Desitively Bonnaroo

Desitively Bonnaroo is a 1974 album by New Orleans rhythm and blues legend Dr. John. The album was produced by Allen Toussaint and features sizable musical support from The Meters. The album mines the territory featured on his previous album In The Right Place. This album spent eight weeks on the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at #105 on June 1, 1974.[3]

Desitively Bonnaroo
Studio album by Dr. John
Released	April 8, 1974
Recorded	1974
Studio	Criteria Recording Studios, Miami Sea-Saint Recording, New Orleans
Genre	Funk, New Orleans R&B
Length	37:12
Label	Atco Records
Producer	Allen Toussaint
Dr. John chronology
In The Right Place (1973) Desitively Bonnaroo (1974) Hollywood Be Thy Name (1975)
Singles from Desitively Bonnaroo
"(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away" Released: April, 1974 "Let's Make A Better World" Released: July, 1974

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[2]

The Bonnaroo Music Festival was named after the album title, after the festival's founders looked through old albums for inspiration.[4] Bonnaroo is derived from French bonne /bɔn/, the feminine form of bon /bɔ̃/ meaning "good," and French rue /ry/ meaning "street," translating roughly to "the best on the streets."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mac Rebennack; except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Quitters Never Win"		3:17
2.	"Stealin'"		3:32
3.	"What Come Around (Goes Around)"		3:13
4.	"Me Minus You Equals Loneliness"		3:06
5.	"Mos' Scocious"		2:47
6.	"(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away"		2:43
7.	"Let's Make a Better World"	Earl King	2:58
8.	"R U 4 Real"		4:16
9.	"Sing Along Song"		2:44
10.	"Can't Git Enuff"		3:00
11.	"Go Tell the People"	Allen Toussaint	3:06
12.	"Desitively Bonnaroo"	Jessie Hill, Rebennack	2:31

Personnel

Musicians

• Dr John – guitar, piano, sound effects, vocals
• Allen Toussaint – keyboards, percussion, arrangements, background vocals

The Meters

• Leo Nocentelli – guitar
• Art Neville – keyboards, organ
• George Porter Jr. – bass
• Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste – drums

Additional musicians

• Gary Brown – alto, soprano & tenor saxophone
• Mark Colby – clarinet, tenor saxophone,
• Whit Sidener – baritone & alto saxophone
• Peter Graves – trombone
• Kenneth Faulk – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Robbie Montgomery, Jessie Smith – background vocals

Technical

• Allen Toussaint – producer
• Karl Richardson – engineer
• Ken Laxton, Roberta Grace – remix engineers
• George Piros – mastering engineer
• Larry Summers – design
• Bob Nall – illustration

References

1. Chrispell, James. "Desitively Bonnaroo - Dr. John" at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. "Billboard 200 - June 1, 1974". Retrieved July 21, 2017.
4. Buchanan, Leigh (2011-05-31). "The Founders of Superfly Presents and Brains Behind Bonnaroo". Inc.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07. [Richard Goodstone]: When we were brainstorming names, we started flipping through old records and came across Desitively Bonnaroo, by Dr. John. We looked up bonnaroo and found out it was Creole slang for good stuff.
5. Pareles, Jon (2006-06-18). "Jon Pareles at the Bonnaroo Music Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-06-07.