THIS is the other Dr John, the voodoo-charged, jazzy, soulful son of New Orleans - and not the current Archbishop of York.
You wonder if the second would approve of the first. Dr John, still at the boogie-woogie at the age of 67, is here rediscovered in his early days, in a two-disc remastered CD.
There are 24 tracks in all, some with variable sound quality, but all containing the swampy essence of Dr John.
The bearded one kicks off with a rollicking You're Just Too Square (You Ain't Nowhere), and rattles through a collection of winningly eccentric R&B numbers, with titles such as The Ear Is On Strike and I Pulled The Covers Offa You Two Lovers, and the lovely, lilting instrumental, Della.
The musicians don't even earn a credit, but they blow their way to nameless immortality in great style. Music for the more disreputable sort of party.
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