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DR. JOHN - N'Awlinz: Dis Dat Or D'Udda (2004)

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"Mac Rebennack took his stage name from the voodoo healer Dr. John and became a '70s pop star by recasting New Orleans's myth and music in his own psychedelic image. At 63, he's again revamped the Crescent City sound, minus the acid-trip trappings, for his best album in decades. With its string, horn, and Afro-Latin percussion sections and its slate of re-imagined classics, N'Awlinz is a masterful summation of Dr. John's abilities as a leader and performer. Guests such as Willie Nelson, B.B. King, and Mavis Staples, plus a roster of Louisiana luminaries including Randy Newman, Nicholas Payton, Snooks Eaglin, Gatemouth Brown, Dave Bartholomew, and Earl Palmer, all make winning contributions. In Dr. John's grasp, "When the Saints Come Marching In" becomes a stately waltz that twines his elegant piano and gravel throat with Staples's rich, red-clay gospel singing. And he honors the spirit of standards like "Stackalee" and "St. James Infirmary" while spinning his own lyrics and melodies into them. "Time Marches On" (with King, Nelson, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band), "Life is a One Way Ticket," and several spirituals contemplate mortality, but never interrupt the graceful, upbeat flow of this late-career opus. Featuring special guests Mavis Staples, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Cyril Neville, Randy Newman, Willie Nelson, B.B. King and others."

01. Quatre Parishe
02. When The Saints Go Marching In
03. Lay My Burden Down
04. Marie Laveau
05. Dear Old Southland
06. Dis, Dat Or D'Udda
07. Chickee Le Pas
08. The Monkey
09. Shango Tango
10. I Ate Up The Apple Tree
11. You Ain't Such A Much
12. Life's A One Way Ticket
13. Hen Layin' Rooster
14. Stakalee
15. Eh Las Bas
16. St. James Infirmary
17. Time Marches On
18. I'm Goin' Home