Ton-Ton Macoute!
Studio album by
Johnny Jenkins
ReleasedApril 1970
Recorded1969-70
GenreBlues rock
Southern rock
Classic rock
Length48:07
LabelAtco, Capricorn
ProducerDuane Allman, Johnny Sandlin
Johnny Jenkins chronology
Ton-Ton Macoute!
(1970) 		Blessed Blues
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]

Ton-Ton Macoute! is the 1970 debut solo album of American blues musician Johnny Jenkins.[1] Jenkins had previously led The Pinetoppers, a band which at one time featured Otis Redding. Jenkins then appeared on two Redding albums, playing guitar, before releasing his solo debut.

Ton-Ton Macoute! was originally intended as a Duane Allman solo album, before Allman departed to form The Allman Brothers.[citation needed] Most of the guitar tracks were played by Allman, with Jenkins later supplying the vocal tracks. In addition to Duane Allman, the album also features three other founding members of the Allman Brothers: Berry Oakley, Jaimoe, and Butch Trucks.[3]

Ton-Ton Macoute! is a blend of blues rock and Southern rock. It notably included covers of Dr. John's "I Walk on Guilded Splinters", Bob Dylan's "Down Along the Cove", and J.D. Loudermilk's "Bad News".[1]

Title

In Haitian Creole, Ton-Ton Macoute means "bogeyman" (literally: "Uncle Gunnysack"). The bogeyman in Haitian folklore was said to enter homes and kidnap disobedient children, taking them away in his gunnysack.[4]

Ton-Ton Macoute was also the name of Haitian President Papa Doc Duvalier's secret police force, which was credited with widespread human rights violations.

Track listing

  1. "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" (Dr. John) - 5:49
  2. "Leaving Trunk" (Sleepy John Estes) - 4:19
  3. "Blind Bats & Swamp Rats" (Jackie Avery) - 4:44
  4. "Rollin' Stone" (Muddy Waters) - 5:21 (a.k.a. "Catfish Blues")
  5. "Sick and Tired" (Dave Bartholomew, Chris Kenner) - 4:41
  6. "Down Along the Cove" (Bob Dylan) - 3:25
  7. "Bad News" (J.D. Loudermilk) - 4:08
  8. "Dimples" (John Lee Hooker, James Bracken) - 2:55
  9. "Voodoo in You" (Jackie Avery) - 5:00
  10. "I Don't Want No Woman" (Don Robey) - 2:12
  11. "My Love Will Never Die" (Otis Rush) - 5:33[1]

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Production

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ton-Ton Macoute! - Johnny Jenkins | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b c "Ton-Ton Macoute! - Johnny Jenkins | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Hall, Allan (1664). The World's Greatest Secrets. Hamlyn. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-85152-867-7.
  5. ^ Ton Ton Macoute, Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
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