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Post by doofus67 on Jun 6, 2019 18:22:13 GMT -5
He was the epitome of cool. Every song was a mini-party, Bourbon Street style. RIP.
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 7, 2019 0:42:21 GMT -5
My all-time favorite song by Dr. John, "Right Place Wrong Time" (#9, 1973) remains his most recognized song. Artists such as Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, and Doug Sahm contributed single lines to the lyrics, which lists several instances of ironic bad luck and failure, he also did the song "New Looks" for European Vacation (1985) Dr. John has also been a prominent session musician throughout his career. He played piano on the Rolling Stones' 1972 song "Let It Loose", and backed Carly Simon and James Taylor in their duet of "Mockingbird" in 1974, and Neil Diamond on Beautiful Noise in 1976. He also contributed the song "More and More" to Simon's Playing Possum album. He played on three songs on Maria Muldaur's 1973 solo debut album, including his composition "Three Dollar Bill". He played keyboards on the highly successful 1979 solo debut album by Rickie Lee Jones. Between July and September 1989, Dr. John toured in the first Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, alongside Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Nils Lofgren, Jim Keltner, Joe Walsh, Billy Preston and Clarence Clemons. The tour produced the 1990 live album Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band. 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Rest in peace.  |
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Post by 1finemrg on Jun 7, 2019 5:41:33 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2019 5:43:12 GMT -5
In December 1989 at the age of 12 I had an idea. I’d take a VHS tape and start recording videos on MTV and VH1 I liked. That way I could watch them whenever I wanted.
The first video I recorded was “Frosty the Snowman” by Leon Redbone and Dr John. Sadly, both have died within the last couple of weeks. RIP.
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Post by mrjukebox on Jun 7, 2019 6:52:25 GMT -5
Dr.John & Rickie Lee Jones performed the old standard "Makin' Whoopie" which appeared on the soundtrack of the 1993 movie "Sleepless In Seattle".
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jun 7, 2019 8:05:15 GMT -5
I always enjoyed the song, Right Place..Wrong Time. I think that title could be the title of a book about the story of my life--at least in regard to my success with the opposite sex.  |
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Post by trekkielo on Jun 8, 2019 21:36:39 GMT -5
"Aha, now on AT40, it's time for that Top 40 hit, by the artist who invented the image that's part of his act while he was doing time in prison, his real name is Mac Rebennack, and while he was serving a short sentence at Louisiana's Angola Penitentiary for drug possession, he got interested in history, the history of a particular voodoo man, who practiced in the 1800's, a man called Dr. John, and Mac combined what he learned about that character, with what he remembered of the music he had heard in New Orleans voodoo churches, when he was a boy, churches like the Temple of the Innocent Blood, so when Mac came out of prison, he had put together a wild new stage personality, the priest of voodoo rock, Dr. John the Night Tripper" - Casey Kasem's American Top 40 from June 2nd, 1973  |
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