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Sleevenotes: GRIS-gris, DR JOHN the night tripper

Sep 6th, 2012

Sleevenotes for Gris Gris, Dr John The Night Tripper

“To you whom I may communicate with shortly through the smoke of Deaux-Deaux the rattlesnake whose forked tongue hisses pig Latin in silk and satin da-zaw-ig-day, may the gilded splinters of Auntie Andre spew forth in your path to light and guide your way through the bayous of life.”

For prime poetic mumbo-jumbo, look no further than the back cover text of Dr John’s debut LP Gris-Gris.

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