Consumer Guide Album

Dr. John: In the Right Place [Atco, 1973]
A meaningful title. Fifteen years ago, sweet-and-dirty New Orleans jive conveyed the same wry rebelliousness that Dr. John's night-tripping hoodoo did ten years later. These days he's purveying fifteen-year-old New Orleans jive himself, last time with his own band and classic songs, this time with a classic band--the Meters--and his own songs. Last time worked better, but producer Allen Toussaint, whose "Life" sounds terrific b/w Dr. John's own rakish "Such a Night," gets this one over. B+