This is the way of musical hoodoo that you can never go wrong with another recording from Dr. John, so while it was only last November that his 1988 concert emerged from the archives, the news of the late artist’s appearance at Rockpalast festival on on July 9th, 1999 being issued feel more than welcome. And not only because Mac Rebennack played such timeless perennials as “Mama Roux” and “Iko Iko” then – there was nothing unusual in his doing those pieces – but also because he performed a few new numbers.
Thus, the highlights of “Live At Rockpalast 1999” which will be released on March 27th as CD-and-DVD package will be “Soulful Warrior” and “Sweet Home New Orleans” from 1998’s “Anutha Zone” and “I’m Gonna Go Fishin'” from “Duke Elegant” of the 1999 vintage. Yet, of course, ignoring the likes of “Right Place Wrong Time” wouldn’t be possible either.
Live At Rockpalast 1999
1. Iko Iko
2. Qualified
3. I Walk On Guilded Splinters
4. Soulful Warrior
5. I’m Gonna Go Fishin’
6. Sweet Home New Orleans
7. Right Place, Wrong Time
8. Such A Night
9. Goin’ Back To New Orleans
10. Mama Roux
11. Big Chief
