Malcolm John (Mac) Rebennack Jr. — Dr. John — was an American original who inhabits a special place in our musical heritage. He lived from...
Category - New Orleans
Things sometimes have a nice way of coming full circle. Some time ago, my daughter suggested that Tank and the Bangas would be a good subject for a post at...
The last three paragraphs of this post were published a few years ago, though I changed them to not look odd after Dr. John’s death. With some...
[contextly_sidebar id=”MTc0XgbQF2Xl7kHZiA7YFQPkrBkQ8UBb”] Two things become apparent when taking a look at the life of Allen Toussaint (besides his...
The Red Hot Jazz Archive calls Johnny Dodds one of the greatest clarinetists of the 1920s. The site says that two other greats of the day — Sidney...
It’s really hard to believe the first sentence of Wikipedia’s profile of Jon Cleary. It says he was born in Kent, England. But it’s Wikipedia, and so it is the...
[contextly_sidebar id=”cff3e89b7ffbdd7f2e200449a21951b9″] Here is the start of AllMusic’s profile of The Neville Brothers, one of the most...
[contextly_sidebar id=”576b5cabe3e7d065c735787be8f1b72b”] Professor Longhair was a New Orleans piano player who greatly influenced Dr. John. Here...
[contextly_sidebar id=”e48c023697fbf5e8b445468a99f5d805″] Editor’s Note: The Daily Music Break often re-posts music from earlier in the run...