Dr. John - Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya: Singles 1968-1974 - LP

2LP, Gatefold Jacket, Liner Notes by Gene Sculatti

Mac Rebennack's blend of New Orleans R&B, blues, jazz, funk and rock permeated the musical landscape of the late '60s and beyond. After years as a songwriter, arranger and producer, and as a first-call Los Angeles session player for Sonny & Cher, Canned Heat and Frank Zappa, he became Dr. John The Night Tripper with 1968's Gris Gris. The singles and albums that followed brought "Iko Iko" and "Right Place Wrong Time," which hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973, and he performed "Such a Night" at The Band's farewell concert in The Last Waltz. He went on to win six Grammy awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. This collection gathers 26 sides of his Atco/Atlantic singles from 1968 to 1974, hits alongside rare single edits.

Features

• Number of Discs: 2
• Gatefold jacket
• Liner notes by Gene Sculatti
• Label: Omnivore Recordings

Track Listing

Side One:

1. Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
2. I Walk on Gilded Splinters (Pt. I)
3. I Walk on Gilded Splinters (Pt. II)
4. Mama Roux
5. Jump Sturdy
6. The Patriotic Flag-Waver (Mono)

Side Two:

1. Wash, Mama, Wash
2. Loop Garoo
3. Iko Iko
4. Huey "Piano" Smith Medley
5. Wang Dang Doodle
6. Big Chief

Side Three:

1. A Man of Many Words (Buddy Guy & Junior Wells)
2. Let the Good Times Roll
3. Stack-A-Lee
4. Right Place Wrong Time
5. I Been Hoodood
6. Such a Night
7. Cold Cold Cold (Single)

Side Four:

1. Traveling Mood
2. Same Old Same Old
3. Life
4. (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away
5. Mos' Scocious
6. Let's Make a Better World
7. Me Minus You Equals Loneliness