MUSICAL BOX: Dr John - Mama Roux

behold the Night Tripper

I’M FAIRLY sure that it was in the early nineties that I first heard the music of Dr. John, otherwise known as Mac Rebennack, surely one of the coolest names in contemporary music. It’s a long time ago, but it was probably when I saw him on a documentary made by Jools Holland. When I heard him play his signature song Such a Night I knew I had to buy it,…