DR. JOHN – New Orleans 1973 (1CD)

Soundboard 9.4 – A lovely capture that was broadcast over the air but this sounds like a pre-broadcast tape and it’s excellent. I especially like how the atmosphere of the event was maintained, it’s not a sterile sounding mix.

Dr. John with The Meters
“Mardi Gras Mambo”
St. Bernard Civic Center
New Orleans, LA, USA
March 5, 1973

01 Mardi Gras Day (instrumental intro)  7:28
02 Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya  4:49
03 Let The Good Times Roll  3:39
04 Right Place, Wrong Time  3:14
05 Iko Iko  3:47
06 Huey “Piano” Smith Medley:
High Blood Pressure
Don’t You Just Know It
Well I’ll Be John Brown
Jockomo   5:47
07 I Been Hoodood  4:55
08 Loop Garoo  6:05
09 Wang Dang Doodle  5:22 *
10 Junko Partner  4:45
11 Qualified  5:25
12 I Walk On Guilded Splinters  4:51
13 Mess Around  3:42
14 Mardi Gras Day  15:30

Dr. John: guitar, keyboards, vocals

The Meters
Art Neville: keyboards, vocals
Leo Nocentelli: guitar
George Porter Jr.: bass
Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste: drums
Cyril Neville: percussion, vocals