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The Doctor Is Out...
Jun. 7th, 2019 02:32 pmFarewell Mac 'Dr John' Rebennack
One of many musicians I discovered through Eric Clapton... who played on some Dr John albums & played the occasional gig together. I then saw him play in the movie 'The Last Waltz' - & was hooked... went out & bought as many LPs of his I could find... this was in the days before CDs & the lower end of Pitt St in Sydney was home to several good 2nd hand record shops. I used to head there after school & spend an hour a day just drifting from one to the next, as my schoolbag got heavier with everything from the Allman Brothers to Frank Zappa
Never saw him play live... & haven't been to New Orleans, but the good Doctor always made it sound like a great place to be... in some bar at 3am...
One of many musicians I discovered through Eric Clapton... who played on some Dr John albums & played the occasional gig together. I then saw him play in the movie 'The Last Waltz' - & was hooked... went out & bought as many LPs of his I could find... this was in the days before CDs & the lower end of Pitt St in Sydney was home to several good 2nd hand record shops. I used to head there after school & spend an hour a day just drifting from one to the next, as my schoolbag got heavier with everything from the Allman Brothers to Frank Zappa
Never saw him play live... & haven't been to New Orleans, but the good Doctor always made it sound like a great place to be... in some bar at 3am...
