Since the 1960s, Dr. John has been amazing live audiences with his own brand of New Orleans funk, blues, soul and "voodoo" music, but he's suffered a curious inability to get his music recorded right. Few of his records live up to the live experience, and even his live albums have been marred by mediocre production and a disappointing mix of songs. With his latest release, "Creole Moon," at long last the studio voodoo curse has been broken.
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As to why this record has succeeded where others have failed, Dr. John sums it up best himself: "In the past I made commercial records, cover records, tribute and histerical [sic] records, from the desperation of survival to art. But this record is a personal interpretation of New Orleans."