YEAR
2011
INDUCTED BY
John Legend
CATEGORY
Performers
The mystical keyboardist steeped and simmered in the glittery, psychedelic funk of New Orleans.
Dr. John was schooled by New Orleans’ finest, but he gave the music a new twist with his swampy, voodoo charm.
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Ashley Kahn
It’s a challenge to choose which Dr. John to celebrate first. He hm been active since the rise of rock & roll, and many are the coats he has worn: riff master, R&B guitarist, and boogie-woogie piano professor.
Psychedelic-voodoo-rock shaman and stately New Orleans musical ambassador. Bandleader of top-tier talent and A -list session and/producer. Player of downhome blues and singer of uptown jazz standards-
‘Ain’t no difference,” Dr. John said of himself a few years back. “It’s all one sucka in there, however you want to break it down….”