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Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, better known to music fans as Dr. John, began his career in the late 1950s as a teenage session guitarist in his native New Orleans, backing such local legends as pianist Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd, Art Neville, and R&B singer-songwriter Joe Tex. In the late '60s, he launched a solo career as Dr. John Creaux the Night Tripper, working a flamboyant persona steeped in voodoo lore and serving up a beguiling blend of funk, rhythm and blues, and psychedelic rock. Read More

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Clarence Fountain was one of the founding members of the Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama, a group that was formed when he... Read the full Clarence Fountain bio.

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