Sep 24, 2022
New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the World’s greatest music cities.
Mac Rebennack was Dr. John, one of the singular faces and voices of New Orleans music.
A true leader in the studio, on the streets and on stages of the World, Mac won 6 Grammys and became friends with Ken Ehrlich, the long-time producer of the show.
Mac was planning future projects when
his life was unexpectedly cut short in 2019. Now, 3 years after his
passing, Things Happen That Way will
see the light of day. The album, which features three brand new
original compositions, an amazing reworking of Dr. John’s 1968
classic, I Walk on Guilded Splinters, and new
interpretations of songs by Willie Nelson, Cowboy Jack Clement,
Hank Williams, and The Traveling Wilburys was released on
Friday.
Things Happen That Way marks the
fulfillment of a long-time goal of the six-time GRAMMY-winning
singer/songwriter/pianist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who first
began plotting a country-inspired album decades ago. The album also
features guest appearances by Aaron Neville,
Mac’s long-time friend and frequent musical
collaborator Willie Nelson,
and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the
Real.
Our guest this week is Mac Rebennack’s and Dr. John’s good friend, Ken Ehrlich.
When Mac passed, Ken was asked to write the liner notes for the album and give a farewell speech at Mac’s Celebration of Life.
Ken paints a warm verbal picture of the man called Dr. John. Through his dark days of prison and drugs, breaking free of addiction to light up the stages of the world!
And he reads the closing paragraphs of his farewell speech.
Join us as Ken Ehrlich remembers the legendary Dr. John and tells the story of his last album Things Happen That Way