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2002 – Medicated Magic (Ropeadope Records) featuring John Bell, Dr. John, Olu Dara, Norah Jones, DJ Logic, and Robert Randolph; 2003 – We Got Robbed: Live in New Orleans (self-released) 2004 – Funeral for a Friend (Ropeadope) 2005 – This Is the Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Compilation, Shout! Factory) 2006 – What's Going On (Shout! Factory ...
The song introduces the city of New Orleans and foreshadows the manipulations of Dr. Facilier, the film's main villain. This is the first full song in the movie and the only one during the film not sung by one of the characters ( Ne-Yo 's " Never Knew I Needed " appears only over the closing credits).
Take Me to the River: New Orleans is a 2022 American full-length documentary film directed by Martin Shore about music of New Orleans and Louisiana. It was premiered on April 20, 2022, at the Broadside Theater in New Orleans. [1] It was digitally released on February 3, 2023. It serves as a sequel to 2014 film Take Me to the River: Memphis.
"Right Place, Wrong Time" is a song by American musician Dr. John. It was the first single from his sixth album, In the Right Place , and became his biggest hit single. During the summer of 1973, the song peaked at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 .
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.
The Brightest Smile in Town is an album by the American musician Dr. John, released in 1983. [2] [3] It was his second solo piano album. [4] [5] It was reissued in 2006, along with Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Vol. 1 plus bonus tracks. [6]
Piano excerpt from the rumba boogie "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" (1949) by Professor Longhair. 2–3 clave is written above for rhythmic reference. According to Dr. John, the Professor "put funk into music ... Longhair's thing had a direct bearing I'd say on a large portion of the funk music that evolved in New Orleans."
According to an interview and a recording by Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) played at the WWOZ Piano Night concert in 2020, Tipitina was a type of or name of a bird. Rebennack said he had never heard of that before or since. The New Orleans music venue, Tipitina's, was named for the song, [2] and Tipitina's Foundation bears the Tipitina name.