Dr. John
Stage 1
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Orleans Fair Grounds
New Orleans, La.
May 9, 1981


01. Band instrumental 4:31
02. Stage intro > Iko Iko (cut) 4:09
03. Life 6:44
04. Same Old Same Old > Quitters Never Win 5:00
05. All On A Mardi Gras Day 5:50
06. I Been Hoodood 7:08
07. Renegade 4:49
08. Such a Night 4:50
09. Right Place Wrong Time 4:31
10. Qualified (cut) 5:30
11. Wild Honey (intro cut) 2:45
12. Big Chief > Band intro > Big Chief 10:44
13. Encore: Shoo Fly Marches On (intro cut) 7:08

Total: 73:45

source: audience mics > cassette > TDK-D90 cassette

transfer (by Richard Russell, June 2025): first-generation cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A (head azimuth optimized, no Dolby) > Metric Halo MIO-2882 > Macintosh MacBook Pro (mid-2012) > MIO Console 5.6 > wav > MacBook Air M1 (2020) > iZotope RX 11 Advanced (normalized 3.71 db; feedback attenuated) > xACT 2.57 > FLAC (24/48)


Notes
This is from the Sheldon Rosenzweig collection. Special thanks to Shelly for sharing his recordings. Transferred by Richard Russell, June 2025.


Dr. John, keyboard, vocals
Leo Nocentelli, guitar
Bruce "Weasel" MacDonald, guitar
David Barard, bass
Bernard "Bunchy" Johnson, drums
Afro Blue, percussion