No this is not an halloween joke, but I can tell you for sure that Hugh Laurie, aka Dr House, has finally realized one of his most ambitious dream of his life: to record an album with his dream musician Dr John. Hugh Laurie confirmed it when we met yesterday at the Peninsula Hotel in LA: “It’s done. It’s actually done and it’s being mixed as we speak... I sing, play the piano, play the guitar and...”

“How did it get together?  Who is the producer of the album?” I asked Hugh.

“Joe Henry who has produced  a number of records with another hero of mine, Allen Toussaint. So I had the amazing  experience to go to New Orleans and see Allen directing a horn arrangement that he wrote - very surreal -  also to have Dr John sing a song where I accompanied him on the piano as he sang behind me. That was the terrifying thing... so I had no idea if he was rolling his eyes going oh, for God sake” he said smiling and then added: “I always loved him as a singer and of course he plays the piano like an angel. It was a great honor. Irma Thomas sings on a couple of tracks. I kept it very small and intimate,  and then of course Tom Jones came in last to sing a very obscure Mississippi song from the ‘30s. Nobody will know it. Nobody heard it.  I like sort of  rediscovering some old songs from that era. The album will be out in the spring as the season of House ends, because they are planning to send me on tour and make of me a rock star. I am all over it”

“I Am All Over It: that would be a good title for the album” I suggested, and Hugh smiled.