Good-bye Dr. John

RIP Mack. He was an original, an enormous talent on piano and guitar. I absolutely love his album “Goin’ Back to New Orleans”.

 

Good Bye Night Tripper

 

Saw him a couple years ago, what a great musician.

 

Noooo! What kind of BS news organizations am I following where I don’t know this already??? RIP Mac Rabbenak

 

Oh Man, such history.
Fly on Mac...………………………..

 

I'm so sorry to hear this. DR. John's 'right place wrong time' (circa 1973 ?) was to me the 1st song I heard that I liked that combine rock, blues and funk elements into one song that was a staple song opener for many bands in my area at the time.

 

There must be a better world somewhere. RIP Dr. John.

 

RIP Dr. John.

 

How sad indeed.
Dr. John, of Voodoo Beads, Feathers and New Orleans Sound, Dies at 77

 

The music world has lost one of the greatest.
Fly on Night Tripper

 

This is pretty good, from 2015.

 

I'm not ready to live in a world without Dr. John.

I was kind of pissed when he fired the Lower 911 band and started working with the Black Keys dude, but the Night Tripper will always be iconic.

 

You don’t need no guitar player, playin’ no million licks...

 

I guess he's walking on guilded splinters now.

 

My band doing Walk on Gilded Splinters. Will likely be busting this one out at our next couple shows:



Apologies for the wimpy DI'd bass track.

 

Sad to hear this. He was one of my fave artists. RIP.

 

My first concert, captain beef heart and dr John, RIP!

 

A major loss for American roots music. I only managed to see him live once, on a solo gig. He was an impressive and dignified figure. His debut album Gris-Gris, with its downright eerie atmosphere, is a perennial favorite.

At S.R.V's tribute concert in 1995 he did this version of Cold Shot:

 

Bad to him, but we will all gona die sooner or later.