Right Place, Wrong Time & Other Hits

Performer: Dr. John
Producer: Jerry Wexler; Mark Pinkus (Compilation)
Distributor: WEA Strategic Marketing

Notes: Dr. John: Malcolm Rebennack. Personnel: Dr. John (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards). Additional personnel: Michael Bloomfield, John Paul Hammond. Fans looking to procure a little time with the Doctor could do a lot worse than this 1997 budget compilation from Rhino Flashback. "Right Place Wrong Time," "Tipitina," and "Iko Iko" are classic Dr. John tunes, but there's a lot missing like "Junko Partner," "Loop Garoo," and "I Walk on Guilded Splinters." Longtime fans or anybody with an extra buck or two would be better off with Rhino's Very Best of Dr. John or its fully loaded 2006 cousin, the two-disc Definitive Pop Collection, both of which are priced fro the budget conscious. ~ James Christopher Monger Recorded while he was at Atlantic and named for Dr. John's biggest hit of the '70s, Right Place Wrong Time is a rollicking set of funky, tough New Orleans anthems recorded by Dr. John and containing some of his best-known cuts, including original versions of Professor Longhair's "Tipitina," "Mama Roux," his reading of "Iko Iko," and "Mos' Scocious." This is a welcome and raucous set of post-voodoo Dr. John. ~ Thom Jurek

Cutting his teeth on New Orleans session work while still a teen in the 1950s, pianist and singer Dr. John (born Mac Rebennack) emerged in the late 1960s with GRIS-GRIS, a blend of snaky rhythms, Crescent City funk, and swampland voodoo flair. Since then, he has remained one of New Orleans's prime musical ambassadors, an artist with his own trademark sound and style.

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