Stepping into the lobby of New Orleans’ Orpheum Theater before the memorial service for Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., a.k.a. Dr. John, I heard his recording of Allen Toussaint’s “Life” playing from ...

Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., known around the world as Dr. John, initially aspired to be a professional songwriter, producer and sideman, like the utilitarian New Orleans musicians who forged his ...

Rebennack’s mobility was limited, so the stairs in the studio, which occupies a former church built in the 1920s, posed a challenge. The staff set up a table and speakers just outside the room where ...

Malcolm John Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, died Thursday at age 77. He was a giant of New Orleans rhythm & blues in the 1950s and 1960s. Encore: New Orleans Music Legend Dr. John Dies At 77 ...

He was a link in a chain of New Orleans pianists that includes Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Allen Toussaint and James Booker. But the late Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack started out as a guitar ...

Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, the nine-fingered New Orleans-based pianist, singer, songwriter and session musician best known for his 1973 top 10 hit “Right Place, Wrong Time,” has died. He was 77. Across ...

New Orleans musician Mac Rebennack, A.K.A. Dr. John, died Thursday at 77. He was known for his raspy voice and hits such as "Right Place, Wrong Time" and "Such A Night." Originally broadcast in '86.

It might be heretical to say, but I’m not always in the mood for Dr. John. The Dr. John concept is an ambitious, resonant one, but there are days where a ninth-warder-than-thou voodoo dude doesn’t ...

Mac Rebennack, aka Dr. John the Night Tripper, brought the bayou to the bandstand and the funk to the masses. His music, spiced with his gravelly vocals, was a gumbo of blues, R&B, rock and with a bit ...

As evidenced by WWOZ-FM’s weeklong musical eulogy for Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, he left no shortage of recorded music. In the months before his death on June 6, as his health grew ever more precarious ...