GRIS-gris is the debut album by Dr. John, originally released on Atco Records, a sub-label of Atlantic Records, in 1968. The record cover was designed by Marvin Israel, with photography by Raphael. The typeface is Hobo Carousel, a variant of the often ridiculed ATF classic, made at Photo-Lettering, Inc., with contour and horizontal hatching in the upper halves of the letterforms. Hobo Carousel, together with the less flamboyant Outline, Outline Shade, and Contour, was announced by PLINC in 1966.
Atlantic records president Ahmet Ertegün was reluctant to release the record at first, exclaiming “How can we market this boogaloo crap?”. Gris-Gris failed to chart in the United States and United Kingdom. Modern reception of the album has been very positive. […] In 2003, the album was ranked number 143 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. — Wikipedia
On 6 June 2019, Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr. aka the Night Tripper has passed away at 77.