Under a Hoodoo Moon The Life of the Night Tripper

by MacRebennack, Mac; Rummel, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780312131975
• ISBN10: 0312131976
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-15
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary

Under a Hoodoo Moon is one of rock's most original and infectious autobiographies. In its pages, Dr. John, the alchemist of New Orleans psychedelic funk, tells his story, and what a story it is: of four decades on the road, on the charts, in and out of trouble, but always steeped in the piano-based soulful grind of New Orleans rhythmn & blues of which he is the acknolwedged high guru. From childhood as a prodigal prodigy among 1950s legends from Little Richard and Fats Domino to sesssions with the Rolling Stones and the Band; from recording studio to juke joint to penitentiary to world tours; from Mac Rebennack to Dr. John the Night Tripper, this is the testament of our funkiest rock storyteller. Full of wit and wordplay, tales of hoodoo saints and high-living sinners, Under a Hoodoo Moon casts a spell as hard to resist as Mardi Gras itself.

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"One of the most uninhibited music biographies ever published, scary and funny at the same time." --The New York Times

"Mud-funky...fascinating and gritty." --Los Angeles Times

"Colorful and folksy, raucous and raunchy...required reading" --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Ranks alongside Miles Davis's provocative autobiography...fascinating" --Down Beat

"One of those books you genuinely cannot put down." --Relix

"As funky and seductive as a syncopated New Orleans rhythm." --Rolling Stone