Remedies is the third album released by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. The photography is by Stephen C. LaVere, taken in 1969 at the Whisky a Go Go.
In a 2010 interview with Uncut, Dr. John explained the "bad trip" environment which led to the epic closing track "Angola Anthem":
<blockquote>"My managers put me in a psych ward. These guys were very bad people â I had gotten busted on a deal, and they got me bonded out of jail, and so when they did I could have got a parole violation. All of this stuff was so unconnected to music that itâÂÂs hard to relate it. A friend of mine had just come out of doing 40-something years in Angola [the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary], he was just someone special in my heart â called Tangleye. And Tangleye says, 'IâÂÂm gonna sell you this song. Got it in Angola, but ainâÂÂt nobody ever cut this songâ¦' Even now guys I know getting out of Angola know this song. ItâÂÂs still a horrible place to be."</blockquote>