hitting tenths with my right hand is almost impossible, the reason is simple: I've started playing tenths with my left hand when I was about 14. Even then I could normally play D-F#. That I'm unable to do that with my right hand is simply due to the fact that tenths don't sound so cool unless used in the lower part of the keyboard and therefore I never developed the tendons of my right hand to be able to stretch so far.
Having played piano for more than 50 years, I can tell you that Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis come nowhere close to the kind of technique required to play like this!
BINGO --maddermofo -- Kudos on the best background and description of this excellent song. I heard an interview w/ Dr John about this song, yours = the best. I used to think little this guy until the interview. Now I realize what he's done and how well he's done it. The man is a living piece of history.
Just now discovering this awesome dude. Digging the piano playing. :) Does anyone know what songs of his I ought to hear that best examplify his music?
punk and ska,s my thing,has been for twenty years but credit where credits due,,awesome,,,,gonna buy a cd any recomedations as to what one,,is there a best of etc,preferablly one that has the song ,murder in the red barn on it
@16stork90 murder in the red barn is a song by tom waits on his album bone machine. if you want to check out tom waits, i would recommend bone machine or swordfishtrombones. for dr. john i would check out the album gumbo or gris gris.
The Doctor is more than a doctor! He ought to become a legend. That man has done his homework AND always gives credit to the other masters before him.
@mattcol99 yeah i wonder if it will ever be possible for me to play tenths in D. ive been playing for 12 years, but i think my hand is just too small. too bad, it would really come in handy
@LynchMobster47 i could do that until i stuck an oyster knife through my thumb and severed the tendon. i can't play like the Doctor, but i could stretch to an octave n 2.. ;@>
I think he plays 1-5-10 with his left hand. You need a big hand to do it. I've tried to stretch my fingers for it, but it doesn't seem to be enough so I'm forced to be playing 1-5-8. 10ths sounds so cool though so it's a shame that it's so hard. Dr. John is a great piano man and I really love his style.
@LynchMobster47 Big hands are a help, but it you can train your hands to stretch to a certain degree. An old friend of mine and reach a 13th (octave and a sixth) with his right hand. That's bigger than Oscar Peterson (octave and a fifth).
@gubaldino Not just a help, some people are physically unable to play that as their hands are too small. It's like Hendrix, he could play chords on the guitar that many professionals find physically impossible.
Yeah You Rite!! Mac plays a mean 88, considering he was originally a guitar player (Telecaster) before he was shot in the hand in an "incident" in a motel room. He doesn't go into much detail but says that the injury basically changed him from an axe man to keys. I'm from NOLA with close ties in music and we need this music the way we need oxygen. If you want the master N'awlins soul and R&B collector, subscribe to 9thwardjukebox.on da tube. Yo mouf will water. JACAMO FEE NA NEY!!
The coolest thing ever was when I was about 6-7 yrs and my parents and me hung out with Pete Fountain at his restaurant in the 1984 World's Fair for about an hour. Sometimes, you've gotta love failure.
I'd thought I've heard most of his versions of this song. I haven't! This is GREAT! The Dr. is a miracle!!! Love all his improvisions in most all of his songs. He keeps you guessing...and is better each time! Thanks for putting this out for us to see.
@jonpowells Cause the SOB's got BIG hands (prck!) God I wish I could get that stretch as easy and smooth as him - hell I wish I could get it any way - I can get the C - E if I reach around the front of the keys but you can't do that D - F# - so i gotto make due and play the octave or roll up to the 10...
@Vintage1976 But then you can argue that it's not a afro cuban Clave, its an african rhythm or the habanera. etc...Everyone used that, and Bo Diddley was one of the ones to popularize it in America. But it's one of the oldest "mother grooves" in the world.
@beboplives6 No, Habenera is a different pattern. Bo Diddley did use it and popularize to some extent, but the majority of people out there wouldn't know what Clave was if it hit them on the head.
growing up in new orleans, as far as pianists, all i knew was, at the time, was that keyboardist from ELP, refried confusion brain salad surgery, happy mardi gras who dat
Not only a great pianist but a great artist and I know music. Seen him in concert many times since the 70's, truly a fine (and I do mean FINE) performer. This is a treat of a lesson in piano. Thank you Dr. John Mrs. Sepulveda
The Creole French lyrics are mispronounced. I"ko iko an de" "Pay attention to this" is correct, But the next verse should be "Jacomo feel o an den de" "The Joker we do not play today" and the last is "Jacomo fenanai." "The joker is finished". Louisiana Creole is a beautiful and simple language which is unfortunately being threatened with extinction.
I associate this more with Mardi Gras than any other single tune, other than perhaps Professor Longhair's "Come to the Mardi Gras." "Wild Tchoupitoulas gonna stomp some rump." Dr. John may have fled to L.A., but he never has lost the NOLA spirit.
One thing this gent does well (apart from creating an almighty groove) is to vary the figurations every time a verse or chorus is repeated, so tracks like this withstand repeated hearings better than a lot of singer-piano stuff out there. Also, the DVD shows that tracks like this are improvised in many details. When he repeats tracks on the DVD to show musicians how to play them, most of the repetitions contain different figurations, key changes etc. Why wasn't he given a Nobel Prize?
Totally agree, First 45 seconds of this, you think OK but nothing special. Then he flies! Don't know of anyone else who can play quite like this. Prof Longhair was much more limited.
If I ever want to go back to New Orleans without driving there, all I have to do is listen to slick here play the keyboard, and sing with his cajun squall, and brother, I'm right there in the french quarter without having to walk the streets there.
the presence of the black and gold lomardi trophy makes 43 years of suffering blues not so so bad, uh oh, damn.
who happy french quarter candy store rock, saints just won the superbowl with moon and enthwhistle unpresent. happy Mardi Gras Jimmy Page. ...wrong song, with an accent agieuex, swet tooth hotel in the Quarter. Who Dat Endymion and Bacchus ooo yeah.
The DR. has been an inspiration to just about every blues/funk pianist in the world. I got to see him perform here in Nashville a few years ago - just him and his piano. He's got 'the gift'. Thanks for the great videos!
on SCTV there was a sketch called 'Polynesiatown', with John Candy... Dr John played the owner of a restaurant where everyone got food poisining - he also did this song ... Brilliant !!!
Any real piano player will tell you that it is very challenging to play syncopation in the left hand because the left hand usually plays on the beat...the Dr. syncopates with his left hand with ease...he is a phenomenal pianist.
@nickeyparadise - Amen to that. Been playing piano for over 20 years and I'm a hack compared to DJ. Those cut-time syncopations with the left hand are THE hardest thing for me to play smoothly. The guy is a monster.
@nickeyparadise You can say that again. Guys like he and Leon Russell and Garth Hudson. Just a special ilk. I just shake my head. I could work on that left hand stuff for a 100 years and still not get it like these cats.
He just has gigantic hands... extra reach
vmsquier 2 weeks ago
I just posted a lesson of his song "Such A Night" if anyone would like to learn it. It's under Dr. John Such A Night Piano Lesson.
tyleryesta1 1 month ago in playlist Dr. John
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petey815 2 months ago
He has a monster of a hand
Perelea 3 months ago in playlist Liked
the Grateful Dead's version is also sick nasty!! dr. john roll that New Orleans tide in!
scrumbulent 3 months ago 2
considering he was shot in the roing finger he does well, perhaps the shoting helped him
farrell1188 3 months ago
descending tenths in the left hand is a classic blues piano technique, but you are right, it's hard. For us mortals.
sclaymore9 3 months ago
Check out the song's meaning on Wikipedia.
tapani108 3 months ago
I like him ,but no way is he going to remove my appendix
ilikezappa 4 months ago 23
And seriously - with hand like that? If the bottom flass out of the piano business he could always set of shop as a proctologist
burnsey11 5 months ago
hitting tenths with my right hand is almost impossible, the reason is simple: I've started playing tenths with my left hand when I was about 14. Even then I could normally play D-F#. That I'm unable to do that with my right hand is simply due to the fact that tenths don't sound so cool unless used in the lower part of the keyboard and therefore I never developed the tendons of my right hand to be able to stretch so far.
Tomislav4499 5 months ago
13 stupids
mystikwhitehair 5 months ago
Having played piano for more than 50 years, I can tell you that Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis come nowhere close to the kind of technique required to play like this!
gsdsteve 6 months ago
@gsdsteve Leon Russell. Fats Waller. Oscar Peterson. Phat cats.
slownoman 5 months ago
not many people can copy his style. same as with little richard and jerry lee. they were and are just that good
terrywhuff39 6 months ago
BINGO --maddermofo -- Kudos on the best background and description of this excellent song. I heard an interview w/ Dr John about this song, yours = the best. I used to think little this guy until the interview. Now I realize what he's done and how well he's done it. The man is a living piece of history.
MrMidwestgreg 6 months ago
transcribe that youtube....
gunfuego 6 months ago
Woo...jazzy. :)
lu4y4pants 7 months ago
What a special and so unappreciated talent.
joshuaingram 7 months ago
He makes great piano playing look easy. Must have big hands.
nastyblkman1 8 months ago
holy fffffffffffffffffffffffffff
tlz12345 8 months ago
jump sturdy or gilded splinters are both very good
terrywhuff39 8 months ago
My Mama always said "Listen to the
Doctor"
fbiller1 8 months ago
Just now discovering this awesome dude. Digging the piano playing. :) Does anyone know what songs of his I ought to hear that best examplify his music?
Annsla 9 months ago
@Annsla Try his mega hit "Right Place, Wrong Time." Betcha you can't keep your feet still! HA! Enjoy the music.
jsbach15 9 months ago
The Closed Captioning won't work. This sone bitch computer don't know Creole from sheeyit.
Satchmoeddie 9 months ago
He's in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame now. All I have to say is, 'BOUT TIME!
Oh yeah, and NOLA FOREVA!
lunaticheathen 10 months ago
punk and ska,s my thing,has been for twenty years but credit where credits due,,awesome,,,,gonna buy a cd any recomedations as to what one,,is there a best of etc,preferablly one that has the song ,murder in the red barn on it
16stork90 10 months ago
@16stork90 murder in the red barn is a song by tom waits on his album bone machine. if you want to check out tom waits, i would recommend bone machine or swordfishtrombones. for dr. john i would check out the album gumbo or gris gris.
matthewpuro 9 months ago
The Doctor is more than a doctor! He ought to become a legend. That man has done his homework AND always gives credit to the other masters before him.
JaySewallBlues 10 months ago
Who dilsikes this unless you've no true taste in music whatsoever?
cmuell89 10 months ago
Nolafunk is really excited to have Dr. John & the Lower 911 perform 2 rare intimate shows in NYC.... March 4th and 5th. DONT MISS IT!
NOLAfunkNYC 11 months ago
wow oh wow thats some tasty playing mac
Gd10034 11 months ago
How the F*&^ does he play 10ths with his left hand?
LynchMobster47 11 months ago 37
@LynchMobster47 He's got a big hand.....
lilletap 11 months ago
@LynchMobster47
and its tenths in D - which is a bigger stretch that C or G.
He has either massive hands or a small piano
mattcol99 8 months ago
@mattcol99 yeah i wonder if it will ever be possible for me to play tenths in D. ive been playing for 12 years, but i think my hand is just too small. too bad, it would really come in handy
jcracker 7 months ago
@LynchMobster47 i could do that until i stuck an oyster knife through my thumb and severed the tendon. i can't play like the Doctor, but i could stretch to an octave n 2.. ;@>
thepinkspidercompany 7 months ago
@LynchMobster47
He breaks them. Especially in D where he has to go from the D to the F sharp. The trick is to make it smooth...
prjacobs1 6 months ago
@LynchMobster47 lol; is it easier to play a 10th with your right hand? Also, he hits a few 11s in this vid.
Ilovetheplatypus 6 months ago
@Ilovetheplatypus No. lol. I was just specifying the hand he was using. Not saying 10ths are easy to play in any hand.
LynchMobster47 5 months ago
@LynchMobster47 Oddly enough; I can play a 10th with my left hand but not right.
Ilovetheplatypus 5 months ago
@LynchMobster47 I could play 10ths w/left, had to in order to play Gershwin!
melanieharper123 5 months ago
@LynchMobster47 he used to play guitar, hence the extra LH strength
colmcb311 5 months ago
@LynchMobster47
It isn't so difficult as you think. But you must have long fingers to reach them. I'm playing piano myself and I can play 10ths too.
DominicWeber1 4 months ago
@LynchMobster47 James Booker probably taught him :o) Wanna hear some incredible piano? Check out James Booker on youtube.
1blastman 4 months ago
@LynchMobster47 its not hard...
ashsmithers 3 months ago
I think he plays 1-5-10 with his left hand. You need a big hand to do it. I've tried to stretch my fingers for it, but it doesn't seem to be enough so I'm forced to be playing 1-5-8. 10ths sounds so cool though so it's a shame that it's so hard. Dr. John is a great piano man and I really love his style.
Barrelhousekjell 3 months ago 2
@LynchMobster47 PRACTICE. Play Fender bass a few years; that will help the stretch.
gingervytis 2 months ago
@LynchMobster47 You stretch. I guess you don't play piano. You practice, and your hand stretches.
gubaldino 1 month ago
@gubaldino No I do play piano and my pinky and thumb can be 180 degrees from each other but it's still to far for my hands.
LynchMobster47 1 month ago
@LynchMobster47 Big hands are a help, but it you can train your hands to stretch to a certain degree. An old friend of mine and reach a 13th (octave and a sixth) with his right hand. That's bigger than Oscar Peterson (octave and a fifth).
gubaldino 1 month ago
@gubaldino Not just a help, some people are physically unable to play that as their hands are too small. It's like Hendrix, he could play chords on the guitar that many professionals find physically impossible.
rockermanmatt 1 month ago
@LynchMobster47
beats me - I tried it and can't even come close - especially in D !!
rodgermingaye 3 weeks ago
@LynchMobster47 i tried his hands must be huge lol
monacode001 2 weeks ago
@LynchMobster47 it's not even like a C to an E either. He plays D to F# like it's nothing
BMatthews0 1 week ago
@LynchMobster47 I'm faaaaaaaar from his talent, and I'm a bass player but i can do it
0008890 6 days ago
Really....does it get any better than this???
Creolqween504life 11 months ago
Dr. John rules!
terrybeaton 11 months ago
Yes!!!!! I bow to such greatness, and think I need to go practice!!!
jamstheholy 11 months ago
Yeah You Rite!! Mac plays a mean 88, considering he was originally a guitar player (Telecaster) before he was shot in the hand in an "incident" in a motel room. He doesn't go into much detail but says that the injury basically changed him from an axe man to keys. I'm from NOLA with close ties in music and we need this music the way we need oxygen. If you want the master N'awlins soul and R&B collector, subscribe to 9thwardjukebox.on da tube. Yo mouf will water. JACAMO FEE NA NEY!!
MegaVoodooChile 1 year ago
The coolest thing ever was when I was about 6-7 yrs and my parents and me hung out with Pete Fountain at his restaurant in the 1984 World's Fair for about an hour. Sometimes, you've gotta love failure.
bm8683 1 year ago
superb
Mehefinheulog1 1 year ago
Sick piano skills!
soultaker22 1 year ago
Groovy as hell bass line...
vpmitchell 1 year ago
Professor Longhair taught him well, but not many folks could have learned all that and taken it a little further!
maziesman 1 year ago
A musical genius and all time ledgo.
Haydos711 1 year ago
this is the Shit!
manni62 1 year ago
anything said is an understatement
rjtravers 1 year ago
I'd thought I've heard most of his versions of this song. I haven't! This is GREAT! The Dr. is a miracle!!! Love all his improvisions in most all of his songs. He keeps you guessing...and is better each time! Thanks for putting this out for us to see.
MyMoppet52 1 year ago
Thanks heaps for this vids, I've actually just purchased the DVDs online, looking forward to the in between song bits ;)
Take that MP frickin AA, posting clips of copyright material in public forums does in fact lead to purchases :)
steveski74 1 year ago
Look at his hands. His left hand is hitting tenths pretty much the whole time. You need some pretty big hands for that.
willynillyd69 1 year ago
Jacking off in LA!
UofMgoblue2012 1 year ago
@UofMgoblue2012
insanebrainn 1 year ago
@UofMgoblue2012 yo! leme git in on dat foo! im "itchin" for "glory".... hit me up babes
CooperHawkes 1 year ago
If anyone puts together a rock n;roll band and with a 'second line" holy Jesus.......
tmf945 1 year ago
...and singing at the same time...stunning.
growtogether 1 year ago
This was originally a Mardi Gras Indian song. Long John Baldry does a fantastic version.
fairportfan2 1 year ago
there is a film called k9 should of had this as soundtrack its awesome got to go listen again haha
garbage106 1 year ago
I'd go to Dr. John over any "real" physician any day.
superlou1s 1 year ago 2
isn't it the soudtrack of the movie ''rainman''?
meriem63 1 year ago
wanna see something funny? turn on "transcribe audio" under closed captioning.
thumbs up if you laughed.
jonpowells 1 year ago 155
@jonpowells
littlevillage 1 year ago
@jonpowells how do you do that?
littlevillage 1 year ago
@littlevillage it's under CC on the video.
jonpowells 1 year ago
@jonpowells What would really be funny is if Google was just translating Cajun to English lol
ezerhauden 1 year ago
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@jonpowells
What would really be funny is if Google was just translating Cajun to English lol
ezerhauden 1 year ago
@jonpowells
What would really be funny is if Google was just translating Cajun to English lol
ezerhauden 1 year ago
@jonpowells it might be funny to you to see closed capt's, but to those who have lost hearing it isn't funny at all....grow up
kjsinftw 1 year ago
@kjsinftw why would a deaf person be watching a video of dr. john performing iko iko? fuck off, mate.
jonpowells 1 year ago
@jonpowells it made me lose the game
soupizcool 6 months ago
@jonpowells tooooo funny automated translation via japanese programmers!!
lowtechlou 6 months ago
@jonpowells Cause the SOB's got BIG hands (prck!) God I wish I could get that stretch as easy and smooth as him - hell I wish I could get it any way - I can get the C - E if I reach around the front of the keys but you can't do that D - F# - so i gotto make due and play the octave or roll up to the 10...
burnsey11 5 months ago
@jonpowells 2:02
the game...
petey815 4 months ago
@jonpowells LOL. So that's what the lyrics are about... You can almost hear the software going "WTF?"
DrAndreLevy 4 months ago
Right On ! Congratulations on being nominated for enshrinement into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Love It
LuckyCedarlane 1 year ago
Right On ! Congratulations on being nominated for enshrinement into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
LuckyCedarlane 1 year ago
Right On ! on being nominated for enshrinement into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
LuckyCedarlane 1 year ago
Great！
cheigo9681 1 year ago
i can play piano as much as i can jump over thames bridge. but i do know that this is awesome.
gazebbs123 1 year ago
been playing lately cuz?!
Mayerling52 1 year ago
It's not actually a Bo Diddley rhythm,it's called Clave, it's an Afro-Cuban rhythm. Listen to it, 1-2-3...4-5. Or 1-2...3-4-5.
Vintage1976 1 year ago
@Vintage1976 But then you can argue that it's not a afro cuban Clave, its an african rhythm or the habanera. etc...Everyone used that, and Bo Diddley was one of the ones to popularize it in America. But it's one of the oldest "mother grooves" in the world.
beboplives6 1 year ago
@beboplives6 No, Habenera is a different pattern. Bo Diddley did use it and popularize to some extent, but the majority of people out there wouldn't know what Clave was if it hit them on the head.
Vintage1976 1 year ago
Hurricane Katrina couldn't kill the Doctor.
roscoegino 1 year ago 2
A left hand that just wont quit
asasdfasdfable 1 year ago
For the 5th Anniversary today... Nawlinz I love ya~
evergreenes65 1 year ago
holy shit his left hand reaches 10ths with so much ease
taiwon1 1 year ago
perfect.
saullouis 1 year ago
I love how his hands are white in the top view but from above they look black LOL just thought that was funny, but pretty impressive.
xooly 1 year ago
growing up in new orleans, as far as pianists, all i knew was, at the time, was that keyboardist from ELP, refried confusion brain salad surgery, happy mardi gras who dat
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
incredible.. what a talent..im going to buy his albums
beahgtm 1 year ago
Haha yeah baby!!
patturik 1 year ago
Not only a great pianist but a great artist and I know music. Seen him in concert many times since the 70's, truly a fine (and I do mean FINE) performer. This is a treat of a lesson in piano. Thank you Dr. John Mrs. Sepulveda
jetsafox 1 year ago
Nice playing. Fat sound. If you're impressed by good left hand on the piano you're probably already a Bruce Hornsby fan. If not, he's worth a look.
Dr John...an object lesson in how to be old AND cool!
Mogggggpiano 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this. The top view of the keyboard as he's playing is awesome.
lillymac61 1 year ago
thanks so much for uploading this---i'm an aspiring player, you rule...again, thanks!!!
crackfarm76 1 year ago
The 7 people that clicked dislike would make awful pianists.
cullen1298 1 year ago
The Creole French lyrics are mispronounced. I"ko iko an de" "Pay attention to this" is correct, But the next verse should be "Jacomo feel o an den de" "The Joker we do not play today" and the last is "Jacomo fenanai." "The joker is finished". Louisiana Creole is a beautiful and simple language which is unfortunately being threatened with extinction.
JerryBear48 1 year ago
I associate this more with Mardi Gras than any other single tune, other than perhaps Professor Longhair's "Come to the Mardi Gras." "Wild Tchoupitoulas gonna stomp some rump." Dr. John may have fled to L.A., but he never has lost the NOLA spirit.
shaneu1 1 year ago
second line is IT
slimturnpike 1 year ago
His left hand, his right hand, and his vocal chords all have minds of their own. This guy is sick.
Sjack90 1 year ago
the wierd thing is he is a better guitar player
doodlebops1992 1 year ago
@doodlebops1992 LOL wtf
LTmattYT 1 year ago
This is a gift from Dr John, with a nice keyboard view; thanks!
doninsj 1 year ago
speak english
TheIm2BiZ11 1 year ago
This is the jivest crap ever.
bearclawhogs44 1 year ago
@bearclawhogs44 This is quality.
evanfrmheaven 1 year ago
wow!
downtroddenmusic 1 year ago
WHAT CAN I DO? I LOVE THIS MAN! HE'S THE BEST DOCTOR!!
mandolinoelettrico 1 year ago
this is waaay better than the remake!
darkempressdomain 1 year ago
Totally was blown away by this record. Left hand is amazing. Chord changes are stellar!
geezer2 1 year ago
Left hand is alll
geezer2 1 year ago
Holy shit! Thats some goddamn piano playing!!
srgtmurphy 1 year ago
WOW
boskabouter12 1 year ago
I loves this shit!!
MogamboJack 1 year ago
wow!
jakemathias 1 year ago
It's Spy Boy not a "Spy Dog" and they are Indian Gangs not "tribes."
wwozdj 1 year ago
Dr. John makes music that impregnates my ears with so much awesomesauce it is oozing out of my eyeballs.
WaveRiding74 1 year ago
One thing this gent does well (apart from creating an almighty groove) is to vary the figurations every time a verse or chorus is repeated, so tracks like this withstand repeated hearings better than a lot of singer-piano stuff out there. Also, the DVD shows that tracks like this are improvised in many details. When he repeats tracks on the DVD to show musicians how to play them, most of the repetitions contain different figurations, key changes etc. Why wasn't he given a Nobel Prize?
whatsmylogin 1 year ago 3
@whatsmylogin
Totally agree, First 45 seconds of this, you think OK but nothing special. Then he flies! Don't know of anyone else who can play quite like this. Prof Longhair was much more limited.
pdavies65 1 year ago
Just amazing.
iamoneilly 1 year ago
can i get the mp3/4 for this anywhere??? can't find just a solo piano and voice version anywhere
Willdavalveartist 1 year ago
Oh... Shit... MY BRAIN JUST EXPLODED FROM AWESOMENESS!
kdfljgfldghldfgshdfl 1 year ago
legendary.
123Paulmark 1 year ago
If I ever want to go back to New Orleans without driving there, all I have to do is listen to slick here play the keyboard, and sing with his cajun squall, and brother, I'm right there in the french quarter without having to walk the streets there.
moseseseseses 1 year ago 4
Would give 10 stars... 5 for stars for each of his hands. WOW
redeyejoey 1 year ago 6
The man can play!
Matshoppahulle 1 year ago
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redeyejoey 1 year ago
Somebody oughta slap those Dixie Chicks for ruining this song.
DebrisYat 1 year ago 4
Uhm do you mean the Dixie Cups? Cuz they were the first to record it I believe...
cadaverjunkie84 1 year ago
I'd like to see him have a duet with Dr. Teeth :D
EchoBoomer1987 1 year ago
I believe they have done a duet together, on the Muppet Show waaay back when. After all Henson used Dr. John to create Dr. Teeth.
DebrisYat 1 year ago 2
LOL!!
byebyebirdie2 1 year ago
Is he saying 'jacking off in LA?'
UofMgoblue2012 1 year ago 2
hahahahahaha lol
laribells 1 year ago
The boy is just to bad. HE IS TRULY NEW ORLEANS.
moseseseseses 1 year ago 3
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big chief likes plenty o'
skeleton ready?
the presence of the black and gold lomardi trophy makes 43 years of suffering blues not so so bad, uh oh, damn.
who happy french quarter candy store rock, saints just won the superbowl with moon and enthwhistle unpresent. happy Mardi Gras Jimmy Page. ...wrong song, with an accent agieuex, swet tooth hotel in the Quarter. Who Dat Endymion and Bacchus ooo yeah.
WHO DAT! 2010
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
わてもそう思う。
I think so.
(Best performer of this song!)
fesstarou 2 years ago 2
Fantastic!
Best performer of this song!
I cannot see well the keys, someone have the partitures of this execution?
maxzander2001 2 years ago 2
Play the blues, Doc. Incredible.
YanceySpecial 2 years ago
His "Creole Moon" is incredible.
MEpianist 2 years ago
playing the bass drum with the left hand while piano with the left.....i have the ultimate respect for this man!
Bosphorus92 2 years ago
That's some serious left/right hand independence right there man.
MySupaFli 2 years ago
The DR. has been an inspiration to just about every blues/funk pianist in the world. I got to see him perform here in Nashville a few years ago - just him and his piano. He's got 'the gift'. Thanks for the great videos!
chrisnolemusic 2 years ago
It just struck me that you can hear old skool funk in this. It all links up.
SteffanLlwyd 2 years ago
wooow!! thats great I love it!!!
ZagusiaQ 2 years ago
oh lord
Lenebuur 2 years ago 2
just cool... there aren't many songs which are shaking me like this one!
donmax74 2 years ago
on SCTV there was a sketch called 'Polynesiatown', with John Candy... Dr John played the owner of a restaurant where everyone got food poisining - he also did this song ... Brilliant !!!
hdsrvc 2 years ago
Just what the good docter ordered.
jaapbakker 2 years ago 4
Totaly <3 it.
Nice music and very talented guy.
motorula 2 years ago
I can not stay away.. I LOVE this man and his style of music.. It's in da blood, gotta have it!
Meowmie707 2 years ago 4
the master him self love all his songs
love itt so smoot hell yes 10 ********** thanks a lott
teet555 2 years ago
he needs a marlboro and a shot whiskey
jowo13 2 years ago 5
Any real piano player will tell you that it is very challenging to play syncopation in the left hand because the left hand usually plays on the beat...the Dr. syncopates with his left hand with ease...he is a phenomenal pianist.
nickeyparadise 2 years ago 55
@nickeyparadise - Amen to that. Been playing piano for over 20 years and I'm a hack compared to DJ. Those cut-time syncopations with the left hand are THE hardest thing for me to play smoothly. The guy is a monster.
scottcampbell1958 1 year ago 70
@scottcampbell1958 having your weaknesses as a musician prensent at the time of practice, cane help you lots.
you just took the first step.
keep practicing.
peace bro.
odinmp5 10 months ago
@nickeyparadise and he sings at the same time !
mistergom 1 year ago
@nickeyparadise You can say that again. Guys like he and Leon Russell and Garth Hudson. Just a special ilk. I just shake my head. I could work on that left hand stuff for a 100 years and still not get it like these cats.
raceyblood 1 year ago
@nickeyparadise .That the ony way that I can play piano or organ due to a bike Accident.
You can check it out on some on my post.
tibiafinger 1 year ago