Holy Crap! Last week it was Leon Redbone, this week it’s Dr. John!:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ob ... de41a44dc0
It’s been hell on gravel-voiced songsmiths of late.
Mac Rebennack was a God-damn brilliant piano player:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oAU8MZ1Qk8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbe_kfWUmFU
Here he is with Jools Holland as the “Boogie Woogie Twins”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxK6dTcaJTc&t=138s
Here he is in concert at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2006:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHSAwLfMZ9Y
And here’s one of his best blues numbers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KevWIIfpQ64
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Doctor is Out. Hope you’ve found that better World out there Mac, ours just got a little worse by your leaving it. The number of musical performers still alive that I listen too has recently dropped to nearly nil.
RICHARD M ROBERTS
Dr. John RIP
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