Dr john musician biography books
Dr john musician bio...
Dr john musician biography books
Dr. John
Pianist, singer
A prolific session player who started recording in his mid-teens, Dr. John has become a living legend of New Orleans piano. Exposed to musicians by working in his father's appliance and music store, and later performing in sessions with such New Orleans musical greats as Professor Longhair, Frankie Ford, and Joe Tex, Dr.
John earned a reputation as a key forerunner of a distinctly New Orleans brand of rhythm and blues, which he described to Jay Cocks in Time as "Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Cuban and Mardi Gras Indian" combined with "natural street rhythms." In fact, some point to him as one of the reasons for the resurgence of interest in New Orleans rhythm and blues that began in the late twentieth century.
Early Years
Born Malcolm Rebennack, Jr., on November 21, 1940, in the middle class third ward of New Orleans, Dr.
John soon entered the world of show business when, arranged by his fashion model mother, his face appeared on boxes of Ivory Soap. As a yo