The Dr. has left the building and across this mortal plain . I cried tonight from sadness, as he boarded that heavenly train. He walked on Gilded Splinters with a Zulu staff of light and as he lifted into to the sky he whispered Such a Night...

I got to see Dr. John in Kansas City before he passed away, he had to use 2 canes to walk and he tore the place up , he also played the guitar, he stood up and some stage hands carried the guitar out and strapped it on him,he was a hell of a guitar player , I was very fortunate to have seen him, a great talent

@wackyruss 11 months ago The famous chorus is mostly in Louisiana Creole French except “Chokma Finha” which is Choctaw (Native American) for “Very Good”. Iko Iko is Louisiana Creole French for “Listen, Listen!” (French: Écoute Écoute!). An Dey is Louisiana Creole French for “in the back” The French word is Derrière and shortened to “dey yay” in Louisiana Creole French. The “yay” got dropped and we were left with “an dey”. An Dan Dey means “in the back” from French. The last word is the French word for year - Année. So…. Iko Iko An Dey Chokma Finha An Dan Dey Chokma Fin Année means Listen! Listen at the back! It’s very good in the back! It’s a very Good Year! The mixing of Louisiana Creole French with the Native American Choctaw language occurred because this chant came from the “black” Mardi Gras Indian dancers dressed in elaborate costumes that perform dance battles in the streets of New Orleans. Also, the black creoles of African descent oftentimes married Choctaw Indians in Louisiana. This song is a gem with so much history behind the meaning of the words.

Awesome band. That's Hiram Bullock on guitar, Marcus Miller on bass, Omar Hakim on drums, David Sanborn on sax and Jeff Healey on guitar. This band was killer.

One of the all time greats has merged with the Universe.

Dr. John captured the soul of New Orleans in his music. RIP, maestro

R.I.P. Dr. John 11/20/1941 - 06/06/2019

dr. john -one of the best boogie, funk, blues, jazz, gospel pianists ever, he doesnt need the boundaries of genres, he breaks them with his style...

I saw him perform this song with Ringo Starr, Nils Lofgren, Billy Preston and Clarence Clemens live with the All Star Band around 1990 at the Aladdin Theatre in Vegas. I am lucky to have seen so many legends in my lifetime. RIP Dr.John.

Tulane University gave Dr John an honorary doctorate, making him Dr Dr John.

Dr.Johnはいろいろなミュージシャンとセッションしていますが、どんなメンバーと競演しても変わらぬスタイルを貫いているのが素晴らしい。

Docs demise is a tremendous loss. Root to stem, he was an encyclopedia of New Orleans piano styles and virtually an encyclopedia of the American pop music scene. He piano playing was extraordinary - even though he had big time chops, his musicality is only highlighted by how controlled and tasteful his playing was with this incredible rhythm section. RIP to the Night Tripper. The legend will only grow.

a true American music legend , mixes all types of genres and crossing those dividing lines in the south R.I.P. DOC

...this guy is a National Treasure...Cool doesn't begin to describe his performances...he's 72 and still performing...

We get to hear music of this caliber on any given night in Nola. That' s why I'll never leave.

Really love this rendition of Iko Iko. RIP Dr John

Saw him about 20 years ago when I was much younger!! HELL OF A SHOW!! Never forgot him! TY for your life, and RIP DR JOHN!!

The old Mississippi don’t have ‘nuff to wash away all the tears New Orleans cries tonight...

American Royalty. Thanks, R.I.P.

Got into the Night Tripper about 50 years ago. Always a special place for his music. One of a kind don't you think?

Jeff Healy (may he rest in peace) at 5:42 - one of my favorite musicians. Hiram Bullock (guitar) also died from cancer at age 52. Saw Dr. John at Tipitinas last December - great show, great band!

So grateful to have seen him play and live during his time.

The Good Doctor. One of the last of the true New Orleans piano "Professors." John Cleary is right up there too. ...And Joe Krown is definitely up. and coming.

Right place....wrong time Dr. J.....you left a hole in my soul....thanks for your gifts.....rest in peace and eternal happiness....

RIP Dr. John you was past cool like real cool

One of the TRUE giants, certainly one of the KINGS of New Orleans,and in my opinion, one of the true Icons,especially if you play keys,GOD rest your soul brother, you have found your "Little piece of shade"......One of my All time favorites...and I have many...ETTA & the DR,ON B.B.KINGS, B.B King & friends,(1989) ''I ''d rather go blind'..only two giants could bring it like that!! Heaven does have one heck of a band.YOU WILL BE SO MISSED...

めっちゃくちゃ豪華でカッコいいセッションじゃないですか！！

I especially liked the little interview with Dr. John at the beginining where he explains the basic meaning of the phrase Iko Iko. This jam is awesome. It is fast and jazzy with some great solo work on sax.

Dr. John, now the Stars tripper! Saudades!

I used to watch this show all the time. I didn't realize the great music I was experiencing at the time. He had lots of great musicians on.

Most unique voice in American music, Dr. John

I remember watching this show with the most amazing guests--a rainbow after midnight.

What you did not see in this video is important. It was James Booker playing the piano making Mac sound good.

Saw him perform at The Handlebar in Greenville, SC. A great memory of a great artist and a very cool character.

WILL MISS YOU DR. JOHN, SUCH A VOICE

I miss you so much Dr.John. Please do something special and get resurrected so we can continue to enjoy your joyous music.

The planet has lost its Louisiana soul representative. Rest in Peace Mac.

RIP Dr John you were great 💔

Thank you Dr. for all the great tunes. RIP

If the bands were that good on late night, I'd watch. These guys are about the playing, not the paying.

missing you on this cold day in NOLA. hope you found the right place 💓 r.i.p.

素晴らしい！ギタリスト２名も良いです。こんな弾き方見たの初めて。

To my late father, who died on the same day. October 31st, 1942 - June 6th, 2019.

Oh to be working in the studio that day... I do love all of the good parts of my Louisiana heritage!! Video responses of like kind are DEFINITELY welcome. LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER !!

What a pleasant surprise to hear Jeff Healey playin the guitar.

He was beyond titles and lables. You just have to watch him to appreiciate how good he was.

We gon conjugate.

What a funky performance. Loved this show1 Totally live ... no gimmicks... hell ... these guys could play!

Dr. John (vocal and piano), David Sanborn (sax), Omar Hakim (drums), Marcus Miller (bass), Philippe Saisse (keys), Hiram Bullock and Jeff Healey (guitar).

Спасибо спасибо, девушки !!!!!!!!

I met Jeff Healy when he was on a West Coast tour. We talked back stage, then he went on and blew the roof off.

初めて聞きましたが、カッコよすぎる!

He was always the coolest guy in the room.

pay attention also to his piano(he played 2-3 pianos in the same time, many times) and also, the best saxophone player ever, David Sanborn!!!

Love how Dr. John and this guy could be any further apart

Rest in peace brother certainly going to be missed🌹

Such a treasure. He's going to be missed so much.

Coming to an appointment with Levon Helm and the All Stars in Heaven! (It'll be a great rock'n'roll night in Spiritual Mansions!)

Nice sound ! Especially guitar play. That style like Japanese koto.

the guitarist is Canadian Jeff Healy, who sadly passed away a few years ago.

The white guitarist is Jeff Healy who died a few years back. Check him out in the movie Road House - great player gone too young

Iko-Ugo-WeGo-DeyAllGo,here dey come, They goin' this way, you goin' that way, get out o' my way.

Love the dueling guitars. Doc is as awesome as ever.

Good night Doctor. Thank you!

we are featuring the amazing dr john afterall folks -forget the rest!!!!

Much gratitude for knowing him.

I was also born on November 20. I sure don't play like him but I sure did love the man.

Great stuff. The guitarist kicks it off with the riff from David Bowie's Modern Love. And keeping it real is the grooviest of groove drummers Omar Hakim.

I am grateful to have stumbled upon this one. Thank you for letting me listen.

Simply Brilliant!

jesus what an incredible performance. love ya Dr. J.

Thank you for posting/sharing video! Enjoyed!

Incredible band

Amazed and amazing to find this video, posted from Japan (?). From the Big Easy soundtrack to hear in 2022. Dr John isn't dead, here's just left the building, to play another gig. Rave on, Dr John.

Dr., Jeff, Hiram, Marcus, David, Omar. What an insane band!

Everyone there was gitting the funk out, in excellent style!

Damn!! Laud ha MUCY!!!!!! The best version of IKO IKO EVA (ever). I write at Substack. I guess I shouldn't inject some serious stuff here, but when you listen to this version of IKO IKO, and listen WITH YOUR SOUL, there is something of the American spirit within it that, come the 1960s, WE BEGAN TO LOSE, until today, we've become a dying culture. I'm not going to elaborate. Think about it yourselves, OR NOT. We weren't fully aware of it then, but what we had created, by 1959 [I was THERE] was what is called a "civilizational state." Everybody THOUGHT that they were "different." Like, take Chicago, for instance. You had your Polish neighborhood, Italian neighborhood, Greek neighborhood, Irish neighborhood, Black neighborhood, etc. And, unfortunately, believe it or not, you'd occassionally have RAIDS of each other's hoods, with fist fights being the central form of "communication." Yet, we were all doing the SAME THINGS, culturally. Church attendance (over 60%) VFW, YMCA, or Masonic Hall volunteering of "housewives" to help keep kids in line and busy Friday night boxing, on TV, sponsored by Gillette Patriotism OPENLY expressed in ALL communities Two-parent families Rare divorce Self-sufficiency in most neighborhoods Boys wore blue and girls wore pink (AHEM) Baseball, the American pastime. The community (ahem) "sex education" expert, whom dads took their sons to when they were "ready." The MOST a gang would do is punch you on your shoulder and demand a NICKEL No gun violence Dance halls. EVERY ethnic community had dance halls. Theatres Excellent educational facilities Hobby shops and more. In the Black community, on the south side of Chicago, where I was raised, it was NOT a "war zone," as it is today. This is what we had, and it was all BLACK-OWNED AND OPERATED: Two hospitals: Provident Hospital and Ida Mae Scott Hospital Doctors Offices Dental Offices Banks (two) Insurance companies Three mini-supermarkets Mom-and-Pop stores TV repair shops (some of them made house calls, bringing their tools and repairing at your place). Two taxi-cab companies Three theatres Two Dance Halls Restaurants A few hotels One motel Churches Funeral parlors Two-parent families Rare divorce NO GUN VIOLENCE It all got shitted away IN PART due to the so-called "social revolution" of the 1960s, which screwed up ALL communities, what with the introduction of what is now called "Woke" ideology. Well, enough. I feel like I live on another planet. When I grew up, it was STABLE in Chicago, except for the unfortunate, occassional "pastime" of THUMPING (fist fighting). Well, it is what it is.

かっこよすぎ！ RIP

Great rendition of this song!

If he play piano like that, he is a real doctor, as far as I am concerned!

This is soo beyond a rare & beautiful post; merci beaucoup ❤

I agree one of the best versions !!!

Introduction by David Sanborn. Jeff Healey on guitar too.

This was a great bloody show. I miss the hell out of it.

ノリノリ！

May you R.I.P - June 9, 2019

I think this is the best version of Iko Iko ever recorded ever. Anyone else got a challenger?

"Lets get down!!!!!" superb, thank you cheers and be safe

Wow, Dr. john!!! Thank you for uploading this!!! I really happy to watch

They were covering it too… the original dates to 1958.

HE WAS THE BEST!!!

Magic.

Jeff Healey was blind what a wonderful rendition of a human -such a loss R.I.P.

I have to add a word in favor of David Sanborn who was in the horn section for some of the Butterfield Band best albums. This cat has trod some miles in the musical world. He also played in the tradition of King Curtis. so there's that

Jeff Healey wow awsome RIP Jeff

fantastic!!!!!

Damn good band.

Everyone can contribute, they just have to go at their own pace. Music is a prime example of this concept.

Thankas my pleasure.

I miss him.