Dr John-Mercernary-CD-FLAC-2006-BUDDHA
Description :
Rel. date : 11.15.2013
Artist : Dr John
Album : Mercernary
Label : EMI Records
Catalog Nr.: 55643 2 7
Language : English
Genre : R&B
Source : CDDA
Size : 301.52 MB
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T R A C K L i S T
01. Blues In The Night 04:39
02. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby 03:42
03. Personality 03:36
04. Hit The Road To Dreamland 04:11
05. I’m An Old Cow Hand 04:19
06. Dream 02:34
07. Lazy Bones 03:48
08. That Old Black Magic 03:25
09. Come Rain Or Come Shine 05:28
10. Moon River 02:37
11. Tangerine 04:37
12. I Ain’t No Johnny Mercer 03:15
13. Save The Bones For Henry Jones 03:41
49:52
49:52 min
301.52 MB
R E L E A S E i N F O R M A T i O N
Although he didn’t become widely known until the 1970s Dr. John
had been active in the music industry since the late ’50s when
the teenager was still known as Mac Rebennack. A formidable boogie
and blues pianist with a lovable growl of a voice his most
enduring achievements have fused New Orleans R&B rock and Mardi
Gras craziness to come up with his own brand of voodoo music
He’s also quite accomplished and enjoyable when sticking to purely
traditional forms of blues and R&B. On record he veers between
the two approaches making for an inconsistent and frequently
frustrating legacy that often makes the listener feel as if the
Night Tripper (as he’s nicknamed himself) has been
underachieving
In the late ’50s Rebennack gained prominence in the New Orleans
R&B scene as a session keyboardist and guitarist contributing to
records by Professor Longhair Frankie Ford and Joe Tex. He also
recorded some overlooked singles of his own and by the ’60s had
expanded into production and arranging. After a gun accident
damaged his hand in the early ’60s he gave up the guitar to
concentrate on keyboards exclusively. Skirting trouble with the
law and drugs he left the increasingly unwelcome environs of New
Orleans in the mid-’60s for Los Angeles where he found session
work with the help of fellow New Orleans expatriate Harold
Battiste. Rebennack renamed himself Dr. John the Night Tripper
when he recorded his first album Gris-Gris. According to legend
this was hurriedly cut with leftover studio time from a Sonny &
Cher session but it never sounded hastily conceived. In fact its
mix of New Orleans R&B with voodoo sounds and a tinge of
psychedelia was downright enthralling and may have resulted in
his greatest album
He began building an underground following with both his music and
his eccentric stage presence which found him conducting
ceremonial-type events in full Mardi Gras costume. Dr. John was
nothing if not eclectic and his next few albums were granted
mixed critical receptions because of their unevenness and
occasional excess. They certainly had their share of admirable
moments though and Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger helped out on
The Sun Moon & Herbs in 1971. The following year’s Gumbo
produced by Jerry Wexler proved Dr. John was a master of
traditional New Orleans R&B styles in the mold of one of his
heroes Professor Longhair. In 1973 he got his sole big hit In
the Right Place which was produced by Allen Toussaint with
backing by the Meters. In the same year he also recorded with
Mike Bloomfield and John Hammond Jr. for the Triumvirate album
The rest of the decade unfortunately was pretty much a waste
musically. Dr. John could always count on returning to traditional
styles for a good critical reception and he did so constantly in
the ’80s. There were solo piano albums sessions with Chris Barber
and Jimmy Witherspoon and In a Sentimental Mood (1989) a record
of pop standards. These didn’t sell all that well though. A more
important problem was that he’s capable of much more than
recastings of old styles and material. In fact by this time he
was usually bringing in the bacon not through his own music but
via vocals for numerous commercial jingles. It continued pretty
much in the same vein throughout the ’90s: New Orleans super
sessions for the Bluesiana albums another outing with Chris
Barber an album of New Orleans standards and another album of
pop standards
In 1994 Television did at least offer some original material. At
this point he began to rely more upon cover versions for the bulk
of his recorded work though his interpretive skills will always
ensure that these are more interesting than most such efforts. His
autobiography Under a Hoodoo Moon was published by St. Martin’s
Press in 1994 and in 1998 he resurfaced with Anutha Zone which
featured collaborations with latter-day performers including
Spiritualized Paul Weller Supergrass and Ocean Colour Scene
Duke Elegant followed in early 2000. Additional albums for Blue
Note followed in 2001 (Creole Moon) and 2004 (N’Awlinz: Dis Dat or
d’Udda). Sippiana Hericane a four-song EP celebrating his beloved
hometown of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina arrived
in November of 2005. Mercernary an album of covers of songs made
famous by Johnny Mercer appeared on Blue Note in 2006. City That
Care Forgot followed in 2008. The Night Tripper persona was
revived for 2010s Tribal which featured guest spots from Derek
Trucks Allen Toussaint Donald Harrison and the late Bobby
Charles. Dr. John also contributed to French electronic artist
Feloche’s international hit single Gris Gris John the same year
He teamed with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach to producer and
record Locked Down. It was issued in the spring of 2012
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