Dr John & His New Orleans Congregation [Import]

Dr. John | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Diablo Records UK
• ASIN: B00002MIBC
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #627,066 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. New Orleans

2. Storm Warning

3. They Gonna Do What The Wanna Do

4. Morgus The Magnificent

5. Bad Neighborhood

6. It Ain't No Use

7. Down The Road

8. Little Baby Face Thing

9. Let The Good Times Roll

10. Chick-A Wa Wa

11. You Keep Draggin' Me On

12. Rock

13. Roll On

Editorial Reviews

Dr. John & his New Orleans Congregation is a straight re-issue of a 1973 compilation issued by Ace Records which brings together the best and most representative of Mac Rebennack's early recordings from the late 50's and early 60's. Featured performers in

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New Orleans weirdness (or is that redundant?), July 24, 2005

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This review is from: Dr John & His New Orleans Congregation (Audio CD)

Let's all kneel at the altar with the congregation and give thanks for these nuggets of R&B. Now rise and turn to #7 in your hymnal, "Down the Road". Having sung that, a few words. This hymnal isn't all gems. But there's enough to make it worth an R&B fan's while. The production throughout is often reminscent of U.S. Bonds' compressed-sound records, which is a good thing. And some songs stand out. "Storm Warning" is a fast instrumental with Dr. John's doomy, muscular, heavily reverb'd guitar and a honkin' bari sax break. "Bad Neighborhood" is a stitch; tongue planted firmly in cheek, Ronnie Barron proclaims the neighborhood bad because "Junior fired a slingshot/Through the church window." "Down the Road" is a snare-drum-fired second-line shuffle that'll make you cry, it's so funky. Earl King's "Let the Good Times Roll" is likely the version that inspired Jimi to record it on "Electric Ladyland". "Chick-A Wa Wa" has marvelously stoopid lyrics and Bobby Marchan singing out the top of his head. "Rock" is a blast of funk from early Lee Dorsey and his creamy/gritty vocals. The rest, while not great, is never mediocre thanks to the solid bands the good Dr. assembled. Now, congregation, let's rise once more and sing: "We did the rock and roll till late that night/She said, 'Hey there daddy, turn out the lights.'/Well, I didn't know what was all about/So I backed right back and began to shout/Chick-a wa/Chick-a wa wa wa."