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Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack, Jr. (born November 21, 1940), better known by the stage name Dr. John (also Dr. John Creaux), is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist whose music combines blues, boogie woogie and rock and roll. The winner of five Grammy awards, Rebennack was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by singer John Legend on Monday, March 14, 2011.
Dr. John has been making his own idiosyncratic music since the 1960s. Along with Professor Longhair, Dr. John is heir to the rich New Orleans tradition. He is perhaps best known for “Right Place, Wrong Time”, an international hit in 1973, reissued and used on soundtracks many times since.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, his professional musical career began as a session musician in New Orleans in the 1950s. Early on he also played guitar and was often known as Mac Rebennack. He switched to the bass (“the lowest time of my life”), and then the piano after his index finger was nearly shot off protecting his bandmate and longtime friend Ronnie Barron. He gained fame beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with music that combined new orleans-style rhythm and blues with psychedelic rock and stage shows that bordered on voodoo religious ceremonies, including elabo...
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Top 10 Dr. John Songs
Right Place Wrong Time
Mama Roux
Such A Night
I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
Iko Iko
Tipitina
I Don't Wanna Know
Right Place, Wrong Time
My Indian Red
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Top 10 Dr. John Albums
The Very Best Of Dr. John
In the Right Place
Gris Gris
Gris-Gris
Dr. John's Gumbo
The Ultimate Dr. John
The Best Of The Parlophone Years
Goin' Back to New Orleans
Gumbo
Destively Bonnaroo
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