Dr John
Nightrippin' father of Southern voodoo blues
“They call me Dr John, known as the Night Tripper” growls the good doctor amid a hazy maelstrom of hoodoo blues, the perfect introduction to his debut solo album. A psychedelic swirl of blues, jazz and black magic, it represented a culmination of influences from a lifetime of paying his dues in the musical hotbed of New Orleans, all of which shaped him into one of music’s most colourful and prodigious talents. Thirty-five years later, with another solo record about to drop in quick succession to his last, Clash caught up with the only doctor for whom music is the best medicine.
Dr John - Mercernary
More swing than a Louisiana front porch
- 01.11.2006
Dr John
"They call me Dr John, known as the Night Tripper"
Best Of Clash - 01.05.2006
