Desitively Bonnaroo

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Desitively Bonnaroo
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Studio album by
Dr. John
ReleasedApril 8, 1974
Recorded1974
Studio
Genre
Length37:12
Label Atco
Producer Allen Toussaint
Dr. John chronology
In The Right Place
(1973)		Desitively Bonnaroo
(1974)		 Hollywood Be Thy Name
(1975)
Singles from Desitively Bonnaroo
  1. "(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away"
    Released: April 1974
  2. "Let's Make A Better World"
    Released: July 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]

Desitively Bonnaroo is a 1974 album by the New Orleans rhythm and blues musician Dr. John. The album was produced by Allen Toussaint and features sizable musical support from The Meters. The album mines the territory featured on his previous album, In The Right Place . It spent eight weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 105 on June 1, 1974. [4]

Contents

The Bonnaroo Music Festival was named after the album title, when the festival's founders looked through old albums for inspiration. [5] Bonnaroo is derived from French bonne /bɔn/, the feminine form of bon /bɔ̃/ meaning "good," and French rue /ry/ meaning "street," translating roughly to "the best on the streets." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mac Rebennack, except where indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Quitters Never Win" 3:17
2."Stealin'" 3:32
3."What Comes Around (Goes Around)" 3:13
4."Me – You = Loneliness" 3:06
5."Mos' Scocious" 2:47
6."(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away" 2:43
7."Let's Make a Better World" Earl King 2:58
8."R U 4 Real" 4:16
9."Sing Along Song" 2:44
10."Can't Git Enuff" 3:00
11."Go Tell the People" Allen Toussaint 3:06
12."Desitively Bonnaroo" Jessie Hill, Rebennack2:31

Personnel

Musicians

The Meters

Additional musicians

Technical

References

  1. 1 2 Chrispell, James. "Desitively Bonnaroo - Dr. John" at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Andrews, Michael (2003). "Dr. John". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. pp. 301–302. ISBN   978-1-84353-105-0.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ "Billboard 200 - June 1, 1974". Billboard . Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ Buchanan, Leigh (May 31, 2011). "The Founders of Superfly Presents and Brains Behind Bonnaroo". Inc.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019. [Richard Goodstone]: When we were brainstorming names, we started flipping through old records and came across Desitively Bonnaroo, by Dr. John. We looked up bonnaroo and found out it was Creole slang for good stuff.
  6. ↑ Pareles, Jon (June 18, 2006). "Jon Pareles at the Bonnaroo Music Festival". The New York Times . Retrieved June 7, 2019.


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