Dr John Mojo Of Dr. John CD

Solo performances of Dr. John's greatest hits. Dr. John's music is stamped with the rhythms and traditions of the Crescent City, and he has spent a career that now spans more than half a century championing it's music. Born Malcolm John 'Mac' Rebennack, he learned piano and guitar as a child. As a child growing up in the 1940s, he was steeped in the music of the city. 'It was a special time in New Orleans,' he told USA Today's Edna Gunderson. 'The radio stations played basically New Orleans music, and I thought that was what the whole world heard.' As a musician, he was schooled by local legends like Walter 'Papoose' Nelson (Professor Longhair's guitarist), guitarist Roy Montrell, keyboardist James Booker and Cosimo Matassa (whose J&M Studio was the hub of the city's recording scene). Rebennack became one of the first white session men on the local scene. Working in L.A. with producer Harold Battiste, a fellow Crescent City expatriate, he created the character of Dr. John the Night Tripper, a voodoo sorcerer and healer. His first album, Gris-Gris, masterfully evoked the mystical spirit of back-alley voodoo in a musical setting of otherworldly 'N'Awlins' swamp funk. It meshed perfectly with the age of psychedelia in which it was released. Such cuts as 'I Walk on Gilded Splinters' evoked a late-night, back-streets netherworld of ritual and mystery. Until his untimely passing on June 6th of this year, Dr. John continued to keep the Crescent City's musical heritage alive.

1. Foolish Little Girl 2. Good Times 3. Sahara 4. Feedbag 5. South of the Border Town 6. The Honeydripper Part 2 7. Storm Warning (Long Version) 8. The Time Had Come 9. Woman 10. Which Way 11. A Little Closer to My Home 12. Make Your Own 13. You Said It 14. Bring Your Own Along 15. Somebody Tryin' to Hoodoo Me 16. Don' Want No Monkey in My Business 17. I Pulled the Cover Off You Two Lovers 18. Shining As Hard As I Can (Dying in the Forest) 19. Trader John 20. Zuzu Man 21. Tipitina Woman Is the Root of All Evil 22. Bald Head 23. The Ear Is on Strike 24. Go Ahead on Got Lonesome-Itis 25. Such a Night (Live) 26. Walk on Guilded Splinters (Live) 27. Goin' Back to New Orleans (Live) 28. Tipitina (Live) 29. I've Been Hoodooed (Live) 30. Right Place Wrong Time 31. Let the Good Times Roll (Live)