Some performers simply make you happy to hear them. Lee Dorsey, who lived from 1924 to 1986, fits the category to a tee. This is what Digital Dream Door — a great site for music lovers, by the way — had to say about the man who was born and died in New Orleans: One of the most underrated and overlooked figures …
(Note: The above video references The Daily Music Break, a sister site.) Malcolm John (Mac) Rebennack Jr. — Dr. John — was an American original who inhabits a special place in our musical heritage. He lived from November 1941 until June 2019. Rebennack’s family’s heritage is German, Irish, Spanish, English and French. The city in which he grew up added Cajun, African …
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