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Dr. John

Embodiment of a city’s sound
Dr. John, seen here in 2014, released his first album, Gris-Gris, in 1968 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011

LIKE SO MANY MUSICIANS FROM NEW ORLEANS, MALCOLM John Rebennack Jr.—known as Dr. John—played music for the pure love of it. That love allowed him to be himself. I

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