Dr John Anutha Zone(blues)(flac)[rogercc][h33t]

DR JOHN ANUTHA ZONE
Original Release Date: August 11, 1998
Format:Flac



Amazon.com Review
For those of us who long for the days when Dr. John smeared himself with face paint, wore impossibly large headdresses, and sang about gris-gris, gumbo ya-ya, and croker courtbullion, Anutha Zone is indeed a heartening development. For too long Dr. John has paid the bills as a genteel purveyor of tasteful blues and Tin Pan Alley standards, and while it's helped him sustain a career and win Grammies, it's probably used up about an eighth of his true potential as an artist and musician. In the late '60s Dr. John was a visionary musical alchemist, working with psychedelic imagery and funky rhythms to nab the rock crowd, then plying them with spooky swampland mythology and raw Southern R&B. On Anutha Zone, Dr. John digs deep into that murky musical well once again, with stunning results. "John Gris," "Party Hellfire," and "Soulful Warrior" brilliantly fuse slow-burn grooves, sly musicianship, and Dr. John's elegantly gruff vocals, conjuring images of dark revelry down French Quarter back alleyways. This is the comeback of 1998, hands down. --Marc Weingarten

]Personnel:[/b Dr. John (vocals, piano, keyboards); Paul Weller (vocals, guitar); Carleen Anderson (vocals); Jason Pierce (guitar, Farfisa); Bobby Broom (guitar, background vocals); Gaz Coombes, Matt Deighton (guitar); Hugh McCracken (acoustic guitar, slide guitar, mandolin); Ravi (berimbau, percussion); Ray Moonshake (flute, saxophone); Ronnie Cuber (bass clarinet, saxophone, tenor saxophone); Shelley Woodworth (English horn); Lawrence Feldman (tenor saxophone); Alan Rubin (trumpet, piccolo trumpet); Tony Kadleck (trumpet); Clark Gayton (trombone); Little Big Horns (brass); Kick Horns (horns); Thighpaulsandra (organ); Steve White (drums, percussion); Herman V. Ernest III (drums, sound effects, background vocals); Clive Deamer, Damon Reece (drums); Sammy Figueroa (congas, percussion); Robin Jones , Malcolm Cross (percussion); Jenny Douglas, Katherine Russell, David Barard (background vocals).




[b]Track List
1. Zonata 0:46
2. Ki Ya Gris Gris 4:04
3. Voices In My Head 4:33
4. Hello God 4:37
5. John Gris 5:20
6. Party Hellfire 4:41
7. I Don't Wanna Know 3:24
8. Anutha Zone 3:58
9. I Like Ki Yoka 3:44
10. The Olive Tree 3:48
11. Why Come? 3:42
12. Soulful Warrior 4:09
13. The Stroke 4:15
14. Sweet Home New Orleans 5:49