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Dr. John, Mercernary
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1730081
Disk length: 49m 54s (13 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1995
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Blues In The Night | 4:38 |
| 2. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby | 3:41 |
| 3. Personality | 3:36 |
| 4. Hit The Road To Dreamland | 4:11 |
| 5. I'm An Old Cow Hand | 4:18 |
| 6. Dream | 2:33 |
| 7. Lazy Bones | 3:47 |
| 8. That Old Black Magic | 3:24 |
| 9. Come Rain Or Come Shine | 5:28 |
| 10. Moon River | 2:37 |
| 11. Tangerine | 4:37 |
| 12. I Ain't No Johnny Mercer | 3:15 |
| 13. Save The Bones For Henry Jones | 3:40 |
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Review
Though Dr. John is by no means the first musician from the rock era to take a stab at the classic American songbook, the results have rarely been as satisfying as this. While all of the material was written by, inspired by, or associated with Johnny Mercer, this is very much a Dr. John album, with Mac Rebennack and his ace New Orleans rhythm section giving selections from "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" to "Moon River" a funky, Crescent City spin. With the good doctor applying piano syncopation to an instrumental expansion of "I'm an Old Cow Hand" and giving his sly, playful rasp to a jaunty "Dream" and a bluesy "Come Rain or Come Shine," this tribute not only attests to the range, craftsmanship, and enduring appeal of Mercer's all-American music, it reflects the New Orleans master's interpretive depth. --Don McLeese
Other Versions
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Tracks: 13, Disk length: 49m 54s
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 49m 43s (-1m 49s)
Tracks: 14 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 14m (+24m 6s)
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