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Dr.
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Jimmy
Somerville
Dr John Lyrics
Gotta be careful who I meet tonight
Put up the struggle, I'll put up the fight
Loving is different, so full of fear
Can't love you right, until the cure is here
It's physical breakdown
It's emotional blackmail
It's uncontrollable it affects us all
Here I am dr john
Here I am do you know what to do
The papers report in the wrong way
Don't care what they say, they don't educate
People look on it with a different view
Can you help me, explain
Do you know what to do
Used to be careless and so carefree
That old life-style will be the death of me
Dreading the system in this modern age
It's killing our people, must try to be brave
There must be something we can do
It's catching up, breaking through
There falls a silence across our land
The situation's out of hand
The situation is out of hand
Do you know what to do
Peace
LionHeart
February 2006
Dr.
John and the NightTripper
Dr.
John's Website
His musical career began as a session musician in the New Orleans
in the 1950s. Early on he also played guitar and was often known as
Mac Rebennack. He switched to the piano after his index finger was
nearly shot off protecting his bandmate, Jesuit High School classmate,
and longtime friend Ronnie Barron. He gained fame beginning in the
late 1960s and early 1970s, with music that combined New Orleans-style
rhythm and blues with psychedelic rock and stage shows that bordered
on voodoo religious ceremonies, including elaborate costumes and headdress.
For a time he was billed as Doctor John, The Night Tripper. The name
"Dr. John" came from a legendary Louisiana voodoo practitioner
from the start of the 19th century.
He
is perhaps best known for his 1973 hit song, "Right Place, Wrong
Time", which reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dr. John has
also done vocals for Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits' "Luv dat
chicken..." jingle, as well as the theme song ("My Opinionation")
for the early-1990s television sitcom Blossom. His movie credits include
Martin Scorsese's documentary The Last Waltz (in which he joins The
Band for a performance of his song "Such a Night") and Blues
Brothers 2000 (in which he joins the fictional band The Louisiana
Gator Boys to perform the song "New Orleans").
In September 2005 he performed Fats Domino's "Walkin' to New
Orleans" to close the Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the
Gulf Coast telethon for relief of Hurricane Katrina, which had devastated
his hometown of New Orleans and other areas. On February 5, 2006,
he joined fellow New Orleans native Aaron Neville, Detroit resident
Aretha Franklin and a 150 member choir for the national anthem at
Super Bowl XL as part of a pre-game tribute to New Orleans.
For
listen samples and reviews, click on CD cover photo. In new window,
click on CD photo again and scroll down.
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The
Very Best Of Dr. John
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Gris
Gris (1968)
Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
In the Right Place (1973)
N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or d'Udda
Goin' Back to New Orleans (90s)
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