Dr John's take on the Traveling Wilbury's hit from 1989. The original was primarily composed by George Harrison though the other Wilbury's, Dylan, Petty, Orbison, and Lynne, also received writing credit.
Dr John's version was released in 2022 on his final album, Things Happen That Way, recorded just before his death in 2019. Also featured on vocals for End Of The Line are the Dr's fellow contemporary New Orleans musician Aaron Neville and young Katie Pruitt, a Nashville singer-songwriter. Willie Nelson appears on another album track.
New Orleans musician Mac Rebennack Jr, reinvented himself as Dr John The Night Tripper, in connection with the release of his first album, Gris-Gris, in 1968. Gris-Gris included the songs Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya along with the hallucinatory and mesmerizing I Walk On Guilded Splinters. This 17-year old had never heard anything like it.
In the early 1970s, Dr John achieved mainstream popularity with singles like Iko Iko, Right Place Wrong Time, and Such A Night (this version from The Last Waltz with The Band). Dr John released more than 30 studio albums and appeared as a guest artist on a slew of other records.
Aaron Neville, now 85, broke out as an artist in 1966 with the gorgeous Tell It Like It Is, featuring his smooth, gentle tone with his trademark vibrato. He's had a successful career as a solo artist, in multiple collaborations, most notably with Linda Ronstadt, and as along with brothers Art, Charles, and Cyril as part of the Neville Brothers. Aaron has also twice performed the national anthem at the Super Bowl, the second time accompanied on keyboards by Dr John.
Well it’s all right, even if they say you’re wrongIt’s all right, sometimes you gotta be strongIt’s all right, as long as you got somewhere to layWell it’s all right, every day is Judgment DayMaybe somewhere down the road aways (End of the line)You’ll think of me, wonder where I am these days (End of the line)Maybe somewhere down the road somebody plays (End of the line)Purple Haze
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