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Since 1989, Starr has toured with fourteen variations of the band, where "everybody on stage is a star in their own right". [1] Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band is a concept that was created by producer David Fishof.
Gris-Gris (stylized as GRIS-gris, / ˈ ɡ r iː ˌ ɡ r iː /, named for a kind of talisman) is the debut album by American musician Dr. John (a.k.a. Mac Rebennack). Produced by Harold Battiste, it was released on Atco Records in 1968.
[24] [25] 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". [21]
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 sessions for the Gris-Gris album took place in the Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, California. The album aimed to combine various strains of New Orleans music. It centered on a character named "Dr. John" who was based on a 19th-century healer called Dr. John Montaine, who claimed to be an African potentate. [4]
Babylon is the second album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John.In his autobiography, Under A Hoodoo Moon, Dr. John describes the origins of the album in detail: "Our second album was cut in late 1968—the year of the Tet offensive, and of the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
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.
Work on Acme began in October 1997, when the band entered the studio with Dan Nakamura, a.k.a. Dan the Automator for "Right Place, Wrong Time", a cover of the Dr. John hit used on the soundtrack to Scream 2. [29] Spencer said: "The reason we did that Scream 2 soundtrack was to try working with a producer.