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Dr John, The Night Tripper |
Dr John's real name is Mac Rebennack. He dropped "The Night Tripper" after The Sun... album |
Gotta Start Somewhere...
Mac Rebennack
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Storm Warning / Foolish Little Girl Rebennack (2:52) / Rebennack (2:24) Rex 1008, 8/59 |
Mac Rebennack & His Orch.
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Good Times / Sahara Frank-Scott (2:35) / Rebennack (2:18) Ace 611, 1/61 |
Mac Rebennack & The Soul Orch
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The Point / One Naughty Flat Rebennack (2:09) / Montrell (2:27) A.F.O. 309, 12/62 |
Drits & Dravy
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Talk That Talk - Part I / Talk That Talk - Part II Rebennack (2:30) / Rebennack (2:30) Another Record 100/101, ?/63 Mac Rebennack and Ronnie Barron |
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Gris-Gris |
Atco SD 33-234 | |
1/22/68 RS500 [UK: ?/68] | |
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Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya | Creaux | 5:34 |
Danse Kalinda Ba Boom | Battiste-Creaux | 3:44 |
Mama Roux | Creaux-Hill | 2:55 |
Danse Fambeaux | Creaux | 4:53 |
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Croker Courtbullion | Battiste | 5:57 |
Jump Sturdy | Creaux | 2:19 |
I Walk On Guilded Splinters | Creaux | 7:57 |
For the actual musicians, see blue note!
§Cover Art-Marvin Israel; Photo-Raphael
Produced by: Harold Battiste Jr
Note: All the ambience of a swampy New Orleans midnight voodoo-inspired gathering (actually Gold Star Studios in LA).
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I Walk On Gilded Splinters, Pt 1 / I Walk On Gilded Splinters, Pt 2 Dr John Creaux (2:50) / Dr John Creaux (2:57) Atco 6607, 8/68 |
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Mama Roux / Jump Sturdy Creaux-Hill (2:55) / Dr John Creaux (2:19) Atco 6635, 11/68 |
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Babylon |
Atco SD 33-270 | |
1/17/69 [UK: 4/69] | |
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Babylon | Creaux | 5:13 |
Glowin' | Creaux | 5:37 |
Black Widow Spider | Rebennack | 4:45 |
Barefoot Lady | Battiste-Creaux | 3:00 |
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Twilight Zone | Rebennack | 8:10 |
The Patriotic Flag-Waiver | Creaux | 4:53 |
The Lonesome Guitar Strangler | Creaux | 5:35 |
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Toronto Pop Festival(6/22/69) |
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Atlantic City Pop Festival(8/3/69) |
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New Orleans Pop Festival(9/1/69) |
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Remedies |
Atco SD 33-316 | |
4/9/70 [UK: 8/70] | |
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Loop Garoo | Rebennack | 4:42 |
What Goes Around Comes Around | Rebennack | 2:55 |
Wash, Mama, Wash | Rebennack | 3:35 |
Chippy, Chippy | Rebennack | 3:30 |
Mardi Gras Day | Rebennack | 8:08 |
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Angola Anthem | Rebennack | 17:33 |
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Wash, Mama, Wash / Loop Garoo Rebennack (3:42) / Rebennack (4:43) Atco 6755, 5/70 |
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6/28/70: Bath Festival 1970 Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England |
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New York Pop(7/19/70) |
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The Sun, Moon & Herbs |
Atco SD 33-362 | |
8/31/71 BB [UK: 11/71] | |
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Black John The Conqueror | Rebennack | 6:20 |
Where Ya At Mule | Rebennack | 4:55 |
Craney Crow | Rebennack | 6:40 |
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Familiar Reality-Opening* | Hill-Rebennack | 5:25 |
Pots On Fiyo (Filé Gumbo) / Who I Got To Fall On (If The Pot Get Heavy) |
Rebennack | 5:48 |
Zu Zu Mamou | Rebennack | 7:57 |
Familiar Reality-Reprise | Hill-Rebennack | 1:53 |
New Orleans Roots Mac dropped The Night Tripper tag and returned to his real New Orleans R&B roots, recording this fabulous album of "local" songs. By gum, he even had a "hit" single! |
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Iko Iko³ / Huey Smith Medley Crawford (3:10) / Smith-Vincent (3:17) Atco 45-6882, 3/72 BB The title on the B-side lists all the medley titles—I didn't |
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Dr John's Gumbo |
Atco SD-7006 | |
4/20/72 BB RS500 [UK: 7/72] | |
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Iko Iko | Crawford | 4:08 |
Blow Wind Blow | Cougarden-Smith | 3:17 |
Big Chief | Gaines | 3:25 |
Somebody Changed The Lock | Rebennack | 2:42 |
Mess Around | Ertegun | 3:09 |
Let The Good Times Roll | Johnson | 3:56 |
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Junko Partner | Shad | 4:27 |
Stack-A-Lee | Arr Archibald | 3:28 |
Tipitina | Byrd | 2:04 |
Those Lonely Lonely Nights | King-Vincent | 2:30 |
Huey Smith Medley: High Blood Pressure Don't You Just Know It Well I'll Be John Brown |
Smith-Vincent | 3:17 |
Little Liza Jane | Smith-Vicent | 2:59 |
Note: First issues had an insert wherein Dr John talks about the songs on the album.
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The good doctor was a strong ally in the recovery of the Big Easy since that devastating hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Mac played on many recordings, including the Stones (Let It Loose). He passed away on June 6, 2019. |