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Dr. John

DR. JOHN

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.

Dr. John

Dr. John

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….”

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