Dr John - Live in Holland - 1970
An extraordinary (in that it's so early) session from Holland from Big O of the good Doctor John (Mac Rebennack) around the time of 'The Night Tripper' album which we listened to a lot around 1970 and freaked ourselves out with and only later around the time of 'Gumbo' did I get back into him and probably bought everything ever since. Amazing in that I never knew he traveled so early on and who on earth booked him and the full band for the Piknik Festival in a venue in a spooky old Castle in The Netherlands near Haarlem was WAY ahead of their time. Big O posted this one this morning and said precious little about it except it was radio broadcast quality (VPRO) and despite needing some tweaking is near perfect here. Clear as a bell and twice as spooky, from the percussionists to the backing singers and mo' gris gris gumbo ya ya than you can shale a stick at! Spook yo'self silly
Bit of major Gris Gris for mid week here!
Setlist:
01 - Gris-Gris
02 - Gumbo Ya Ya
03 - I Walk On Guilded Splinters
04 - Mama Roux
05 - Wash, Mama, Wash
(at about 27 minutes)
Piknik was a famous TV show broadcast on the Dutch Television in 1970.
It had several shows starring Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention,
Sly & The Family Stone, Kevin Ayers and The Whole World, Traffic, Canned Heat,
Gerry Rafferty, Slade and Dr. John.
Enjoy!
I certainly did!
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