Dr John - Creole Moon

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Music Review: The Doctor has the Cure
Rating: 5 Stars

"You Swore" - An intro reminiscent of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" guaranteed to get your toes tapping, and (as another reviewer put it perfectly) "backtalkin' babes" who "do what I wanna do".

"Food for Thought" - Fantastic wordplay, with bandmates David Barrard and Herman Ernest shouting "I like it!" and other approving noises. Second best song on the album.

"Holdin' Pattern" - Great violin solo by Michael Doucet of Beausoleil Cajun fame. He plays with such tenderness that he tugs at your emotions even when backed by a funky groove. This is the Doctor's advice to "you young sprouts".

"Bruha Bembe" - This features a Marie Leveau-like "conjure woman" who uses gris-gris to cast spells of love down on the bayoo, "all bayoo self". The backup girls sing a magical "yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah". This is spooky and loads of fun - best song on the album, maybe the very best the Doctor has ever recorded.

"Imitation of Love" - A straight-ahead blues ballad, co-written by Doc Pomus, in which a man confronts his woman with his unwillingness to continue the facade they have made of their relationship. Nicely and sincerely delivered.

"Creole Moon" - As the Good Doctor himself says in the CD notes, this is "window-foggin' night music made specifically for romantic manoeuvres"

"Monkey and Baboon" - If not for the repeated use of the MF word, this would be a great story for children (of all ages), featuring Brer Rabbit-type characters.

"Queen of Cold" - What a hot trumpet solo by Kevin Louis!

In addition to the first-class music, this CD features fantastic cover paintings of legendary N'Awlins voodoo characters Dr. John (the Good Doctor's namesake) and Marie Leveau (with rooster prepared for slaughter). It also includes a colorful and always interesting series of notes by the Doctor himself about the music and the local history that inspires it.

Description of Creole Moon

Blues CDs

• Music > Styles
• Classic Rock
• Jazz
• Pop
• R&B
• Rock