In the Right Place is a 1973 album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John

Dr. John

Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...

. The album was originally released on Atco Records

Atco Records

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 and became the biggest selling album of Dr. John's career. The song "Such a Night" was also performed as part of The Band

The Band

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's 'The Last Waltz

The Last Waltz

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' concert

Concert

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, made famous by Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

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's film

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. The song also appears in the music video of 3000 Miles to Graceland

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Track listing

Personnel

• The Meters

  The Meters

  The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...

  
  

  Leo Nocentelli

  Leo Nocentelli

  Leo Nocentelli in New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the founding members of the New Orleans funk band, The Meters. He has been credited for popular funk songs such as "Cissy Strut", "People Say" and "Hey Pocky Way"...

  
   - lead guitar
  

  Art Neville

  Art Neville

  Art Neville is an American singer and keyboardist from New Orleans.-History:Neville is a part of one of the most famous musical families of New Orleans, the Neville Brothers...

  
   - organ
  

  George Porter, Jr.

  George Porter, Jr.

  George Porter, Jr. is a musician best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters. Along with Art Neville, Porter formed the group in the mid 60's and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of funk. The Meters disbanded in 1977, but reformed in 1989...

  
   - bass
  

  Joseph Modeliste - drums
  

• Allen Toussaint
  Allen Toussaint
  Allen Toussaint is an American musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans R&B.Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Fortune Teller", "Play Something Sweet ", "Southern...
  
  : Piano, electric piano, acoustic guitar, conga drums and tambourine, background vocals, vocal arrangements, arrangement and conducting.
• Mac Rebennack: Vocals, piano on "Qualified", organ on "Peace Brother Peace" and percussion on "I Been Hoodood".
• Ralph MacDonald
  Ralph MacDonald
  Ralph MacDonald is an American percussionist and song-writer. He joined Harry Belafonte's band at age 17. He wrote the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway song "Where is the Love" with songwriting partner William Salter. Probably his best-known composition is the Grover Washington, Jr...
  
  : Percussion on "Shoo Fly Marches On", "Such a Night" and "I Been Hoodood".
• David Spinozza
  David Spinozza
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  : guitar solo on "Right Place Wrong Time".
• Gary Brown: Electric and acoustic saxophones.
• The Bonaroo Horn Section: Horns.
• Robbie Montgomery and Jessie Smith: Backing vocals.

James Flournoy Holmes

James Flournoy Holmes

James Flournoy Holmes is an artist whose work is featured on several notable album covers, including the first album from the Marshall Tucker Band, the Allman Brothers' Eat a Peach, Dr. John's In the Right Place, and Charlie Daniels' Fire on the Mountain. He is also credited with photography work...

: Album design and paintings.