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