Desitively Bonnaroo

1974 studio album by Dr. John

Desitively Bonnaroo

Studio album by

Dr. John

Released

April 8, 1974

Recorded

1974

Studio

Criteria Recording Studios, Miami
Sea-Saint Recording, New Orleans

Genre

Rock and roll^[1]

Length

37:12

Label

Atco Records

Producer

Allen Toussaint

Dr. John chronology

In The Right Place
(1973)

Desitively Bonnaroo
(1974)

Hollywood Be Thy Name
(1975)

Singles from Desitively Bonnaroo

"(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away"
Released: April 1974
"Let's Make A Better World"
Released: July 1974

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]

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, after 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Quitters Never Win"		3:17
2.	"Stealin'"		3:32
3.	"What Comes Around (Goes Around)"		3:13
4.	"Me Minus You Equals Loneliness"		3:06
5.	"Mos' Scocious"		2:47
6.	"(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away"		2:43
7.	"Let's Make a Better World"	Earl King	2:58
8.	"R U 4 Real"		4:16
9.	"Sing Along Song"		2:44
10.	"Can't Git Enuff"		3:00
11.	"Go Tell the People"	Allen Toussaint	3:06
12.	"Desitively Bonnaroo"	Jessie Hill, Rebennack	2:31

Personnel

Musicians

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

The Meters

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

^ ^a ^b Chrispell, James. "Desitively Bonnaroo - Dr. John" at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ 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.
^ "Billboard 200 - June 1, 1974". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ 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.
^ Pareles, Jon (2006-06-18). "Jon Pareles at the Bonnaroo Music Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-06-07.