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starring: Dr. John
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302770032
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302770033
Label: Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Rhino / Wea
Release Date: May 19, 1993
Running Time: 60 minutes
Sales Rank: 40327
Studio: Rhino / Wea
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 1993
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The sound sucks
I was glad to see the Meters, Earl King, Professor Longhair and Dr. John, but the sound on this production sucks! I assume it's not the band, but all the instruments are out-of-synch with each other and there's no strong groove. On top of that, one gets the feeling that the bored-looking audience is just waiting for Earl King and Professor Longhair to finish so they can hear the Doctor. Earl and the Professor seem to notice and both act pretty nervous. It's not worth $90!
Rating:  - A get-down-raunchy good time of New Orleans' music.
Seeing "Dr John" get down and play his heart out would've been enough. But to add a legend like "Proffessor Longhair" and the couldn't-be-any-funkier-band "The Meters", it was just a site to see. Earl King was thrown in the mix to give it a little more traditional blues feel, he was great but nervous at times. Dr John's act was reminiscent of a Parliament show with costumes and toga's and goggles and that party atmosphere. The Meters with their bell bottoms and afro's singin' swampy, gritty ... Read More
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