Previously unissued performance from 1987 by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee featuring a unique set filled with New Orleans classics and Dr. John originals.
Happy Birthday Dr. John! Celebrate the Good Doctor with the new, previously unissued release, Live At The Turning Point.
Mac Rebennack, widely known as Dr. John, changed the course of popular music starting with his 1968 debut, Gris Gris and pushed it further with each new album, infusing his recordings with exciting new directions and influences while throwing off hits like “Right Place, Wrong Time” and “Such A Night” in his wake. We are fortunate that the music continued to pour out of him until the world lost him in 2019—five decades after we’d first been hoodood.
The Estate of Dr. John and Omnivore Recordings are pleased to present Live At The Turning Point, a previously unheard solo performance (unless you were lucky enough to be there), recorded on the evening of May 7, 1987. The unique set features a focus on New Orleans staples by Fats Domino, Lee Dorsey, Professor Longhair and some Dr. John classics right alongside. You’ll find, “Such A Night” and “Right Place, Wrong Time” plus Professor Longhairs’ “Tipitina,” Fats Dominos’ “Walkin’ To New Orleans” and Lee Dorsey’s “Ya Ya.” Even “Iko Iko/Brother John” checks into this one!
With mastering and restoration by multiple Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves, Live At The Turning Point also includes new and informative liner notes from The Second Disc’s Joe Marchese. Get out your “Big Bass Drum (On A Mardi Gras Day)” and fire up what’s sure to become a classic in celebration of New Orleans being released for Dr. John’s birthday!
Cabbage Head Qualified Such A Night Traveling Mood / Louisiana Lullabye / Let’s Make A Better World Blueberry Hill / Blue Monday Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Shim Sham Shimmy Walking To New Orleans / You Know I Miss You / Going To The River / Rose Mary / Poor Me Ya Ya Iko Iko / Brother John
Love, Life And Money Wang Dang Doodle Big Bass Drum (On A Mardi Gras Day) / Down Yonder We Go Ballin’ / Drive It Home Right Place, Wrong Time Goodnight Irene
I Walk On Guilded Splinters Jambalaya (On The Bayou) / Blow Wind Blow / Boll Weevil Tipitina One Room Country Shack Georgia On My Mind
