Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper
Autobiography Memoir Biography Music History New Orleans Culture Voodoo & Hoodoo Rock & Roll
First-edition hardcover copies of Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the Night Tripper are the holy-grail for collectors who want the Dr. John story straight from the voodoo keyboard of Mac Rebennack himself. Published in 1994, this 264-page autobiography is the only place where the New Orleans legend—part piano professor, part hoodoo shaman—spins the unfiltered truth behind classics like “Right Place, Wrong Time,” the Rolling Stones sessions, and the all-night French Quarter sessions that birthed gumbo-funk. Because it’s a U.S. first printing with the original dust jacket, every page carries the same voodoo-drenched energy that made Dr. John’s stage persona unforgettable.
Inside, Rebennack takes readers from the juke-joint back rooms of the ’50s to the Electric Ladyland era, naming names and sparing no details about heroin busts, Mardi Gras Indians, and the séances he called recording dates. The narrative voice is pure Mac—gravelly, hilarious, and packed with Crescent City slang—so collectors who own the 1994 first edition own the only version printed entirely under his supervision before later paperback cuts. Out-of-print hardcovers in tight binding are already scarce; finding one with the original jacket graphics of snakes, gris-gris bags, and a full-moon New Orleans skyline instantly spikes shelf appeal and resale value.
This copy shows the honest patina of a book that has been read and gifted—dust jacket has light scuffing and a small edge tear, and a neat gift inscription appears on the flyleaf, while about six pages carry minor reader marks or thumbing. The binding remains square and solid, so every recipe for “red beans and rock ‘n’ roll” stays securely intact. For fans, vinyl collectors, or cultural historians, a first-edition Dr. John memoir is a talisman of American music folklore, and this gently loved copy delivers the authentic hoodoo experience without collector-grade pricing.
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