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City That Care Forgot

2008 studio album by Dr. John and the Lower 911

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2025
Entity authorityQ123200432 ↗
Source-derived summary

City That Care Forgot is the first full-length studio album by American musician Dr. John and his band the Lower 911. It was released on June 3, 2008, via 429 Records/Cooking Vinyl. The recording sessions took place at Dockside Studio in Maurice, with additional recording at The Music Shed in New Orleans, Pedernales Studio in Spicewood, and Legacy Recording Studios in New York City. The album was produced by Jeff Jones, Herman Ernest III, and Dr. John. It features guest appearances from Eric Clapton, Terence Blanchard, Ani DiFranco, James Andrews, Terrance Simien, Trombone Shorty, and Willie Nelson.

At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards held in 2009, the album was won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

Track listing

Personnel

Vocals: Ani Di Franco, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Terrance Simien

Guitar: Eric Clapton, John Fohl, Ani Di Franco

Bass: David Barard

Keyboards: Dr.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “City That Care Forgot” as 2008 studio album by Dr. John and the Lower 911. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where City, Care and Forgot can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2008 studio album by Dr. John and the Lower 911. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q123200432. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2008 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “City That Care Forgot” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.