Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of Dr John the Night Tripper - Hardcover

Rebennack, Mac

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9780312105679: Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of Dr John the Night Tripper

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312105673 ISBN 13: 9780312105679

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 1994

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In these pages, Dr. John, the alchemist of New Orleans psychedelic funk, tells his story, and what a story it is: of four decades on the road, on the charts, in and out of trouble, but always steeped in the piano-based soulful grind of New Orleans rhythm and blues of which he is the acknowledged high guru.
He grew up in the 1950s New Orleans, grooving to Little Richard and Fats Domino. At sixteen he was a journeyman rocker, a record producer, a junkie. From recording studio to back alley to whore house to juke joint, he saw every corner of the wide-open city, living one step ahead of the law - until the law caught up with him, and he landed in the penitentiary, with no time to play and hard time to pay. Years later, he mixed all his New Orleans memories into a salty musical gumbo, added a little voodoo spice, and crowned himself Dr. John the Night Tripper - a psychedelic Pied Piper whose crackling voice and eye-opening lyrics made him one of rock's eccentric visionaries. Through the 1970s, his records - Gris-Gris, Gumbo, "Right Place, Wrong Time" - sold millions. And in the 1980s, after kicking the addiction affliction, he became (in the words of the New York Times) "traditions's elegant suitor," his jazzy r&b albums In a Sentimental Mood and Goin' Back to New Orleans winning back-to-back Grammys.

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Review:

"One of the most uninhibited music biographies ever published, scary and funny at the same time." --"The New York Times"
"Mud-funky...fascinating and gritty." --"Los Angeles Times"
"Colorful and folksy, raucous and raunchy...required reading" --"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
"Ranks alongside Miles Davis's provocative autobiography...fascinating" --"Down Beat"
"One of those books you genuinely cannot put down." --"Relix"
"As funky and seductive as a syncopated New Orleans rhythm." --"Rolling Stone"

One of the most uninhibited music biographies ever published, scary and funny at the same time. "The New York Times"

Mud-funky...fascinating and gritty. "Los Angeles Times"

Colorful and folksy, raucous and raunchy...required reading "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"

Ranks alongside Miles Davis's provocative autobiography...fascinating "Down Beat"

One of those books you genuinely cannot put down. "Relix"

As funky and seductive as a syncopated New Orleans rhythm. "Rolling Stone""

"One of the most uninhibited music biographies ever published, scary and funny at the same time." --The New York Times

"Mud-funky...fascinating and gritty." --Los Angeles Times

"Colorful and folksy, raucous and raunchy...required reading" --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Ranks alongside Miles Davis's provocative autobiography...fascinating" --Down Beat

"One of those books you genuinely cannot put down." --Relix

"As funky and seductive as a syncopated New Orleans rhythm." --Rolling Stone

Synopsis:

The legendary Dr. John the Night Tripper, the Grammy-winning New Orleans hoodoo rock-and-roll musician, presents his life story, in a journey through the musical back alleys of New Orleans and of America.

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