Gris-Gris by Dr. John (CD, Jun-2001, Collectors' Choice Music)

Album Features
UPC:	617742013122
Artist:	Dr. John
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2001
Record Label:	Collectors' Choice Music
Genre:	Funk, R&B

Track Listing
1. Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
2. Danse Kalinda Ba Doom
3. Mama Roux
4. Danse Fambeaux
5. Croker Courtbullion
6. Jump Sturdy
7. I Walk on Guilded Splinters

Details
Playing Time:	33 min.
Producer:	Harold Battiste
Distributor:	E1 Distribution (USA)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Dr. John (vocals, piano, percussion); Harold Battiste (arranger).Originally released on Atco (33-234).Includes reissue liner notes by Richie Unterberger.Personnel: Dr. John (vocals, keyboards).Liner Note Author: Richie Unterberger.Arranger: Harold Battiste, Jr.New Orleans-born pianist Mac Rebennack had been making a living as a Los Angeles session musician for years before he adopted the persona of Dr. John, a name taken from a 19th-century witch doctor. Under that guise, he crafted a sound that mixed the old world of New Orleans (the tribal rhythms of the Mardi Gras Indians, second-line grooves, swamp blues) with the new musical world of 1968 (funk, R&B, rock, free jazz). The resulting gumbo bears a deep, dark, mysterious flavor full of voodoo mysticism and ancient rites.GRIS-GRIS would have made the perfect soundtrack for a horror movie set in New Orleans, as Dr. John's raspy murmur weaves a hypnotic spell atop a bed of exotic-sounding string instruments, ominous keyboards, primal percussion stomps, and spooky background vocal chants. Few could have predicted that this fearsome medicine man would eventually metamorphose into a charming, accessible rock star.

Editorial Reviews
This uniquely possessed album took psychedelia to an equatorially humid, sensual place it's rarely since visited...
Alternative Press (20001201)

4 stars out of 5 - ...the New Orleans appropriation of California psychedelia, dressed up in Mardi Gras finery and spiced like a gut-busting gumbo....it's everything you want in voodoo music...
Rolling Stone (19991014)

Ranked #143 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time - [A] swamp-funk classic. GRIS-GRIS blends New Orleans R&B, voodoo chants and chemical inspiration.'
Rolling Stone (20031211)