Dr John ULTIMATE DR JOHN

Personnel includes: Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (vocals, guitar, piano); David Spinozza (guitar); Gary Brown (saxophone); Allen Toussaint (keyboards, percussion); Ralph McDonald (percussion); Robbie Montgomery, Jessie Smith (background vocals).The Meters: Leo "Breeze" Nocentelli (guitar); Arthur "Red" Neville (organ); George "Freak Man" Porter (bass); Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste (drums).Producers: Allen Toussaint, Tom Dowd, Jerry Wexler.This collection is drawn from Dr. John's years on the Atlantic label. Drawing from the albums Gris-Gris, Gumbo, Remedies, Desitively Bonnaroo, and In the Right Place it puts his early years as the band leader in perspective. It takes us from the Hoodo-Voodoo sounds of "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" and "Iko Iko," to the more polished tunes like "Such a Night." It is a good sampling of New Orleans rhythm & blues of this phase of his recorded years. His long years as a studio musician earned him the respect of the many great "sidemen" (a virtual who's who