Desitively Bonnaroo

Desitively Bonnaroo is a 1974 album by the New Orleans rhythm and blues musician Dr. John. The album was produced by Allen Toussaint and features sizable musical support from The Meters. The album mines the territory featured on his previous album, In The Right Place. This album spent eight weeks on the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at #105 on June 1, 1974.^[4]

Desitively Bonnaroo
Studio album by Dr. John
Released	April 8, 1974
Recorded	1974
Studio	Criteria (Miami, Florida) Sea Saint (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Genre	Rock and roll[1] funk[2]
Length	37:12
Label	Atco Records
Producer	Allen Toussaint
Dr. John chronology
In The Right Place (1973) Desitively Bonnaroo (1974) Hollywood Be Thy Name (1975)
Singles from Desitively Bonnaroo
"(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away" Released: April 1974 "Let's Make A Better World" Released: July 1974

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[3]

The Bonnaroo Music Festival was named after the album title, when the festival's founders looked through old albums for inspiration.^[5] Bonnaroo is derived from French bonne /bɔn/, the feminine form of bon /bɔ̃/ meaning "good," and French rue /ry/ meaning "street," translating roughly to "the best on the streets."^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Quitters Never Win"		3:17
2.	"Stealin'"		3:32
3.	"What Comes Around (Goes Around)"		3:13
4.	"Me – You = Loneliness"		3:06
5.	"Mos' Scocious"		2:47
6.	"(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away"		2:43
7.	"Let's Make a Better World"	Earl King	2:58
8.	"R U 4 Real"		4:16
9.	"Sing Along Song"		2:44
10.	"Can't Git Enuff"		3:00
11.	"Go Tell the People"	Allen Toussaint	3:06
12.	"Desitively Bonnaroo"	Jessie Hill, Rebennack	2:31

All tracks are written by Mac Rebennack, except where indicated.

Personnel

Musicians

• Dr John – guitar, piano, sound effects, vocals
• Allen Toussaint – keyboards, percussion, arrangements, background vocals

The Meters

• Art Neville – organ, keyboards
• Leo Nocentelli – lead guitar
• George Porter Jr. – bass
• Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste – drums

Additional musicians

• Gary Brown – alto, soprano & tenor saxophone
• Mark Colby – clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Whit Sidener – baritone & alto saxophone
• Peter Graves – trombone
• Kenneth Faulk – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Robbie Montgomery, Jessie Smith – background vocals

Technical

• Allen Toussaint – producer
• Karl Richardson – engineer
• Ken Laxton, Roberta Grace – remix engineers
• George Piros – mastering engineer
• Larry Summers – design
• Bob Nall – illustration