Malcolm John Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, died Thursday at age 77. He was a giant of New Orleans rhythm & blues in the 1950s and 1960s. Encore: New Orleans Music Legend Dr. John Dies At 77 ...

NEW ORLEANS — Dr. John, the New Orleans singer and piano player who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said.

Stepping into the lobby of New Orleans’ Orpheum Theater before the memorial service for Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., a.k.a. Dr. John, I heard his recording of Allen Toussaint’s “Life” playing from ...

He was a link in a chain of New Orleans pianists that includes Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Allen Toussaint and James Booker. But the late Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack started out as a guitar ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies in for Terry Gross. Mac Rebennack, the musician, singer, songwriter and producer, better known to his fans as Dr. John, died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 77.

NEW ORLEANS — Dr. John, the New Orleans musician who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77. In ...

Three years after Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack’s death, the New Orleans icon’s last studio album, “Things Happen That Way,” is finally available to fans. Its Sept. 23 release on Rounder Records was ...

New Orleans musician Mac Rebennack, A.K.A. Dr. John, died Thursday at 77. He was known for his raspy voice and hits such as "Right Place, Wrong Time" and "Such A Night." Originally broadcast in '86.

DAVIES: Mac Rebennack grew up in New Orleans and came of age when the city was one of the country's rock 'n' roll capitals. In his teens, he worked as a session musician, playing guitar and keyboards, ...