Ton-Ton Macoute!

by Johnny Jenkins

Overview

Johnny Jenkins' Ton-Ton Macoute is a fine bowl of Southern gumbo. Aided and abetted by the likes of Duane Allman (this started as an Allman solo disc, but when he formed the Allman Brothers Band, Jenkins put his vocals over the tracks best suited), Dickey Betts, and those great guys from Muscle Shoals, Jenkins cooks on such cuts as "Down Along the Cove" from the pen of Bob Dylan, and Muddy Waters' "Rollin' Stone." But it is Dr. John's "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" which shines here and is the one which folks will recognize as the basis for Beck's hit "Loser." On the slippery "Blind Bats & Swamp Rats" you can almost feel the heat and humidity rolling out of the bayou. This reissue also includes the mighty fine bonus cuts "I Don't Want No Woman" and "My Love Will Never Die." Great Southern funk & roll for the discerning listener. It even includes educational liner notes which tell the tale behind each cut. ~ James Chrispell

Product Details

Release Date:	08/19/1997
Label:	Capricorn
UPC:	0731453610620
Rank:	51063

Tracks

1. I Walk on Gilded Splinters
2. Leaving Trunk
3. Blind Bats & Swamp Rats
4. Rolling Stone
5. Sick and Tired
6. Down Along the Cove
7. Bad News
8. Dimples
9. Voodoo in You
10. I Don't Want No Woman
11. My Love Will Never Die

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnny Jenkins   Primary Artist,Vocals,Harmonica,Foot Stomping,Guitar
Jaimoe   Guest Artist,Timbales,Percussion
Berry Oakley   Guest Artist,Bass
Duane Allman   Guest Artist,Dobro,Guitar,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Paul Hornsby   Piano,Guitar,Keyboards,Wurlitzer,Guitar (Rhythm),Organ (Hammond)
Jimmy Nalls   Guitar
Johnny Sandlin   Drums
Pete Carr   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Butch Trucks   Drums
Tippy Armstrong   Cabasa,Percussion
Eddie Hinton   Cowbell,Percussion
Johnny Wyker   Shaker,Percussion,Wood Block
Robert "Pops" Popwell   Bass,Shaker,Timbales,Wood Block
Southern Comfort   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ella Brown   Vocals,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Duane Allman   Audio Production,Producer
Johnny Sandlin   Audio Production,Engineer,Producer,Remixing,Liner Notes
Sleepy John Estes   Composer
Terry Manning   Engineer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Jimmy Roberts   Photography,Art Direction
Larry Hamby   Engineer
James C. Bracken   Composer
Jim Hawkins   Engineer
Rick Hall   Engineer
McKinley Morganfield   Composer
Denny Purcell   Mastering
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
Muddy Waters   Composer
Tom Compton   Engineer
Kent Bruce   Assistant Engineer
Chris Kenner   Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Jeremy Stephens   Assistant Engineer
Otis Rush   Composer
Jackie Avery   Composer
Jimmy Johnson   Engineer
Don Robey   Composer
Dr. John   Composer
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
Jeff Coppage   Remixing