Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack (born November 21, 1940), higher identified by the stage title Dr. John, is an American singer, songwriter, voice actor, pianist, and guitarist, whose music combinesblues, pop, jazz, zydeco, boogie woogie, and rock and roll.
Energetic as a session musician because the late Fifties, he gained a cult following within the late Sixties following the discharge of his album Gris-Gris and his look on the Tub Competition of Blues and Progressive Music. He carried out a wildly theatrical stage present impressed bymedicine reveals, Mardi Gras costumes, and voodoo ceremonies. Rebennack has recorded greater than 20 albums and in 1973 scored a top-20 hit with “Proper Place Unsuitable Time”.
The winner of six Grammy Awards, Rebennack was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame by singer John Legend on March 14, 2011. In Might 2013, Rebennack was the recipient of an honorary doctorate of nice arts fromTulane College. He was jokingly referred to by Tulane’s president, Scott Cowen, as “Dr. Dr. John”.