Hollywood Be Thy Name Explained

Hollywood Be Thy Name
Type:	live
Artist:	Dr. John
Border:	yes
Released:	October 6, 1975
Recorded:	1975
Venue:	Willie Purple's Niteclub, Los Angeles
Studio:	Cherokee (Hollywood, California)
Genre:	New Orleans R&B R&B funk
Length:	40:45
Label:	United Artists
Producer:	Bob Ezrin
Prev Title:	Desitively Bonnaroo
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	City Lights
Next Year:	1978

Hollywood Be Thy Name is a live album by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. It was produced by producer Bob Ezrin. The recording venue, Willie Purple's Niteclub, was in reality Cherokee Recording Studios with a live audience.

Personnel

Musicians

• Dr. John – keyboards, vocals
• Ronnie Barron – keyboards, vocals on "Will The Circle Be Broken"
• Steve Hunter – guitar
• Kenny Ascher – keyboards
• Johnny Badanjek – drums
• John Boudreaux – drums
• Tommy Vig – percussion
• Bob Ezrin – keyboards, vocals
• Julius Farmer – bass
• Alvin Robinson – guitar, vocals on "It's All Right With Me"
• James Herb Smith – guitar
• Tommy Bolin - guitar
• Clifford Solomon – tenor saxophone
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
• Leroy Cooper – baritone saxophone
• Chauncey Welsch – trombone
• Warren Luening – trumpet
• Bobby Torres – conductor

The Creolettes

• • Venetta Fields – backing vocals Robbie Montgomery – backing vocals
• Tammy Lann – backing vocals

Technical

• Bob Ezrin – producer, engineer, arranger
• Bruce Robb, Colonel Tubby, David Hines, Dee Robb, George Tutko – assistant engineers
• Jim Frank – mixing engineer
• Fred Wesley, Julius Farmer – horn arrangements
• Bob Cato – art direction, design
• Doug Metzler – artwork, photography
• Paul Ruscha – photography