Dave F Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Saw this on facebook https://www.nola.com/entertainment/2019/06/dr-john-a-true-new-orleans-music-legend-dies-at-age-77-report.html?fbclid=IwAR33j8A5scoGgfqumI_v_6WFqUlDYQfRIz-aLeMJIUCxUIwi-gI24gx0qPw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Dr. Dr. John. Rest in peace and music, Brother Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I've just heard on the radio https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/06/dr-john-new-orleans-musician-dead I heard his first album Gris Gris in 1968. I was 16 and I could not handle the style and vocal at that time. I would eventually collect everything he did. The man was a true original & genius. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 hour ago, FZ Fan said: Bummer. Where was he when he died? Right or Wrong Place? he was in the right place, but the wrong time ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 R.I.P. to a great original. We will never see his like again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 He was a good'un. I got to see him in Dallas at a blues festival in '90 or '91. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekboy Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 I think he is in the Right Place now. I listened to Mac a whole lot back in the day. What a talent, and a musician obviously comfortable in his own skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kelly campbell Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Too bad, I really liked the Dr. R.I.P. Dr John and very spirited guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 I've just been reading tributes, bio-s and so on again and looking at his discography. I have a few things including "Night Tripper" on vinyl, but he made many albums and his sessionography is even bigger. I actually saw him in England in 1970 on a rainy Sunday night outdoors at the Bath Festival. He seems to have known everybody, and been in the right place at the right time on a huge number of classic sessions. He had his own personal sound, a very distinctive gumbo stew distilled over many years which reached way back to before the beginnings of rock. A perfect description is a phrase Sparquelito coined a couple of years back about his Gibson LP, which has stuck in my mind since..... Swampy Mojo. 🎩💀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 ... and "St. James Infirmary" is a great tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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