DR. JOHN AND THE NITE TRIPPERS

Thursday, July 30, 2015 • 8 pm Spaulding Auditorium • Dartmouth College

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DR. JOHN AND THE NITE TRIPPERSDr. John keyboardSarah Morrow music director, trombone, vocalsJamie Kime guitarRoland Guerin bass, vocalsDerrek Phillips drums

Tonight’s performance is presented without an intermission.

The legendary Dr. John is a six-time Grammy Award-winning musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Known throughout the world as the embodiment of New Orleans’ musical legacy, Dr. John is a true icon in American culture. His colorful musical career began in the 1950s when he wrote and played guitar on some of the greatest records to come out of the Crescent City, including recordings by Professor Longhair, Art Neville, Joe Tex and Frankie Ford.

Dr. John headed west in the 1960s, where he continued to be in demand as a session musician, playing on records by Sonny and Cher, Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin and The Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main St. During that time he launched his solo career, developing the charismatic persona of Dr. John the Night Tripper. A legend was born with his breakthrough 1968 album Gris-Gris, which introduced to the world his unique blend of voodoo mysticism, funk, rhythm & blues, psychedelic rock and Creole roots. Several of his many career highlights include the masterful album Sun, Moon and Herbs in 1971, which included cameos from Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger; and 1973’s In the Right Place, which contained the chart hits Right Place Wrong Time and Such A Night.

In addition to his six Grammy wins (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008 and 2013), he has received six

other Grammy nominations over the years. In 2006, he was nominated for Sippiana Hericane, his Hurricane Katrina benefit disc. After Hurricane Katrina, Dr. John immediately stepped up to the plate with generous relief fund-raising concerts and recordings. In 2007, he was also inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame. In 2008, he released City That Care Forgot, winning a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album. His 2012 release Locked Down, with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, also won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album. In 2013, Dr. John was awarded an honorary doctorate from Tulane University alongside His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

On August 19, 2014, Dr. John released Ske-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit Of Satch on Concord Records, an album in tribute to another larger-than-life New Orleans legend, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. He honors Armstrong’s musical genius as well as his effervescent personality with thirteen classic numbers drawn from various phases of the seminal trumpeter and vocalist’s five-decade career. Dr. John is joined by a stellar supporting cast, including Bonnie Raitt, Ledisi, the McCrary Sisters, Anthony Hamilton, Shemekia Copeland, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and trumpeters Nicholas Payton, Terence Blanchard, Arturo Sandoval, Wendell Brunious and James Andrews.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

After a half century of creating music for others and himself, Dr. John continues to write, arrange, produce and interpret with a passion that has yet

to wane. Dr. John last peformed at the Hopkins Center in 2005 with the Lower 911.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS CONTINUED

For tickets or more info call the Box Office at 603.646.2422 or visit hop.dartmouth.edu. Share your experiences! #HanoverSummer #HopkinsCenter

Gordon WebSter Septetthu AUG 6 5:30 pm • DartmOuth Green Rain Location: Spaulding Auditorium

“ one of the most exciting swing-style pianists and bandleaders.” Wall Street Journal

pre-SHoW danCe ClaSS thu • aug 6 • 4:30 pm • Dartmouth Green Dance Floor • Free Rain location: Hop Garage, adjacent to the Box Office, space is limited.

Mary poppinSthu AUG 13 6:30 pm • SpaulDinG auDitOrium Julie andrews and dick Van dyke star in the movie musical that’s “practically perfect in every Way”!

summerFree FOr all a hOp COmmunity Venture prOGram!

a Free, all-aGeS party oF MUSiC, danCe and MoVieS!Grab a blanket and bring your friends and family to the Dartmouth Green for a series of FREE high-energy concerts and dance lessons or enjoy classic movies on the big screen in the air-conditioned comfort of Spaulding Auditorium. Free. For all. More at hop.dartmouth.edu/online/communityventure

PRESENTED BY DARTMOUTH DEPARTMENT OF THEATER AND THE HOPKINS CENTER

neW yorK tHeatre WorKSHop neW WOrKS-in-prOGreSS

sat AUG 8, 15 & 22 5 & 8 pm • Warner Bentley theater This 24th summer residency by one of the nation’s leading “developmental theaters” presents six works-in-progress.

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Assistive Listening Devices available in the lobby.

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HOPKINS CENTER MANAGEMENT STAFF

Jeffrey H. James ‘75a Howard Gilman Director

HOPKINS CENTER BOARD OF OVERSEERS Austin M. Beutner ’82

Kenneth L. Burns H’93 Barbara J. Couch

Allan H. Glick ’60, T’61, P’88 Barry Grove ’73

Caroline Diamond Harrison ’86, P’16 Kelly Fowler Hunter ’83, T’88, P’13, P’15

Robert H. Manegold ’75, P’02, P’06

Michael A. Marriott ’84, P’18Nini MeyerHans C. Morris ’80, P’11, P’14 Chair of the BoardRobert S. Weil ’40, P’73 HonoraryFrederick B. Whittemore ’53, T’54, P’88, P’90, H’03Jennifer A. Williams ’85Diana L. Taylor ’77 Trustee Representative

Marga Rahmann ’78, P’12 Associate Director/General Manager Joseph Clifford Director of Audience Engagement Jay Cary ’68, T’71 Business and Administrative Officer Bill Pence Director of Hopkins Center Film Margaret Lawrence Director of Programming Joshua Price Kol ‘93 Director of Student Performance Programs

TickeTs for all 2015/2016 performances available Tomorrow!Music highlights include…

The Bad Plus Joshua Redman • OCT 13 Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele • NOV 9 Charles Lloyd, saxophone • JAN 27 Yamato Drummers of Japan • FEB 23 Maria Schneider Orchestra • APR 19

For tickets or more info call the Box Office at 603.646.2422 or visit hop.dartmouth.edu. Share your experiences! #Hanoversummer #Hopkinscenter

film special: roarsat aug 1 7 pm • lOew AuditOriuM

No animals were harmed in the making of this film, yet 70 members of the cast and crew were. In this infamous, rarely seen ‘80s cult classic, actress Tippi Hedren (The Birds) and her young daughter Melanie Griffith co-star with their personal menagerie: 100 lions, tigers and other untamed animals. The cast is in constant mortal danger as dozens of adult lions “improvise” around them. The most epic and amazing animal thriller ever made.