''Goin' Back to New Orleans'' is an album by
singer and pianist
Dr. John
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B.
Active as a session musician from ...
. It was released by
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the ...
on June 12, 1992. The album won a
Grammy award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
for
Best Traditional Blues Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album was awarded from 1983 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Blues Performance and was twice awarded to individual tracks rather than albums.
The award w ...
.
Musicians and vocalists on the album include
the Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
History
The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (1937–2019), Charles (1938–2018), Aaron (b. 1 ...
,
Al Hirt
Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album '' Honey in the Horn'' (1963), and for the them ...
,
Danny Barker
Daniel Moses Barker (January 13, 1909 – March 13, 1994) was an American jazz musician, vocalist, and author from New Orleans. He was a rhythm guitarist for Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder and Benny Carter during the 1930s.
One of Barker's earl ...
,
Alfred "Uganda" Roberts,
Pete Fountain
Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016), known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American jazz clarinetist.
Early life and education
LaFontaine was born to Pierre, Sr. and Madeline, in a small Creole cottage-style fr ...
,
Alvin "Red" Tyler
Alvin Owen "Red" Tyler (December 5, 1925 – April 3, 1998) was an American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger, regarded as "one of the most important figures in New Orleans R&B".
Biography
Born and raised in New Orleans, Ty ...
,
Chuck Carbo
Hayward "Chuck" Carbo (January 11, 1926 – July 11, 2008) was an American R&B singer, best known for his time as a vocalist in the New Orleans group The Spiders.
Chuck Carbo was born in Houma, Louisiana, then moved with his family to the Zion ...
, Clyde Kerr, Jr.,
Kirk Joseph
Kirk Joseph (born 1961) is a jazz sousaphone player from New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of trombonist Waldren "Frog" Joseph, Kirk Joseph began playing the sousaphone while a student at Andrew Bell Middle School, and took part in his first profess ...
, and Jamil Sharif.
Track listing
#"Litanie des Saints" (Mac Rebennack) - 4:44
#"
Careless Love
"Careless Love" is a traditional song, with several popular blues versions. It has been called a "nineteenth-century ballad and Dixieland standard".
The death referenced in an old version was the son of a Kentucky governor. Although published ac ...
" (Martha Koenig,
Spencer Williams
Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1965) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs " Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", " Royal Garden Blues", " I've Found a New ...
,
W. C. Handy
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musici ...
) - 4:10
#"
My Indian Red" - 4:47
#"Milneburg Joys" (Charles Melrose,
Jellyroll Morton, Leon Roppola, Paul Mayers) - 2:39
#"I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say" (
Ferdinand Morton) - 2:29
#"
Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) - 4:27
#"Didn't He Ramble" (Hattie Bolten) - 3:28
#"Do You Call That a Buddy?" (
Don Raye
Don Raye (born Donald MacRae Wilhoite Jr., March 16, 1909 – January 29, 1985) was an American songwriter, best known for his songs for The Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", " The House of Blue Lights", "Just for a Thr ...
, Wesley Wilson) - 3:54
#"How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around)" (Prince Partridge) - 4:09
#"
Goodnight Irene
"Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th-century American folk standard, written in time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933. A version recorded by the Weavers was a #1 hit in 1950.
The ...
" (
Huddie Ledbetter
Huddie William Ledbetter (; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk music, folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, Virtuoso, virtuosity on the twelve-string guita ...
,
John Lomax
John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music. He was the father of Alan Lomax, John Lomax Jr. and Bess Lo ...
) - 4:11
#"Fess Up" (Mac Rebennack) - 3:12
#"
Since I Fell for You
"Since I Fell for You" is a blues ballad composed by Buddy Johnson in 1945 that was first popularized by his sister, Ella Johnson, with Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra.
A version by Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten and His Trio in 1947 led to its ...
" (
Buddy Johnson
Woodrow Wilson "Buddy" Johnson (January 10, 1915 – February 9, 1977) was an American jump blues pianist and bandleader active from the 1930s through the 1960s. His songs were often performed by his sister Ella Johnson, most notably "Since I F ...
) - 3:32
#"
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
''I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Koko the Clown and Bimbo (Fleischer), Bimbo. The cartoon features music by ...
" (
Sam Theard
Samuel F. Theard (October 10, 1904 – December 7, 1982) was an American singer, songwriter, actor and comedian. He performed under the names Lovin' Sam F. Theard, Spo-Dee-O-Dee and others.
Biography
Theard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana ...
) - 3:25
#"
Cabbage Head" (
Henry Roeland Byrd, Mac Rebennack) - 3:59
#"Goin' Home Tomorrow" (Alvin Young,
Fats Domino
Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New O ...
) - 3:01
#"
Blue Monday" (
Dave Bartholomew
David Louis Bartholomew (December 24, 1918 – June 23, 2019) was an American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer. He was prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century. Originally ...
) - 3:01
#"Scald Dog Medley/I Can't Go On" (
Huey "Piano" Smith
Huey Pierce Smith, known as Huey "Piano" Smith (born January 26, 1934) is an American rhythm-and-blues pianist whose sound was influential in the development of rock and roll.
His piano playing incorporated the boogie-woogie styles of Pete John ...
/Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) - 2:58
#"Goin' Back to New Orleans" (Joe Liggins) - 4:08
References
1992 albums
Dr. John albums
Albums produced by Stewart Levine
Warner Records albums
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