Desitively Bonnaroo

1974 studio album by Dr. John

Desitively Bonnaroo is a 1974 album by the New Orleans rhythm and blues musician Dr. John. The album was produced by Allen Toussaint and features sizable musical support from The Meters. The album mines the territory featured on his previous album, In The Right Place. This album spent eight weeks on the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at #105 on June 1, 1974.^[3]

The Bonnaroo Music Festival was named after the album title, when the festival's founders looked through old albums for inspiration.^[4] Bonnaroo is derived from French bonne /bɔn/, the feminine form of bon /bɔ̃/ meaning "good," and French rue /ry/ meaning "street," translating roughly to "the best on the streets."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mac Rebennack, except where indicated

Personnel

Musicians

• Dr John – guitar, piano, sound effects, vocals
• Allen Toussaint – keyboards, percussion, arrangements, background vocals

The Meters

• Leo Nocentelli – guitar
• Art Neville – keyboards, organ
• George Porter Jr. – bass
• Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste – drums

Additional musicians

• Gary Brown – alto, soprano & tenor saxophone
• Mark Colby – clarinet, tenor saxophone,
• Whit Sidener – baritone & alto saxophone
• Peter Graves – trombone
• Kenneth Faulk – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Robbie Montgomery, Jessie Smith – background vocals

Technical

• Allen Toussaint – producer
• Karl Richardson – engineer
• Ken Laxton, Roberta Grace – remix engineers
• George Piros – mastering engineer
• Larry Summers – design
• Bob Nall – illustration

References

1. Chrispell, James. "Desitively Bonnaroo - Dr. John" at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. "Billboard 200 - June 1, 1974". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
4. Buchanan, Leigh (2011-05-31). "The Founders of Superfly Presents and Brains Behind Bonnaroo". Inc.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07. [Richard Goodstone]: When we were brainstorming names, we started flipping through old records and came across Desitively Bonnaroo, by Dr. John. We looked up bonnaroo and found out it was Creole slang for good stuff.
5. Pareles, Jon (2006-06-18). "Jon Pareles at the Bonnaroo Music Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-06-07.