Dr. John and the Lower 911. City That Care Forgot
Bob Morris @ May 31st 2008 14:30 - Category: Unfiled Tags: Dr. John, Hurricane Katrina
“Say Whut?” demands accountability for the botched Katrina response, and bites hard: “Say it’s a job well done/Then you giggled like a bitch/Hopped back on the Air Force One.”
In “Dream Warrior,” Dr. John imagines himself as an avenging samurai “sleeping with my sword” and proffers a conspiracy theory: “Lemme explain/About the second battle of New Orleans/Not about the loss, not even the devastation/About it was done with intention.” Beneath this beats a bamboula rhythm, bedrock of local resistance music for centuries.
Sounds like a must-have, socially relevant music performed by a national treasure, backed by all-stars.
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