Track Listing

1. Iko Iko
2. Blow Wind Blow
3. Big Chief
4. Somebody Changed The Lock
5. Mess Around
6. Let The Good Times Roll
7. Junko Partner
8. Stack-A-Lee
9. Tipitina
10. Those Lonely Lonely Nights
11. Huey Smith Medley: High Blood Pressure/Don't You Just Know It/Well I'll Be John Brown
12. Little Liza Jane

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20510 in Music
• Released on: 1990-07-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

From Amazon.co.uk
After the studio bloat of 1971's The Sun, Moon & Herbs, Gumbo is a tightly focused return to Mac Rebennack--aka Dr John--'s musical roots. His band is full of Louisiana legends (Harold Battiste, Lee Allen) plus lesser known but equally important 'Nawlins heroes: Ronnie Barron, Alvin Robinson, and a wonderful trombonist known simply as Streamline. Together, they rage through a dozen New Orleans classics, not only the work of Professor Longhair and Huey Smith, but also Earl King and Ray Charles, who lived in the Crescent City while leading the house band at the Dew Drop Inn. Many of these songs are closely associated with the 1950s, but Gumbo never sounds forced or nostalgic; it's great work from start to finish. --Keith Moerer

Amazon.com essential recording
After the studio bloat of 1971's The Sun, Moon & Herbs, Gumbo is a tightly focused return to Rebennack's musical roots. His band is full of Louisiana legends (Harold Battiste, Lee Allen) plus lesser known but equally important 'Nawlins heroes: Ronnie Barron, Alvin Robinson, and a wonderful trombonist known simply as Streamline. Together, they rage through a dozen New Orleans classics, not only the work of Professor Longhair and Huey Smith, but also Earl King and Ray Charles, who lived in the Crescent City while leading the house band at the Dew Drop Inn. Many of these songs are closely associated with the '50s, but Gumbo never sounds forced or nostalgic; it's great work from start to finish. --Keith Moerer

Chronique amazon.fr
Après s'être fait un nom comme grand prêtre du vaudou psychédélique, cet homme, baptisé Mac Rebennack, revient à ses racines de la Nouvelle-Orléans, avec ce disque de 1972. Rassemblant des chansons et des musiciens rencontrés pendant ses nombreuses années passées au studio à Crescent City, Dr. John rend un hommage passionné à la ville et aux sons qu'il a aimés. Des chansons, telles que "Iko Iko", "Big Chief" et "Junko Partner", sont devenues des classiques de musique roots dans le dernier quart du XXe siècle, en grande partie grâce à cet amour pour le style de vieilles légendes oubliées depuis belle lurette, comme Sugar Boy & The Cane Cutters, les Spiders, Paul Gayten et Huey Smith. --Steve Stolder