Dr John - Live in Holland 1970

 

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!