Post by Admin on Jun 8, 2019 15:18:03 GMT -4
New Orleans musician Dr. John has passed away at the age of 77, according to the artist’s social media manager and publicist, Karen Beninato.
In a post on Dr. John’s Facebook page, Beninato said Dr. John died because of a heart attack.
Dr. John was a six-time Grammy winner, songwriter, composer, producer and performer as well as a Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductee. His real name is Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack.
His sound is rooted in his New Orleans heritage, as Dr. John learned to play the piano and guitar as a young child.
“As a child growing up in the 1940s, he was steeped in the music of the city. ‘It was a special time in New Orleans,’ he told USA Today’s Edna Gunderson. ‘The radio stations played basically New Orleans music, and I thought that was what the whole world heard,’” reads Dr. John’s biography page on the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame’s website.
Dr. John was one of many musicians to come out of New Orleans, and he was also at the forefront of the southern rock and southern jam movement.
RIP
