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title: "I Don't Need No Doctor"

meaning: "Ray Charles soul standard via John Scofield and John Mayer: blues-band closer on The Other Side."

year: 2009
release: "The Other Side"
releaseType: EP

artist: "Luke Walton feat. Blue Suburbia"

cover: true
coverOf: "John Scofield feat. John Mayer"

credits: "Cover via John Scofield feat. John Mayer (That's What I Say, 2005). Original: Ray Charles (Ashford & Simpson). Luke Walton feat. Blue Suburbia."

themes: ["Luke Walton", "Blue Suburbia", "cover", "2009"]

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Track four on [*The Other Side*](/albums/the-other-side/) (**2009**, ~4:46). **Luke Walton feat. Blue Suburbia** cover routed through **John Scofield** feat. **John Mayer**’s version on [*That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles*](https://music.apple.com/album/thats-what-i-say/1443121761) (**2005**), not the 1966 **Ray Charles** original ([Ashford & Simpson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Need_No_Doctor)), though that’s the song’s root. Mayer also performed it live on [*Where the Light Is*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4R-RrSbQ-Y) (2007).

Closes the four-track blues EP after [**Preschool**](/songs/preschool/), [**Move By Yourself**](/songs/move-by-yourself/) (Donavon Frankenreiter), and [**Let It Rock**](/songs/let-it-rock/).

No lyrics published here (cover). See [Catalog](/catalog/#luke-walton-band)

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