Doctor John: An Incantation to the Jollamallawalla Gods
Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, September 1995
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY HAS PASSED SINCE MALCOLM Rebennack, trading under the sinisterly exotic stage name "Dr John The Night Tripper", descended the steps of Trident Studios in Londons Soho to commence work on his fourth album, The Sun, Moon, And Herbs.
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