About This Song
About "When the Saints Go Marching In" by Dr. John
A funeral standard reborn as a second-line strut, 'When the Saints Go Marching In' gets Dr. John's gravelly growl and honky-tonk piano. The emotional push-pull is palpable: mournful brass versus jubilant rhythm, turning a hymn of salvation into a sweaty, defiant celebration of earthly life.
