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New Orleans icon Dr. John will be the focus of a new live tribute collection coming from Concord Records on October 14. The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: A Celebration of Mac & His Music, produced by Blackbird Presents (available for immediate pre-order now here), encompasses a two-CD, Blu-ray and DVD package along with a stand-alone two-CD version.

The Musical Mojo of Dr. John captures a concert at New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre, with Dr. John joined by a variety of guest artists, who perform 22 songs written, recorded and/or popularized by the artist during his six-decade career.

The performers include Bruce Springsteen, who duets with Dr. John on the 1973 hit “Right Place Wrong Time”; plus Jason Isbell, John Fogerty, Mavis Staples, Widespread Panic, Ryan Bingham, the late Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Terence Blanchard, John Boutté, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, George Porter Jr. and Zigaboo Modeliste of the Meters, and Aaron, Charles and Cyril Neville. Bassist Don Was served as the project’s musical director, leading a house band that also includes Allman Brothers Band/Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell, NOLA pianist John Gros, Funky Meters guitarist Brian Stoltz and drummer Kenny Aronoff, as well as Dr. John’s longstanding musical compatriot, trombonist Sarah Morrow.

Here’s John Fogerty performing “New Orleans”…

Dr. John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, and won the most recent of his six Grammy Awards in 2013 when Locked Down was voted that year’s Best Blues Album. He made his Concord debut in 2014 with Ske-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit of Satch, a tribute to fellow New Orleanian Louis Armstrong.

Track List

DISC 1

Right Place Wrong Time – Dr. John and Bruce Springsteen
Blow Wind Blow – Jason Isbell
My Indian Red – Cyril Neville
Somebody Changed the Lock – Anders Osborne and Bill Kreutzmann
Please Send Me Someone to Love – Dr. John, Aaron Neville and Charles Neville
Junko Partner – George Porter Jr. and Zigaboo Modeliste
Since I Fell for You – Irma Thomas
Stack-A-Lee – Tab Benoit
Life – Allen Toussaint
Street People – Shannon McNally
Goodnight Irene – Dave Malone
Big Chief – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

DISC 2
Familiar Reality – Widespread Panic and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Horns
You Lie – Warren Haynes
Traveling Mood – Chuck Leavell
Back by the River – Ryan Bingham
Let’s Make a Better World – John Boutté
Lay My Burden Down – Mavis Staples
New Orleans – John Fogerty
Come Rain or Come Shine – Dr. John and Terence Blanchard
I Walk on Guilded Splinters – Dr. John and Sarah Morrow
Such a Night – Dr. John and Sarah Morrow

BLU-RAY/DVD
Dr. John Interview (Opening Sequence)
Right Place Wrong Time – Dr. John and Bruce Springsteen
Blow Wind Blow – Jason Isbell
My Indian Red – Cyril Neville
Somebody Changed the Lock – Anders Osborne and Bill Kreutzmann
Please Send Me Someone to Love – Dr. John, Aaron Neville and Charles Neville
Junko Partner – George Porter Jr. and Zigaboo Modeliste
Since I Fell for You – Irma Thomas
Stack-A-Lee – Tab Benoit
Street People – Shannon McNally
Goodnight Irene – Dave Malone
Big Chief – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Dr. John Interview
Familiar Reality – Widespread Panic and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Horns
You Lie – Warren Haynes
Back by the River – Ryan Bingham
Let’s Make a Better World – John Boutté
Lay My Burden Down – Mavis Staples
New Orleans – John Fogerty
Come Rain or Come Shine – Dr. John and Terence Blanchard
I Walk on Guilded Splinters – Dr. John and Sarah Morrow
Such a Night – Dr. John and Sarah Morrow

Bonus
Life – Allen Toussaint
Traveling Mood – Chuck Leavell

Dr. John Tour Dates

9/4—Bedford Blues Festival—Grounds Bedford, TX
10/7—Pantages Theater—Tacoma, WA
10/8—Edmonds Center For The Arts—Edmonds, WA
10/9—Admiral Theatre—Bremerton, WA
11/19—The Palladium—Carmel, IN
12/27-28—Tipitina’s Uptown—New Orleans, LA