ROCK ICON DR. JOHN RECORDS "T-VILLE" THEME SONG WITH ALL STAR BAND

Backstage at the B.B. King Blues Club: (l. to r.) Jonny Ospa, Mac Rebbanack a.k.a. "Dr. John", & June Rachelson-Ospa.

June Rachelson-Ospa went to see Dr. John at BB King's Blues Club with her sons, Jacob, Jonathan and husband Jerry.

June sent a short note to the Doctor that she was in the audience with her family, and Dr. John (aka Mac Rebbanack) welcomed her backstage. You see, June had a history with one of Dr. John's longtime friends, the legendary Doc Pomus.

Doc Pomus and Dr. John co-wrote a Grammy winning album together for B.B. King called "There Must Be A Better World Someplace." (need to get real info on this) and many other songs and projects.

June introduced her family told Mac about Jonny's Tourette Syndrome. Mac responded that he "may have had a touch of that" himself. Jonny and Mac bonded on the spot.

A few days later, June called Mac and asked him if he'd record a cover of "One Of A Kind You", the message song in T'ville. Dr. John gave her a "yes" in honor of Doc, and also because Mac has some friends in London who have a child with TS.

Next, June called her partner, Daniel Neiden, with the great news and Daniel took the lead arranging the session with Dr John's manager, Peter Himberger, Parlophone/EMI in London..Daniel and June met with Michael Wolf and Alex Foster and gathered the players together... June got old pals Mitch and Ira of M & I Studios to record the project (June knew them from way back when Dr. John and Doc Pomus had recorded there...
June's longtime friend and collaborator (they've just musicalized Stella Luna), Jody Gray, was brought on as the Music Producer.

Daniel's search yielded Tony Garnier (Bob Dylan's bass player) Lenny Pickett (Sax) and Shawn Pelton (Drums) of The Saturday Night Live Orchestra, and Guitarist Ben Butler, who ALL warmed to the cause, and showed up in a flash to record with Dr. John.

One of the highlights of the sessions was when Jonny picked up his saxophone and jammed with the Mac.

Once the session was done, Jody had just added Andy Ezrin on Organ, and asked to add string parts.

"Jon & John": Jonny Ospa poses with Mac Rebbanack ("Dr. John").

16 players who span the classical (NY Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Lukes) and Rock world (David Bowie, Paul Simon) were contacted by violist Martha Mook to record Jody's string arrangement. It finished One Of A Kind You, beautifully.

The team is working to give the song as much life as possible via appearances, sales, licensing, with the proceeds going to Tourette causes and more Tourette awareness.