Interview with Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (Part 2)

Accession No.: 
BR2-041-2

Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack

00:00 - Local clubs in New Orleans and artists traveling to other regions of LA
01:00 - Differences between Fats' and Earl King's bands
06:30 - New Orleans Musicians union and recording session issues
08:30 - Artists being concerned about live and studio performances both being high-quality
09:00 - Little Richard - Being discovered and recording in New Orleans
12:00 - Dave Bartholomew's sessions with Fats Domino
13:20 - Imperial recording sessions that Dr. John was at, Dave Bartholomew chasing him out of the studio
23:35 - Allan Toussaint's songwriting contract with Danny Kessler
15:15 - "Lonely, Lonely Night"
24:30 - Danny Kessler's management job
26:30 - Joe Ruffino
27:45 - Joe Smith and Allan Toussaint - Instant Records, Allan's songwriting, jingles
29:50 - Toussaint keeping the New Orleans music scene alive
31:10 - Dr. John recording with Bobby Charles
32:00 - Cosimo's Studio
36:30 - Cosimo's sound characteristics - Guitar/Bass doubling lines
39:30 - Hit songs coming out of New Orleans

40:00 - Dr. John's first sessions and songs for Aladdin records
-Other artists playing Dr. John's songs; Lil Croaker

43:00 - New Orleans session drummers
49:45 - James Booker - touring, training in music
57:00 - Radio exposure of local artists (WYRB, WBOK, WJMR, WWEZ, WNOE, WGIN)

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Broven
Subject: 
Louisiana; Music;
Creator: 
John Broven
Recording date: 
Friday, May 5, 1972
Coverage Spatial: 
London, England
Publisher: 
John Broven
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
1:00:35
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--120
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor