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Gris Gris

Dr. John the Night Tripper (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Covered in a variegated spray of New Orleans Mardi Gras feathers and shiny voodoo baubles, Mac Rebennack's highly personal mythology was finally made real on this 1968 album. This was his first appearance made under the new guise of Dr. John Creaux, the Night Tripper. Before then, he'd been a pivotal figure on the Crescent City R&B circuit. Afterward, he became one of its most significant blues ambassadors. This album is a classic of the admittedly specialized psychedelic swamp-gumbo genre, boasting at least four tracks that have become cult favorites. "Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya," "Mama Roux," "Jump Sturdy," and "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" each delicately mix catchy choruses and weird spatial sound effects, with radical stereo separation, intensely croaking, close-quarter vocals from the doctor, pneumatic keyboard riffs, pinprick electric guitar, and booming Afro-Caribbean percussion. The album still stands at its original 33-minute length, with no bonus cuts unearthed, but its high density more than compensates for any brevity. --Martin Lonely

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The most exploratory and psychedelic outing of Dr. John's career, a one-of-a-kind fusion of New Orleans Mardi Gras R&B and voodoo mysticism. Great rasping, bluesy vocals, soulful backup singers, and eerie melodies on flute, sax, and clarinet, as well as odd Middle Eastern-like chanting and mandolin runs. It's got the setting of a strange religious ritual, but the mood is far more joyous than solemn. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, Doctor, take me back to N'awlins Mar 26 2001
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
It has been over 30 years since I first heard this collection of music, and I believe it could go another 30 and not lose a beat. If Mac Rabenneck and cohorts were guilty of cashing in on the rage for psychedelia way back in 68, at least they came by it honest and with a fierce originality that was...and remains...all their own. I've slipped this CD on when young (20-30 somethings) friends are visiting, and they flip. They're not hearing retro-psychedelia, or gimmicky sound effects, as some reviewers might suggest. They're hearing something primal and hot, borne of a Louisianna bayou night with fireflies in the mangroves and barely-perceived forms flitting through the shadows.

Yeah, lower the lights, burn a few candles, and sit back with this one cranked.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 'Ti Alberta April 10 2004
By Highway
Format:Audio CD
I've owned this album for many years now, I consider it to be one of the most raw & unique albums ever recorded. It makes you feel as if you're sitting in a run-down New Orleans shack watching a voodoo ritual. Tunes like Cris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya, Danse Fambeaux, Jump Sturdy & the ever so haunting I Walk On Guided Splinters makes this album a must have for any eclectic music fan.

If you ever have the chance to play it for some drugged friends, do it! And watch the expressions change as they steadily get more and more freaked out as the album progresses, ultimately climaxing on I Walk On Guided Splinters. The third "'Ti Alberta" seems to trip people out the most, ask them if they see any spirits too, it's a nice touch.

Anyway, go buy & enjoy the fun spookiness that is Dr. John's Gris Gris.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Far away from the city let the swamp envelop you. July 27 2011
By GtheK TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Scary, outrageous, mystifying and, certainly not for the faint of heart. This is not about the New Orleans of Bourbon Street (for that look towards "Gumbo") but, rather backroads and swamps of Louisiana far away from the comforts of paved roads and the Mississippi river. Best listened to late at night. Be careful though, this is not for the timid.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon
They call me Dr. John
Known as the Night Tripper
Got my satchel of gris gris in my hand
Tripping up, back down the bayou
I'm the last of the best
I'm known... Read more
Published on May 3 2003
4.0 out of 5 stars This sure is Voodoo Music
The first time I heard this record, I thought: "This is awful: Poorly recorded, out-of-tune instruments and voices, uninspired and pretentious tracks... Read more
Published on Jan 23 2003 by Miguel Angel Martinez Rolland
5.0 out of 5 stars DARK, DIRTY, DENSE, AND DANCEABLE....
I have also reviewed Babylon, the companion cd to Gris-Gris, and have done a bit of editorializing. This cd deserves only the mention of the musics, Dr. Read more
Published on May 30 2001 by Peppino
5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing else quite like Gris-Gris
Been collecting albums from this era for about 20 years and don't know how I missed this, until summer 2000 that is.

Love it. Read more

Published on Dec 16 2000 by Bill Your 'Free Form FM Print DJ
3.0 out of 5 stars Odd, interesting, but a bit dated and unfocused
It's difficult to objectively critique this disc in 2000. While in 1968 the voodou-drenched peculiarities of the Louisiana bayou may have been creepy and enigmatic, Cajun culture... Read more
Published on July 5 2000 by James Burke
5.0 out of 5 stars Je suis la grande zombi...
There've been various reissues of this album over the years -- Alligator, Repertiore, and now Collector's Choice -- I have no idea how this particular CD edition stands up --... Read more
Published on May 26 2000 by boeanthropist
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