Dr. John & the Lower 911

Lisa Houlgrave

Dr. John's Tribal serves up guest-heavy gumbo ya-ya.

Location Info

Map

House of Blues

1204 Caroline
Houston, TX 77002

Category: Restaurant > American

Region: Downtown/ Midtown

Photos

19 user reviews	Write A Review
Save to foursquare	0

Details

With Greyhounds, 7:30 p.m. Friday, ­August 20, at House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, 888-402-5837 or www.hob.com/houston.

Related Content

• Burn! Music's 12 Best Insults & Jabs
  May 15, 2012
• 20 Albums To Leave Your Children Plus Five To Grow On...
  February 3, 2012
• In Prog We Trust: Five Progressive Rock Bands You Hate, But Shouldn't
  February 27, 2012
• Eyeballin' - The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live in Texas '78
  January 11, 2012
• The 4 Most Ridiculous Lies Rock Music Ever Told Me
  May 18, 2012

More About

• Rickie Lee Jones
• Malcolm John Rebennack
• Crescent City
• Carly Simon
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Music Newsletter: Keep your thumb on the local music scene with music features, additional online music listings and show picks. We'll also send special ticket offers and music promotions available only to our Music Newsletter subscribers.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

With yet another unnatural disaster welling in the Gulf of Mexico and virtually knocking on New Orleans's door, that city's avenging angel gets ready once again to combat the forces of greed and technology, armed only with the ageless power of voodoo, the blues and his own sly wit and wisdom. Unlike most tributes to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, which tended to be somber and maudlin, Dr. John's 2008 CD City That Care Forgot was a fiery, funky dance party that celebrated the Crescent City's musical heritage and indomitable spirit just as much as it ruthlessly eviscerated the government "caretakers" who let the city d(r)own. Of course, the prescient Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. has been sensing danger ever since his 1959 instrumental "Storm Warning." He's been through a lot of strange changes over the years, from his work as a Hollywood session musician and his garishly theatrical Night Tripper persona in the late 1960s to his mainstream funk-pop success with 1973's hit single "Right Place Wrong Time" and his multifarious collaborations with the late Doc Pomus, the Neville Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones, the Meters, the Rolling Stones, Carly Simon and, a few weeks ago on late-night TV, the Roots. His brand-new album, Tribal, revels in several of his trademark styles, including the swampy strut of "Feel Good Music," bittersweet soul blues of "Lissen at Our Prayer" and the freewheeling jazz of "Music Came."