Monday night at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, Rebennack will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Leon Russell and ‘60s girl group singer Darlene Love.
This year alone, the Recording Academy handed out 109 Grammy Awards. By contrast, only 605 people have been voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since its 1986 inception. They include Rebennack’s fellow New Orleanians Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Allen Toussaint, Lloyd Price, Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair, Louis Armstrong and Mahalia Jackson.
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. aspired to be a professional songwriter, producer, session musician and sideman, like the utilitarian New Orleanians who forged his creative worldview in the 1950s.
Forty-three years after he reluctantly stepped into the spotlight as Dr. John the Night Tripper, his peers have welcomed him into rock’s most exclusive fraternity.
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