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Dr. JohnAKA Malcolm John Rebennack Jr.

Born: 21-Nov-1940
Birthplace: New Orleans, LA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Musician

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Right Place, Wrong Time

Father: Malcom John Rebennack, Sr. (shop owner)
Mother: Dorothy

    High School: Jesuit High School, New Orleans, LA

    Dr. John
    Canned Heat Keyboardist/Vocalist 1968-70
    B. B. King Keyboardist 1971, 1981, 1997, 1999
    Allen Toussaint Keyboardist/Guitarist 1971
    The Rolling Stones Keyboardist 1972
    Sir Douglas Quintet Keyboardist 1973
    Maria Muldaur Keyboardist 1974-92
    Bill Wyman Multi-instrumentalist 1974-76
    Ringo Starr Keyboardist/Vocalist 1974, 1976
    Carly Simon Multi-instrumentalist/Vocalist 1974-76
    David Bromberg Keyboardist 1975-76
    Harry Nilsson Multi-instrumentalist 1975-76
    Van Morrison Keyboardist 1977
    The Gregg Allman Band Keyboardist 1977
    Garland Jeffreys Keyboardist 1977-78
    Joe Cocker Keyboardist 1978
    Rickie Lee Jones Keyboardist 1979
    Hoyt Axton Keyboardist 1979
    Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Keyboardist 1980
    Emmylou Harris Keyboardist 1981
    Leon Redbone Keyboardist 1981-92
    Hank Crawford Keyboardist 1982-92
    Johnny Winter Keyboardist 1986, 1991
    Marianne Faithfull Keyboardist 1987, 1990
    The Neville Brothers Multi-instrumentalist 1981
    Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band Keyboardist 1990
    Taj Mahal Keyboardist 1991
    Tab Benoit Keyboardist 1992
    Edie Brickell Keyboardist 1994
    Beth Orton Keyboardist 1999
    The Edgar Winter Band Keyboardist 1999
    Jack Bruce Keyboardist 2001
    Irish Ancestry Maternal
    French Ancestry Maternal
    Grammy Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group (for Makin' Whoopee, with Rickie Lee Jones)(1989)
    Grammy Best Traditional Blues Album (for Goin' Back To New Orleans)(1992)
    Grammy Best Rock Instrumental Performance (for SRV Shuffle, with B. B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton and others)(1996)
    Grammy Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (for Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby), with B. B. King)(2000)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Blues Brothers 2000 (6-Feb-1998)
    Candy Mountain (20-Jan-1988)
    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (24-Jul-1978)
    The Last Waltz (26-Apr-1978) Himself

Official Website:
http://www.drjohn.org/

Author of books:
Under a Hoodoo Moon (with Jack Rummel) (1994, St. Martin's Press)


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