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Dr. John

  • Dr. John and the Lower 911 recorded an album in 2008 called City That Care Forgot. There was a negative reaction from a number of reviewers.Dr. John was…
  • Visiting the Crescent City's most mystical locations (a cemetery, a spiritual supply shop, a voodoo temple) with a musician whose juju is always in good form.
  • With help from Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Dr. John returns to the spooky, percussive sounds of his first records on Locked Down.
  • The New Orleans legend recently teamed up with The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, who persuaded Dr. John to look inward in his music. The result is a funky, thoroughly modern-sounding new album called Locked Down.
  • Mac Rebennack knows funky: He's from one of the most vibrant music scenes in the country, New Orleans. When he started performing under the stage name Dr. John in the late '60s, the unlikely frontman took his blend of rhythm and blues, jazz and voodoo on the road to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.