Billy Taylor

[David Morris]

In Dr John's autobiography, "Under a Hoodoo Moon: The Life of the
Night Tripper," he tells how as a child, Dr. John ran errands for
Fess, including fetching him his herion.  This eventually led the
curious lad to partake of the stuff, leading to his own nearly
life-long addiction.  He's been clean for years now (a close friend of
mine, John Fohl, is a regular in his band), left with his life, career
(a very hard-working musician), and Hep C.

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Humberto Torofuerte
<strongbool at gmail.com> wrote:
> Heh, I know this feeling.  I was introduced to Professor Longhair via
> one of those Dr. John instructional videos and it turned out to be
> nowhere near as easy as it sounds.  It probably doesn't help that the
> night tripper appears to have been sedated for much of these sessions.