumbo released in 1972 is the fifth album by New Orleans singer and pianist Dr. John, a tribute to the music of his native city. The album is a collection of covers of New Orleans classics, played by a major figure in the city's music. It marked the beginning of Dr. John's transition away from the eccentric stage character that ...
"Li'l Liza Jane" was first published as lyrics (without notated music) in 1904 by Anne Virginia Culbertson as part of her book At the Big House [9].A different version of the song was published as sheet music in 1916 by Sherman, Clay & Co of San Francisco, California, with compositional credit going to Countess Ada de Lachau (Ada Louise Metz, 1866–1956).
Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter.His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul and funk.