In 1970, when Howard Smith asked him where the name "Dr. John the Night Tripper" came from, he responded, "Before that I was Professor Bizarre. Beginning in the late 1960s, Rebennack gained fame as a solo artist after adopting the persona of "Dr. John, The Night Tripper". [8], When he was about 13 years old, Rebennack met Professor Longhair. Or is he ...", "The As It Happens Transcript for November 21, 2018", "Dr John, legend of New Orleans sound, dies aged 77", "Trumpeter Charlie Miller returns in time to celebrate 'Christmas in New Orleans, "Dr. John, New Orleans Music Icon, Dies at 77", "Dr. John, Hall of Fame Singer Who Brought New Orleans to the World, Dead at 77", "Conjure Doctor Profile: Dr. John Montenee", "Dr. John treats the blues with funky sound", "Hollywood Be Thy Name - Dr. John - Songs, Reviews, Credits", "New Orleans Musician's Relief Fund - a grass roots certified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to aiding New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina", "Dr. John infuses Louis Armstrong tribute album with 'Spirit of Satch, "Dr. John, "Let 'Em In" from The Art of McCartney (2014)", "8 Praises For Foo Fighters 'Sonic Highways, "Various Artists: The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac and His Music", "Various Artists: The Musical Mojo of Dr. John -- Celebrating Mac And His Music « American Songwriter", "Recensie: The Musical Mojo Of Dr. John - Celebrating Mac And His Music", "Grammy-winning New Orleans musician Dr. John dead at 77", "Legendary New Orleans musician Dr. John, born Mac Rebennack, dies at 77", "Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas", "All by Hisself: Live at the Lonestar - Dr. John - Songs, Reviews, Credits", "Bluesiana Triangle - Bluesiana Triangle - Songs, Reviews, Credits", "Bluesiana II - Bluesiana Triangle - Songs, Reviews, Credits", "Let Me In - Johnny Winter - Songs, Reviews, Credits", "Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits", Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dr._John&oldid=985202128, Rhythm and blues musicians from New Orleans, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2019, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2017, Articles needing additional references from June 2019, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Dr. John was featured in the third episode of the, Dr. John sings "Huggy Can't Go Back" in the TV series, ', Dr. John is also referenced in Reunion's 1974 pop song, Dr. John was featured in the sixth episode of the 2014 mini-series, Dr. John appears as himself in the first episode of the second season of, Dr. John's unexpected performance on June 20, 1986, in, 1989 Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group - "Makin' Whoopee" with, 1997 Best Rock Instrumental Performance - "SRV Shuffle" with, 2000 Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals - "Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)" with B.B. He was succeeded by his son, Jean‑Claude, who was nicknamed "Baby Doc". In 1973 he achieved a top-10 hit single with "Right Place, Wrong Time". [42], On June 6, 2019, Dr. John died of a heart attack. [19]:139 During the visit, Duvalier awarded Haile Selassie the Necklace of the Order of Jean-Jacques Dessalines the Great, and the emperor, in turn, bestowed upon Duvalier the Great Necklace of the Order of the Queen of Sheba. First, he replaced the bicameral legislature with a unicameral body. Dr. John's longtime confidant and former personal manager, Paul Howrilla, was responsible for moving Dr. John from Los Angeles to New York and securing "crossover" work, as well as modifying Dr. John's image from the 1970s to the 1990s. For the TV series, see. In 2003, Dr. John's Gumbo was ranked number 404 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
An undercover government death squad, the Tonton Macoute (Haitian Creole: Tonton Makout), indiscriminately killed Duvalier's opponents; the Tonton Macoute was thought to be so pervasive that Haitians became highly fearful of expressing any form of dissent, even in private. A second lineup formed later in the year for an extensive tour of the East Coast with Crooks and Johnson joined by Doug Hastings (guitar) and Don MacAllister (mandolin). During the heart attack, he was comatose for nine hours. Ce mode permet d'optimiser le confort de lecture et de réduire la fatigue oculaire. Gris-Gris, his 1968 debut album combining voodoo rhythms and chants with the New Orleans music tradition, was ranked 143rd on Rolling Stone′s "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. On Thanksgiving Day 1976 he performed "Such a Night" at the farewell concert for The Band, which was filmed by Martin Scorsese and released as The Last Waltz. He resorted to noiriste populism, stoking the majority Afro-Haitians' irritation at being governed by the few mulatto elite, which is how he described his opponent, Déjoie.
[3] Attacks on Duvalier from within the military were treated as especially serious. He performed the opening theme music to the PBS children's program Curious George, broadcast since 2006. The name of the festival was taken from the 1974 Dr. John album, Desitively Bonnaroo. [7] His father exposed him as a young boy to jazz musicians King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, who later inspired his 2014 release, Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch. In these two recordings he played many of his own boogie-woogie compositions. [9] There, he gained experience working with many artists, including James Booker, Earl King, and Jimmy Clanton. In 1975, his manager, Richard Flanzer, hired producer Bob Ezrin, and Hollywood Be Thy Name was recorded live at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles, California. He also performed as the first American artist at the Franco Follies festival in 1992. King. In the mid-1970s Dr. John began an almost 20-year-long collaboration with the R&R Hall of Fame/Songwriters Hall of Fame writer Doc Pomus, to create songs for Dr. John's releases City Lights and Tango Palace, and for B.B. The election was flagrantly rigged; the official tally showed a total of 1,320,748 "yes" votes for another term for Duvalier, with none opposed. François Duvalier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician who served as the President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. [6]:51 He completed a degree in medicine from the University of Haiti in 1934,[9] and served as staff physician at several local hospitals. [6]:85 On 14 June 1964, a constitutional referendum made Duvalier "President for Life", a title previously held by seven Haitian presidents.
He also revived the traditions of Vodou, later using them to consolidate his power with his claim of being a Vodou priest, himself. Rebennack recorded thirty studio albums and nine live albums, as well as contributing to thousands of other musicians' recordings.