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Dr. John Creaux. Producer (s) Harold Battiste. " I Walk on Guilded Splinters " (sometimes " I Walk on Gilded Splinters " or " Walk on Gilded Splinters ") is a song written by Mac Rebennack using his pseudonym of Dr. John Creaux. It first appeared as the closing track of his debut album Gris-Gris (1968), credited to Dr. John the Night Tripper.
The album took its name from the street in Woking where Weller grew up. Weller's cover version of the song "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" was featured in the series ending montage of The Wire's fourth series end, Final Grades. On 30 May 2005, a three-disc 10th anniversary deluxe edition of the album was released by Island Records.
Gris-Gris. Gris-Gris (stylized as GRIS-gris, / ˈɡriːˌɡriː /, named for a kind of talisman) is the debut album by American musician Dr. John ( a.k.a. Mac Rebennack). Produced by Harold Battiste, it was released on Atco Records in 1968. The album introduced Rebennack's Dr. John character, inspired by a reputed 19th century voodoo doctor. [6]
Professional ratings. Performance Rockin' the Fillmore is the 1971 live double-LP/single-CD by the English blues-rock group Humble Pie, recorded at the Fillmore East in New York City on May 28–29, 1971. It reached #21 on the Billboard 200, #32 in Canada, [5] and entered the UK Top 40.
Producer. Marshall Lawless. Walk on Jindal's Splinters is a live album by Jello Biafra and The Raunch and Soul All-Stars, a group of Southern musicians assembled especially for the occasion by Dash Rip Rock 's Bill Davis and Cowboy Mouth 's Fred LeBlanc. The album title is a play on the Dr. John song "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" meant to insult ...
B− [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.
Guitar. Years active. 1962–1970. 1996–2006. Johnny Edward Jenkins (March 5, 1939 – June 26, 2006) [1] [2] was an American left-handed blues guitarist, who helped launch the career of Otis Redding. [2] His flamboyant style of guitar playing also influenced Jimi Hendrix. [3]
The name 'Coco Robicheaux' is repeated in the song "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" from Dr. John the Night Tripper's 1968 album, Gris-Gris. Robicheaux claimed that he played regularly with Mac Rebennack (Dr. John) in the early 1960s, and said: "Many times I gone and played with him, all around the world, different places.