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Duke Elegant is a 1999 studio album by New Orleans keyboard player and vocalist Dr. John. The album was produced by the artist under his real name, Mac Rebennack, and is a collection of songs written or performed by Duke Ellington. It features musical support from "The Lower 9-11" (David Barard, [1] Bobby Broom, and Herman "Roscoe" Ernest III ...
Iko Iko. " Iko Iko " ( / ˈaɪkoʊ ˈaɪkoʊ /) is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title " Jock-A-Mo ", was written and released in 1953 as a single by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford and his Cane Cutters but it ...
The phrase was probably taken from the song "Right Place, Wrong Time" by Dr. John, which had been a hit single in summer 1973 and contains the line "I been running trying to get hung up in my mind, got to give myself a little talking to this time, just need a little brain salad surgery, got to cure this insecurity".
Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album "established Dr. John as a skilled songwriter." [8] Phoenix New Times deemed "He's a Hero" " the ultimate hipster-in-the-night song." [9] Writing after the musician's death, Billboard thought that the title track, "combining stride piano, strings and an evocative lyric, displays a subtlety Dr. John ...
The Very Best of Dr. John. (1995) Afterglow is an album by the American musician Dr. John, released in 1995. [2] [3] The majority of the tracks are covers of jazz and blues songs from the 1940s and 1950s; many of the songs were introduced to Dr. John by his parents. [4] [5]
Robert Christgau. B+ [2] In a Sentimental Mood is the twelfth album by New Orleans singer and pianist Dr. John. It spent eleven weeks on the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at No. 142 on July 8, 1989. [3]
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Remedies. (Dr. John album) Remedies is the third album released by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. The photography was by Stephen C. LaVere, taken in 1969 at the Whisky a Go Go . In a 2010 interview with Uncut, Dr. John explained the "bad trip" environment which led to the epic closing track "Angola Anthem": "My managers put me in a psych ward.