The Mojo of Dr. John

by Dr. John

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Two CDs in a Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve
Disc One: The Early Years
Disc Two: Rarities & Live Recordings

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1.	Foolish Little Girl 02:23	buy track
2.	Good Times 02:36	buy track
3.	Sahara 02:18	buy track
4.	Feedbag 02:24	buy track
5.	South of the Border Town 02:34	buy track
6.	The Honeydripper (Part 2) 02:20	buy track
7.	Storm Warning (long version) 03:20	buy track
8.	The Time Had Come 03:44	buy track
9.	Woman 04:40	buy track
10.	Which Way 03:40	buy track
11.	A Little Closer to My Home 03:13	buy track
12.	Make Your Own 03:14	buy track
13.	You Said It 02:43	buy track
14.	Bring Your Own Along 05:56	buy track
15.	Somebody Tryin' to Hoodoo Me 04:03	buy track
16.	Don't Want No Monkey in My Business 04:26	buy track
17.	I Pulled the Cover Off You Two Lovers 03:02	buy track
18.	The Ear is On Strike 02:24	buy track
19.	Go Ahead On 02:46	buy track
20.	Doghouse Blues 05:12	buy track
21.	Got Lonesome-itis 03:49	buy track
22.	Shining as Hard as I Can (Dying in the Forest) 06:22	buy track
23.	The Honeydripper 04:19	buy track
24.	Georgia on My Mind (live) 04:31	buy track
25.	Tipitana (live) 05:02	buy track
26.	Iko Iko (live) 08:27	buy track
27.	I Been Hoodood (live) 06:53	buy track
28.	I Got Mine (live) 04:08	buy track
29.	Junko Partner (live) 04:48	buy track
30.	Right Place, Wrong Time (live) 04:54	buy track
31.	Such a Night (live) 08:08	buy track

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This collection is a true career retrospective, including early rarities, solo & band performances, and previously unreleased live recordings.

His name has become synonymous with the city in which he was born. Dr. John's music is stamped with the rhythms and traditions of the Crescent City, and he has spent a career that spanned more than half a century championing its 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 sessionmen on the local scene. Working in LA 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 6, 2019, Dr. John continued to keep the Crescent City's musical heritage alive.

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released August 23, 2019

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