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can't believe there isn't a thread on him already, but couldn't find one in the archives, so here it is. Inspired by my recent purchasing of "Remedies". 18-minute "Angola Anthem" = yowza. Still, he never seems to have gotten any better than on "Gris Gris"...

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

In my opinionation,
the sun is gona sholey shine.

Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

his autobiography "Under a Hoodoo Moon" (I think that's the name...?) is also surprising great. He has some scary stories (ie, a job "disposing" of illegally aborted fetuses) and some funnily cruel things to say about the Rolling Stones...

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:21 (7 years ago) Permalink

Desitively Bonnaroo has a few stormers on it.

kinda weird that on the Dudley Perkins album, Madlib samples two track from Gris Gris right after each other.

[that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:42 (7 years ago) Permalink

I wanna hear the song about eating pussy that the Stones are talking about in C*cksucker Blues.

Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

As much as I love "Gris Gris," "Gumbo" is one of my most-played discs. "Iko Iko," "Junco Partner," "Lonely, Lonely Nights," a Huey Smith medley... it's a wonderful little tribute to New Orleans R&B.

Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

hmm, I was waffling about getting Desitively Bonaroo last weekend. I figured it was a safe bet what with the Meters and Alain Toussaint involved, but opted for Remedies instead.

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:54 (7 years ago) Permalink

"desitively bonaroo" is good, get it. also, i like "right place, wrong time" which of course includes his biggest hit.

hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:56 (7 years ago) Permalink

yeah, I have "Right Place, Wrong Time" - definitely his sharpest, funkiest stuff (that I've heard)

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:56 (7 years ago) Permalink

I haven't been able to get into Remedies. Gris Gris and Babylon are both essential. I have a couple of good compilations of the earlier stuff he did. One is under the name Mac Renneback and is mostly stuff he played on with other artists when he was in New Orleans. The other is a vinyl thing that I can't remember the name of. But anyway, search the early stuff, it's pretty cool.

Does anyone know which Sonny & Cher albums he was on? Are they worth picking up?

walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 18:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

his Hal Leonard book on how to play NO-style piano is good, a real finger-buster. He makes it sound so easy. I'm getting there, though, the trick is to learn about fifty thousand subtly different variations on the same thing, and the same number of cool turnarounds.

edd s hurt (ddduncan), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 19:31 (7 years ago) Permalink

oh yeah! I got those books (3 books + CDs) for pretty cheap at Amoeba. I haven't used them much but the CDs are fun to listen to.

walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 19:38 (7 years ago) Permalink

think DJ Premier sampled something off of Desitively Bonaroo. never been able to find The Sun, Moon and Herbs one...

Beta (abeta), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 21:25 (7 years ago) Permalink

the track "Stealin" from Desitively Bonaroo was sampled on Dr Oop's "Deep Impact" (12") (produced by Thes from People Under the Stairs). 'tis a wonderful song

[that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 22:08 (7 years ago) Permalink

"can't believe there isn't a thread on him already, but couldn't find one in the archives...."

You can't have looked look hard enough: Dr. John: Hot or Not?

Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 07:08 (7 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...
so why no love for "Sun Moon and Herbs"? Plenty of stuff on there as creepy and cranky as on "Gris Gris" and "Babylon" - "Craney Crow" has the chants and the whispered breakdown, among other things...

Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 00:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

Second the recommendation of the autobiography. One of the most entertaining showbiz bios I've read. I did a phone interview with him once, he was great. I could have listened to that voice all day. When I called him, he picked up and just said, no hello or anything, "Dahgduh Jaahn."

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 00:54 (7 years ago) Permalink

Does anyone know which Sonny & Cher albums he was on? Are they worth picking up?

-- walter kranz

The only Sonny & Cher-related album released (and presumably recorded) around the same time as Gris Gris is Sonny Bono's solo LP, Innerviews. However, in researching this, I learned that Cher recorded a cover of "Walk On Gilded Splinters", which is news to me!

Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 01:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

Dr. John is cool

Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 01:07 (7 years ago) Permalink

"However, in researching this, I learned that Cher recorded a cover of "Walk On Gilded Splinters", which is news to me!"

Its tighter and funkier than the original, but pretty good too - much better than Paul Weller's version!
Anyway, Dr. John is god and the "Sun, Moon" album is excellent.

Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 07:59 (7 years ago) Permalink

The only Sonny & Cher-related album released (and presumably recorded) around the same time as Gris Gris is Sonny Bono's solo LP, Innerviews.

Ah, I didn't think of looking at Sonny Bono solo stuff. That must be the one.

walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 08:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

love the first four records...all essential in my opinion. i like how they all stake similar territory but each one has its one peculiar vibe. each record is very distinct, gris gris is the sparse one, babylon the psychedelic one, remedies is brassy and vibrant and sun moon and herbs is a little more convoluted. "black widow spider" off "babylon" is one of the greatest rhythm tracks ever.

here's a question...i read that "sun moon and herbs" was originally slated as a 3lp...was all that material actually recorded and shelved or was it simply aborted before going into the studio?

someone needs to put out a box set of those four albums with crazy outtakes and the lost sun moon and herbs material. i can't believe i've never read about any bootlegs, whether of unreleased material or of live performances from the period.

naturemorte, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 09:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

The only Sonny & Cher-related album released (and presumably recorded) around the same time as Gris Gris is Sonny Bono's solo LP, Innerviews.
Ah, I didn't think of looking at Sonny Bono solo stuff. That must be the one.

-- walter kranz (kranz_walte...), December 6th, 2005.

I actually used to have this on vinyl.

Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:13 (7 years ago) Permalink

"here's a question...i read that "sun moon and herbs" was originally slated as a 3lp...was all that material actually recorded and shelved or was it simply aborted before going into the studio?"

In the autobio Dr. John blames his manager at the time for absconding with the master tapes and fucking with them (editing, mixing, etc.). Similar to what happened with Remedies and the version of "Angola" that's on there. Anyway, I'd wager that extra LP of material from the Sun, Moon, and Herbs sessions is just lost and/or destroyed, but who knows...

Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

whoa! the dr is rappin. top of the morn to ya gov'na
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/dr-john-jet-set-1984/872347175

jaxon, Monday, 25 August 2008 23:23 (4 years ago) Permalink

speaking of Sonny and Cher, I guess ya'll know Rebennack's associate from NOLA, Harold Battiste, arranged a lot of Sonny and Cher records? And this bizarre girl group, the Cake (they did a version of Jessie Hill's "Ooh Poo Pah Doo").

And speaking of AFO (Battiste's short-lived New Orleans collective record label), I recommend Dr. John and Ronnie Barron doing "Talk That Talk" on the AFO comp More Gumbo Stew: Original AFO New Orleans R&B.

whisperineddhurt, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 00:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...
1 month passes...

I keep meaning to get his recent albums City that Care Forgot and Tribal but never did. Any good?

Here's a NY Times interview piece from today with him

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/fashion/22with.html?ref=style

curmudgeon, Monday, 23 August 2010 02:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

WFT with his remark about the British?
I'm quite enjoying Tribal. Kind of a throwback to his earlier stuff — more bluesy and swampy.

Jazzbo, Monday, 23 August 2010 11:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

Meant to say "funky" rather than bluesy.

Jazzbo, Monday, 23 August 2010 11:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

Thanks. I wish I has seen his appearance in NYC last summer at a Ponderosa Stomp event with a bunch of old-time New Orleans folks.

curmudgeon, Monday, 23 August 2010 13:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

Here's something I wrote about one track on City That Care Forgot, which album I couldn't get into otherwise:

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rs_sotd/131/song-of-the-day-dr-john-and-the-lower-911-land-grab/

I like Tribal more -- especially the title track, which as far as I can tell is the only track where the hype about the album being a throwback to the weird avant voodoo funk of Gris Gris has any credence. But I have to say the album has shrunk on me with repeated listens, seems rather stodgy (not to mention long) in the long run. Not nearly a throwback to the Mardi Gras funk of Gumbo or the Southern rock swamp funk of In The Right Place either, though I wish it was. But if there are great tracks I'm ignoring, I'm curious what people think they might be. (Well, actually, Ben Ratliff in the NY Times already did -- see link below, and scroll down -- though I'm mostly not hearing what he's hearing, at least not yet):

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/arts/music/02choice.html?_r=1

xhuxk, Monday, 23 August 2010 14:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

That remark about the British is hilarious. He might also have mentioned we kicked their ass in the Battle of His Hometown in the War of 1812.

Zeppelin to Howlin Wolf: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Monday, 23 August 2010 15:12 (2 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

http://blog.nola.com/entertainment_impact_music/print.html?entry=/2011/03/herman_ernest_longtime_dr_john.html

Herman Ernest, longtime Dr. John drummer, dies of cancer

Published: Monday, March 07, 2011, 12:41 PM

By Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune

Herman Ernest III, the longtime drummer in Dr. John’s Lower 911 band and a literal and figurative giant of New Orleans funk drumming, died Sunday of cancer at his home. He was 59.

Renowned for his larger-than-life personality, Mr. Ernest, known affectionately as Roscoe, was both a powerful percussionist and steadfast individual. He referred to his playing style as “diesel funk.”

He was featured on most Dr. John recordings going back at least 20 years, as well as on myriad albums by artists across the spectrum of New Orleans music. He starred in a 2004 New Orleans drumming instructional DVD alongside Herlin Riley, Johnny Vidacovich and Earl Palmer.

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 05:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

:(

We make bouquets that fade immediately. (Turangalila), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 05:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

He kept trying to play right to the end:

Most recently, Mr. Ernest cut tracks for “Nine Lives,” a forthcoming CD and musical based on Dan Baum’s book of the same title. Singer-songwriter Paul Sanchez recalled in a posting Sunday on the OffBeat message board how Mr. Ernest played through intense pain during the recording session.

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 15:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

Listening to "Babylon" for the first time ever this afternoon. What a bizarre record.

Prostetnic Vogon Limbaugh (Dan Peterson), Monday, 19 September 2011 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

I just bought that myself. I really like it! Unique weird vibe, not really like "Gris-Gris" at all.

"black widow spider" off "babylon" is one of the greatest rhythm tracks ever.

Yeahhh!

Cal Poxy (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 08:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

I liked it too, I guess I should have clarified. Yeah, it seems to have less of its roots in "voodoo" or Haitian music (or whatever it is he's mutating on "Gris Gris") and more psychedelic rock and jazz and beat poetry. Mac sounds stoned to the gills on this one.

Prostetnic Vogon Limbaugh (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 13:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

new album with Black Keys guitarist and others coming soon:

The keyboardist and bassist, Leon Michels and Nick Movshon, are from the El Michels Affair, one of the bands associated with Dap-Tone records from Brooklyn and the world of retro-funk that brought you the sound of Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” record. (They’ve also both played in the touring version of the Black Keys.) The guitarist Brian Olive, once of the Soledad Brothers, whose own solo album “Two of Everything” was produced last year by Mr. Auerbach, is part of the same fraternity of backward-looking obsessives.

This record will find some fans among those who loved “Back to Black,” and it should. But have you ever wondered how hip is too hip? “Locked Down,” with its down-cold James Black drum rhythms, distorted Fender Rhodes keyboards and free-range, organically farmed reverb, is a useful test case. (By the way, go back and listen to Dr. John’s complicated, spaced-out record “The Sun, Moon & Herbs,” from 1971, when all recordings were analog: are we trying to out-hip that on its own terms?) If Dr. John weren’t grounding it with his casual essence, it might collapse under the weight of its own studied scuff.

But some of it is beautiful, and I look forward to hearing it live. One can do that right

plus live in NYC:

a residency spread across three weekends. March 29 to 31 he’ll perform in “A Louis Armstrong Tribute,” which is just what it sounds like but different, including performances from Arturo Sandoval, Rickie Lee Jones and the Blind Boys of Alabama. April 5 to 7 he’ll be performing “Locked Down” with Mr. Auerbach and band; and April 12 to 14 he presents “Funky but It’s Nu Awlins,” with guests from his hometown, including Donald Harrison, Davell Crawford, Ivan Neville, Irma Thomas and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/arts/music/dr-john-plays-three-weekends-at-bam.html?ref=music

curmudgeon, Monday, 27 February 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

The record has an African flavor beyond the rhythms. When Mr. Auerbach first approached Dr. John in 2010 about doing an album, he played him Ethiopian jazz by the vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke to give him an idea of the otherworldly keyboard sounds he was after. “I wanted it not to be a throwback album,” Mr. Auerbach said. “I wanted young people to hear it and fall for this stuff, not in a retro way.”

He then recruited young musicians steeped in African pop. They were anchored by the German drummer Max Weissenfeldt, who specializes in Ethiopian and Afro-pop beats, and the bassist Nick Movshon, a New Yorker who has mastered several African styles. They ate Ethiopian food and listened to African jazz during the 10 days in September when they wrote and recorded instrumental tracks at Mr. Auerbach’s studio, Easy Eye Sound.

“It was funny because we were sitting in his studio and we’d be on a roll from eating Ethiopian food and listening to Ethiopian jazz,” Dr. John said, “and then we’d cut something, and it kind of rubbed off. There is a lot of northwest African stuff in there and northeast African stuff, and there is some stuff that reminds me a little bit of Fela Kuti.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/arts/music/dr-johns-new-album-locked-down-and-bam-residency.html?pagewanted=2&ref=music

curmudgeon, Sunday, 1 April 2012 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

i don't have much use for the black keys dude but this album is p good. not sure dr john needs the hot-young-band critical reevaluation treatment as he's never really fallen off, digging it anyway.

adam, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

npr talked with 'em this morning. Black Keys guy pushed the doc to write personal lyrics

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/03/149842728/dr-john-a-rock-legend-gets-personal

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 18:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah album is pretty good. i despise the black keys but if this makes some more money for dr. john, helps him book better venues all the better.

balls, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

I need to pick this up. On one cursory listen it doesn't sound radically different from his recent (non-Great American Songbook) recordings, but I'll admit I haven't been paying close attention to the last few. He was surprisingly great the last time I saw him though, and dug into some deep catalog titles.

If I were in NYC I would see “Funky but It’s Nu Awlins” in a heartbeat.

On the sidelines in a trash can grumping (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

He was on Fallon last night, reading lyrics off of a sheet and looking pretty not-into-it. Best part of the song was Dr. John's keyboard solo, one-handed Astatke-meets-Fela kind of thing.

Oxnard Cohen (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 5 April 2012 03:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

"here's a question...i read that "sun moon and herbs" was originally slated as a 3lp...was all that material actually recorded and shelved or was it simply aborted before going into the studio?"
In the autobio Dr. John blames his manager at the time for absconding with the master tapes and fucking with them (editing, mixing, etc.). Similar to what happened with Remedies and the version of "Angola" that's on there. Anyway, I'd wager that extra LP of material from the Sun, Moon, and Herbs sessions is just lost and/or destroyed, but who knows...

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, December 6, 2005 5:18 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just read in Mojo last night that the dr's working on a version of the full thing for release next year.

Stevolende, Thursday, 5 April 2012 06:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

would buy!

You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

Have any of the first 4 outside of Gris Gris been remastered remotely recently/ Or will that be the first one?
I'm assuming that Gris Gris must have been, cos its been reissued several times.

Just think my copy of Babylon is early 90s at latest. Must find the thing.

Stevolende, Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

man i said it on the album covers thread but Gris Gris is so fucking weird and swampy and psychedelic it's beyond fucked up awesome

haven't heard the new one but nothing with the black keys dude can be truly psych, they are like human cardboard

Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

no i haven't, i have only had a cursory listen to dr. john's music up to now. looking forward to discover some good psych.

alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

Gris Gris and Babylon are both pretty out there

You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha yeah if you think this latest one is psychedelic just wait. any similarities to beefheart probably due to shared debt to howlin wolf right?

balls, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh cool i didn't know he had any other records in that vein

Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

for years i only knew dr. john from his kinda schmaltz-o appearance in The Last Waltz, but I heard Gris Gris a few years ago and was blown away. Such a cool record.

tylerw, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

no, i don't think it has something to do with howlin' wolf. just listen to eleggua and you will know what i mean. that is pure, true beefheart in mexican mode,fantastico.

alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

well, none of them are quite as spacey as Gris Gris. Babylon has a bunch of weird shit on it - children's choirs, odd time signatures, also this amazing song:

Remedies *wanted* to be a psych record but his manager fucked that one up pretty bad afaict. By the time he got around to Sun, Moon, and Herbs things had straightened out a little sonically but the material is all still in that voodoo-blues vein (also features Keith Richards and Mick Jagger iirc). Once he hooked up with the Meters he was pretty solidly in the fonk pocket.

You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

it is really obvious how the manager/producer completely fucked this up:

You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

Gris Gris is really great. Opening track is like taking a swim down the bayou with w/ an old stoned gator. Love all the layers of instruments/voices/sounds floating in and out and around.

Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

scratch vocal, three different takes just strung together one after the other etc.

xp

You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

honestly everything up through like 1976 has something to recommend it

You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

actually kind of annoying it is not a longer interview!

tylerw, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha okay that's a great album cover

You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

and on that photo he even looks like the captain, it is almost spooky:

alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

just got back from the show at BAM, it was good. they played guilded splinters and zu zu mamou. and he did a solo piano of such night which was great. the new songs are cool, if a little too dap-tone sounding or something. but props to auerbach for turning him on to mulatu astake.

mizzell, Friday, 6 April 2012 02:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

Auerbach of the Keys has him backed by Daptone folks on those new ones so that would make sense

curmudgeon, Friday, 6 April 2012 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Doctor's latest album Locked Down is surprisingly vital sounding. The old dog's still got a lot of bite.

Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 8 April 2012 10:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

Thinking about trying to go to one of the BAM events. Wonder if I can still
get a ticket

MIke Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 April 2012 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

Some of his new stuff is great. I love to hear older people dissing the man and sounding like they are still engaged to the world.

Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 8 April 2012 20:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

Are these older folks opposed to his lyrics on the latest, or the music, both, something else or are they aficianados of the first album only???

curmudgeon, Monday, 9 April 2012 14:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

think he means The Man there, not Dr. John

Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 April 2012 15:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ha, misread that at first myself but managed to take a deep breath and parse it correctly

zing left unguarded, the j/k palace in flames (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 April 2012 16:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

Oh, now I get it. Thanks

curmudgeon, Monday, 9 April 2012 16:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

OK, I'm going Saturday

zing left unguarded, the j/k palace in flames (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 April 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

Would greatly appreciate any setlist or review you could bring back. It seems that he might delve into some NOLA R&B obscurities, which are just about my favorite music genre ever, but it's hard to tell exactly from the description.

Hey Jude, don't make it BAD MENTAL HEALTH (Dan Peterson), Monday, 9 April 2012 16:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

The whole album is pretty solid, but I'm really loving "Ice Age":

Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

Sorry about the lack of clarity above folks; The Man. I do try and contribute here like I am having a conversation, but I am shit at it!

Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Thursday, 12 April 2012 01:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

I wonder if the Ernie K Doe book will be on sale at this gig?

zing left unguarded, the j/k palace in flames (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 April 2012 03:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

OK, Dan P, I have enlisted the services of an expert for this project

zing left unguarded, the j/k palace in flames (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 April 2012 14:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

Awesome, thanks! I'm sure there will be some Fats Domino and memories of Booker, and there will certainly be Irma Thomas hits. Davell Crawford is along, and he has recorded some of his grandfather Sugarboy Crawford's stuff, and it's a longshot but Tami Lynn might even do "I'm Gonna Run Away From You."

Hey Jude, don't make it BAD MENTAL HEALTH (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 April 2012 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

It actually just dawned on me that I saw Tami Lynn sing a couple songs at Jazzfest last time I was in N.O. and she (um, delicately) wasn't all that good. She did do "Mojo Hannah."

Hey Jude, don't make it BAD MENTAL HEALTH (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 April 2012 15:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

I never saw her sing. I did overhear her once in the old South Street Seaport Strand Bookstore complaining about one of her mentors

zing left unguarded, the j/k palace in flames (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 April 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

Irma Thomas was awesome. fun show.

mizzell, Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

Standing outside BAM, waiting for Mr. Fine Wine to arrive

i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 April 2012 23:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

Sorry, Dan, don't know if there were too many obscurities. It was actually kind of hard to hear especially the lyrics where I was sitting. Irma Thomas we could hear pretty clearly, she sang two numbers "Wish Someone Would Care" and "(You Can Have My Husband but) Don't Mess with My Man." The biggest pleasant surprises were Ivan Neville singing his dad's "Hercules" and the band playing Smokey Johnson's "It Ain't My Fault," but apparently the latter gets covered a lot. Tami Lynn did not sing "Mojo Hannah" couldn't tell what else she did sing. She seems like a last minute addition since everybody else's bio was printed in there program but her info was inserted on a separate sheet of paper.

i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 April 2012 06:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

pic is str8 awesome

Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 16 April 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

At least on Thursday they did

i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 April 2012 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

Thanks! The songs listed in the review are all great, if unsurprising (St. James Infirmary, Hey Pocky Way.) Yeah, props to them for digging up Hercules.

Advanced Uncle Meat recovery system (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 April 2012 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

I meant to say that "St. James Infirmary" sounded nothing like "St. James Infirmary" until I was able to hear some of the words.

i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 April 2012 19:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah, "Hercules" and Nicholas Payton were the best things. Don't think I mentioned that Davell Crawford sang "Junko Partner."

i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 April 2012 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

Arrgh, "Junco Partner."

i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 April 2012 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

i just worked our big Dr John gala at BAM! was a lot of fun

surm, Monday, 16 April 2012 19:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

Doc's been doing this mambo arrangement of St. James Infirmary for a while now, so probably this one?

Advanced Uncle Meat recovery system (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 April 2012 19:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

video for revolution with footage from BAM
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2012/05/08/152296239/live-from-brooklyn-dr-john-launches-into-a-revolution

mizzell, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

http://www.offbeat.com/2012/07/01/dr-johns-next-maneuver/

After touring Europe plans to release Querzergue (spelling?) coproduced sessions with singer Will Porter

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 12:19 (10 months ago) Permalink

7 months pass...

"in the right place" - 40 years old and still going strong

nonightsweats, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 05:47 (2 months ago) Permalink


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