Mac Rebennack, aka Dr. John the Night Tripper, brought the bayou to the bandstand and the funk to the masses. His music, spiced with his gravelly vocals, was a gumbo of blues, R&B, rock and with a bit ...

Malcolm John Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, died Thursday at age 77. He was a giant of New Orleans rhythm & blues in the 1950s and 1960s. Encore: New Orleans Music Legend Dr. John Dies At 77 ...

Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., known around the world as Dr. John, initially aspired to be a professional songwriter, producer and sideman, like the utilitarian New Orleans musicians who forged his ...

It might be heretical to say, but I’m not always in the mood for Dr. John. The Dr. John concept is an ambitious, resonant one, but there are days where a ninth-warder-than-thou voodoo dude doesn’t ...

Three years after Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack’s death, the New Orleans icon’s last studio album, “Things Happen That Way,” is finally available to fans. Its Sept. 23 release on Rounder Records was ...

As evidenced by WWOZ-FM’s weeklong musical eulogy for Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, he left no shortage of recorded music. In the months before his death on June 6, as his health grew ever more precarious ...

He was a link in a chain of New Orleans pianists that includes Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Allen Toussaint and James Booker. But the late Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack started out as a guitar ...

Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., known around the world as Dr. John, died Thursday of a heart attack after years of declining health, a family member confirmed. He was 77. Rebennack embodies New Orleans' ...

How did a middle-class white kid break into New Orleans’ feverish 1950s R&B scene and enjoy a wildly eclectic six-decade career? As a new release puts it: things happen that way I’ve been pondering ...

The estate of Dr. John issued a statement Thursday denying their involvement in the upcoming Dan Auerbach-directed documentary about the late New Orleans legend. “The Official Estate of Malcolm John ...

Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, the nine-fingered New Orleans-based pianist, singer, songwriter and session musician best known for his 1973 top 10 hit “Right Place, Wrong Time,” has died. He was 77. Across ...

Editor’s Note: Gene Seymour is a film critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. Follow him on Twitter ...