01	Iko Iko						04:15
	02	Blow Wind Blow						03:14
	03	Big Chief						03:26
	04	Somebody Changed The Lock						02:43
	05	Mess Around						03:13
	06	Let The Good Times Roll						03:57
	07	Junko Partner						04:30
	08	Stack-A-Lee						03:29
	09	Tipitina						02:09
	10	Those Lonely Lonely Nights						02:32
	11	Huey Smith Medley (a. High Blood Pressure b.Don't You Just Know It c. Well I'll Be John Brown)						03:18
	12	Little Liza Jane						03:00
	13	Loser For You Baby						03:09
	14	The Ear Is On Strike						02:24
	15	I Pulled The Cover Off You Two Lovers						02:53
	16	Bring Your Love						05:57
	17	Make Your Own						03:15
	18	The Time Had Come						03:44
	19	In The Night						02:50
	20	Zu Zu Man						03:20
	21	Mean Cheatin' Woman						04:37
	22	Go Ahead On						02:45

Dr. John's Gumbo
Date of Release Apr 1972

Dr. John's Gumbo bridged the gap between post-hippie rock and early rock & roll, blues and R&B, offering a selection of classic New Orleans R&B, including "Tipitina" and "Junko Partner," updated with a gritty, funky beat. There aren't as many psychedelic flourishes as there were on his first two albums, but the ones that are present enhance his sweeping vision of American roots music. And that sly fusion of styles makes Dr. John's Gumbo one of Dr. John's finest albums. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Lee Allen - Sax (Tenor)
Dr. John - Guitar, Piano, Cornet, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocal Arrangement
Ronnie Barron - Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
Harold Battiste - Clarinet, Saxophone, Wind, Producer, Horn Arrangements
Morris Bechamin - Saxophone, Vocals
Gary Brandt - Engineer
Jimmy Calhoun - Bass
Sidney George - Harmonica, Saxophone
Shirley Goodman - Vocals
Ken Klimak - Guitar
Tammy Lann - Vocals
Dave Lastie - Saxophone
Melvin Lastie - Trumpet, Cornet
Robbie Montgomery - Vocals
Keith Olsen - Engineer
Alvin Robinson - Guitar
Jessica Smith - Vocals
Fred Staehle - Percussion, Drums
Richard Washington - Percussion
Jerry Wexler - Producer
Tom Wilkes - Design, Photography
Barry Feinstein - Design, Photography
John Ewing - Trombone

CD Atco 7006
1972 LP Atco SD-36-7006
CD Atco 7006
Atco 7006
LP Alligator AL-3901
CS Alligator ALC-3901
1990 CS Alligator 3901
1972 Atco 7006


Somebody Changed the Lock
Composed By Mac Rebennack

AMG REVIEW: With this laughing, almost New Orleans-funeral tempo and ragtime vibe, "Somebody Changed the Lock" finds Dr. John returning to his New Orleans roots. Built on a great Professor Longhair-inspired riff, the song swings and sways with the best of the Crescent City's jazz standards. The lyrical metaphor of the "lock" being changed goes back decades in classic blues references to losing a lover. A minor classic. - Matthew Greenwald


Junko Partner
Composed By Bob Shad

AMG REVIEW: Originally a hit for James Wayne, it was another New Orleans standard that only took a matter of time for Dr. John to cut. According to "the Doctor" himself, "[It's] a New Orleans classic, the anthem of dopers, whores, the pimps, the cons. It was a song they sang in Angola, the state prison farm, and the rhythm was even known as the 'jailbird beat.'" Adding to the authenticity of Dr. John's version are several saxophone solos by the great New Orleans musician Lee Allen. - Matthew Greenwald





Dr. John
AKA born: Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr.
Born Nov 21, 1940 in New Orleans, LA


Although he didn't become widely known until the 1970s, Dr. John had been active in the music industry since the late '50s, when the teenager was still known as Mac Rebennack. A formidable boogie and blues pianist with a lovable growl of a voice, his most enduring achievements have fused New Orleans R&B, rock, and Mardi Gras craziness to come up with his own brand of "voodoo" music. He's also quite accomplished and enjoyable when sticking to purely traditional forms of blues and R&B. On record, he veers between the two approaches, making for an inconsistent and frequently frustrating legacy that often makes the listener feel as if the "Night Tripper" (as he's nicknamed himself) has been underachieving. In the late '50s, Rebennack gained prominence in the New Orleans R&B scene as a session keyboardist and guitarist, contributing to records by Professor Longhair, Frankie Ford, and Joe Tex. He also did some overlooked singles of his own, and by the 1960s had expanded into production and arranging. After a gun accident damaged his hand in the early '60s, he gave up the guitar to concentrate on keyboards exclusively. Skirting trouble with the law and drugs, he left the increasingly unwelcome environs of New Orleans in the mid-'60s for Los Angeles, where he found session work with the help of fellow New Orleans expatriate Harold Battiste. Rebennack renamed himself Dr. John, The Night Tripper when he recorded his first album, Gris-Gris. According to legend, this was hurriedly cut with leftover studio time from a Sonny & Cher session, but it never sounded hastily conceived. In fact, its mix of New Orleans R&B with voodoo sounds and a tinge of psychedelia was downright enthralling, and may have resulted in his greatest album. He began building an underground following with both his music and his eccentric stage presence, which found him conducting ceremonial-type events in full Mardi Gras costume. Dr. John was nothing if not eclectic, and his next few albums were granted mixed critical receptions because of their unevenness and occasional excess. They certainly had their share of admirable moments, though, and Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger helped out on The Sun, Moon & Herbs in 1971. The following year's Gumbo, produced by Jerry Wexler, proved Dr. John was a master of traditional New Orleans R&B styles, in the mold of one of his heroes, Professor Longhair. In 1973, he got his sole big hit, "In the Right Place," which was produced by Allen Toussaint, with backing by the Meters. In the same year, he also recorded with Mike Bloomfield and John Hammond Jr. for the Triumvirate album.
The rest of the decade, unfortunately, was pretty much a waste musically. Dr. John could always count on returning to traditional styles for a good critical reception, and he did so constantly in the 1980s. There were solo piano albums, sessions with Chris Barber and Jimmy Witherspoon, and In a Sentimental Mood (1989), a record of pop standards. These didn't sell all that well, though. A more important problem was that he's capable of much more than recastings of old styles and material. In fact, by this time he was usually bringing in the bacon not through his own music, but via vocals for numerous commercial jingles. It continued pretty much in the same vein throughout the 1990s: New Orleans supersessions for the Bluesiana albums, another outing with Chris Barber, an album of New Orleans standards, and another album of pop standards. In 1994, Television did at least offer some original material. At this point he began to rely more upon cover versions for the bulk of his recorded work, though his interpretive skills will always ensure that these are more interesting than most such efforts. His autobiography, Under a Hoodoo Moon, was published by St. Martin's Press in 1994, and in 1998 he resurfaced with Anutha Zone, which featured collaborations with latter-day performers including Spiritualized, Paul Weller, Supergrass, and Ocean Colour Scene. Duke Elegant followed in early 2000. - Richie Unterberger




1968 Gris-Gris Collectors'
1969 Babylon Wounded Bird
1970 Remedies Wounded Bird
1971 The Sun, Moon & Herbs Wounded Bird
1972 Dr. John's Gumbo Atco
1973 In the Right Place Atco
1974 Desitively Bonnaroo Label M
1975 Mardi Gras Atlantic
1975 Hollywood Be Thy Name [live] One Way
1978 City Lights Horizon
1979 Tango Palace Horizon
1981 Love Potion Accord
1981 Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack Clean Cuts
1983 The Brightest Smile in Town Clean Cuts
1984 Such a Night! Live in London Spindrift
1989 In a Sentimental Mood Warner
1990 On a Mardi Gras Day [live] Great Southern
1992 Goin' Back to New Orleans Warner Bros.
1994 Television GRP
1995 Afterglow Blue Thumb
1997 Trippin' Live Wind-Up
1998 Anutha Zone [Japan] Import
1998 Anutha Zone Virgin
2000 Duke Elegant Blue Note
2000 25th Anniversary of the Marquee Club [live] K-Tel
2001 Creole Moon Blue Note
2002 Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack [Bonus Tracks] Clean Cuts
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