[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 46 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E611]
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                RECOGNIZING MALCOLM REBENNACK (DR. JOHN)

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                        HON. CEDRIC L. RICHMOND

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 1, 2011

  Mr . RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a man known to his 
parents as Malcolm Rebennack, but known to the music lovers throughout 
the world as Dr. John.
  At age of 70, after 43 years of sharing his musical talents, this 
native New Orleanian is now a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. In 
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame he joins notable New Orleanians such as 
Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Allen Tousaint, Mahalia Jackson, Louis 
Armstrong, Professor Longhair, Jelly Roll Morton, Lloyd Price, and Earl 
Palmer.
  Over the years Dr. John has brought us remarkable recordings such as 
Dr. John's Gumbo, In the Right Place, Desitively Bonnaroo which 
inspired Tennessee's Bonnaro Music Festival, Goin' Back to New Orleans, 
Mercenary, In a Sentimental Mood, N'Awlinz Dis Oat or D'Udda and his 
Grammy Award winning City That Care Forgot. He was most recently 
featured on the Disney soundtrack for The Princess and the Frog and can 
be heard crooning the lyrics of Down in New Orleans.
  As a songwriter, musician and singer, Dr. John has played in venues 
throughout the United States and Europe alongside musical icons like 
Eric Clapton, Harold Battiste, The Meters, Alice Cooper and many 
others.
  I applaud Dr. John for his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of 
Fame and wish him well.

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