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 (twelve years ago) link
just saw this: http://www.avclub.com/articles/new-orleans-funky-night-tripper-dr-john-talks-new,71950/
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
actually kind of annoying it is not a longer interview!
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
and on that photo he even looks like the captain, it is almost spooky:
http://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/71/71950/Dr-John-CREDIT-LISA-HOULGRAVE_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 5 April 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Thinking about trying to go to one of the BAM events. Wonder if I can stillget a ticket
― MIke Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 April 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
think he means The Man there, not Dr. John
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 April 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, now I get it. Thanks
― curmudgeon, Monday, 9 April 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Sure
― zing left unguarded, the j/k palace in flames (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 April 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
The whole album is pretty solid, but I'm really loving "Ice Age":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBEPKqDBuk0
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAwYfd2vnAA
― Hey Jude, don't make it BAD MENTAL HEALTH (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 April 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Irma Thomas was awesome. fun show.
― mizzell, Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Hm. I guess they DID play "Mojo Hannah" http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/04/dr_john_funky_but_its_nu_awlins_bam_april_12_review.php
― i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 April 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
pic is str8 awesome
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 16 April 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
At least on Thursday they did
― i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 April 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Arrgh, "Junco Partner."
― i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 April 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
i just worked our big Dr John gala at BAM! was a lot of fun
― surm, Monday, 16 April 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Doc's been doing this mambo arrangement of St. James Infirmary for a while now, so probably this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY5N3gp4IZM
― Advanced Uncle Meat recovery system (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 April 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
video for revolution with footage from BAMhttp://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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
"in the right place" - 40 years old and still going strong
― nonightsweats, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Dr_john_-_city_lights.jpg
just listened to City Lights for the first time. it's slicker than the first four records but pretty good in it's own right.
― Lost in Crafton, Saturday, 18 October 2014 00:44 (nine years ago) link
One of my favorite Dr. John songs is from one of his weaker records, Tango Palace. "I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2iVeajkJ8c
― Dick Clownload (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 18 October 2014 13:35 (nine years ago) link
Always loved this one off Remedies.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE8sHZeqE8Q
― Jazzbo, Saturday, 18 October 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
I love City Lights, has a vibe approaching steely dan.
― mizzell, Saturday, 18 October 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
Has anybody come acrossany live recordings from the 68/69 era with the original Dr John & the Night Trippers band. I think the earliest thing I've come across so far is one track from 1970 from the Dutch Kralingen festival and quite a few from like '72 and '73.But at the moment I'm reading Under A hoodoo Moon and he's talking about that band being something else so would love to get to hear what they were like live. I have the studio stuff.
― Stevolende, Friday, 2 February 2018 09:09 (six years ago) link
Danse fambeaux tho
― done and dusted (Ross), Friday, 4 May 2018 06:13 (five years ago) link
The good doctor has sadly left us.
https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_a962e500-8877-11e9-991d-2f4782c02ae0.html/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 June 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
Towards the break of day June 6, iconic music legend Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr., known as Dr. John, passed away of a heart attack. The family thanks all whom shared his unique musical journey & requests privacy at this time. Memorial arrangements will be announced in due course.— Dr. John (@akadrjohn) June 6, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 June 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
Can't help thinking of night tripper, the right place one with the meters for starters. it's years since i've listened tbh - but classic without doubt. RIP :(
― calzino, Thursday, 6 June 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
Oh, FUCK. I knew he wasn't well. Management said he was resting and hoped to be performing again soon. Many wonderful records, many wonderful shows. This one really hurts.
― While My Guitar Gently Wheedly-Wheedly-Wheedly-Weeps (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 6 June 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/62381238_10156243771957611_3491716099915907072_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_oc=AQldnE3kBMJn_MhwQ5FWLtztUk4Jnc6tzs8rIMwa7b3YTHsbn42OPXqml74F8TZseTpUoi3anUjDad9JvaiXSEfl&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=50f11dd5f8ab87b0675bdd84848c979e&oe=5D9007C4
― earlnash, Friday, 7 June 2019 00:24 (four years ago) link