Monday, October 27, 2008

DR. JOHN - GRIS-GRIS (1968)

HIPPIE, VOODOO, PSYCH, MARDI GRAS, TRIBAL, HIGH NIGHT TRIPPIN' OF THE LATE 60's
ARTIST`````DR. JOHN
ALBUM`````
GRIS-GRIS
GENRE`````PSYCHEDELIC, FUNK, ROCK N' ROLL, DRUGS?
YEAR````````1968


WHY:
This guy was something special in the late sixties. His debut album (Gris-gris) is quite an exploration of R&B blended in primitive voodoo aesthetics and coloured by some strange mystic/psych elements that I can't recognise. A very unique artist indeed. Lots of drugs involved too. Lots.

AN UNSUALY SHORT REVIEW FROM ALLMUSIC:

The most exploratory and psychedelic outing of Dr. John's career, a one-of-a-kind fusion of New Orleans Mardi Gras R&B and voodoo mysticism. Great rasping, bluesy vocals, soulful backup singers, and eerie melodies on flute, sax, and clarinet, as well as odd Middle Eastern-like chanting and mandolin runs. It's got the setting of a strange religious ritual, but the mood is far more joyous than solemn.

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14 comments:

Anonymous said...

this stuff is fckn weird

Mr. Miscreant said...

Yeah man...this is some far-out stuff! Many thanks !!!

Anonymous said...

Heard the track 'gris-gris gumbo ya ya' before, but never heard this album from Dr.John.
Very nice one.
Thanks for the upload.

sr. b said...

excelentisimo blog!

Bleeding Panda said...

Tnx people I've been away for some time but here I am now and some great albums are about to flow:)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this one! I Love it!

zappahead said...

I had this in lp form years ago....lost it in the midst of time but....thanks to you I can relieve all those times again.....thanks for your wonderful... intersting and joyous....blog.

Anonymous said...

thanks! my bf got this lp from goodwill the other day, and i've been looking for a digital copy to play in my car!many many thanks for uploading!

Graham said...

I'm searching for a mono digital copy of this... any idea if it exists?

tvln said...

awesome album! thanks so much

Bleeding Panda said...

@ Graham - not sure maybe on e-bay or something like that.

@ tvln - Enjoy friend!

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DR. JOHN is one of the strangest singer in the world, I was thinking that he was gay, but a friend said me that he is a "macho", well,I like his music , my favorite song is Ray Draper (tuba, percussion & background vocals)22dd

Daniel said...

Thanks always down for new/old muzac.

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DR. JOHN is one of the best American singer , I read some stories about him, so I have 20 songs in my ipod of his albums, my favorite song is "Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) !!22dd

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