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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.
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.
The song's drum track is sampled from a Johnny Jenkins cover of Dr. John's "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" from the 1970 album Ton-Ton Macoute!. [17] During the song's break , there is a sample of a line of dialogue from the 1991 Steve Hanft -directed film Kill the Moonlight , which goes "I'm a driver/I'm a winner/Things are gonna change, I can ...
Background. The song samples the drums from Johnny Jenkins' version of Dr. John's "I Walk on Guilded Splinters."Noel described the song as "the closest we came to sounding like a modern day Beatles" in the 'Lock the Box' interview found on the DVD in the special edition of Stop the Clocks (2006).
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]
Cher singles discography. American entertainer Cher has released 80 official singles, 24 promotional singles and appeared in 22 other songs. On the Billboard Hot 100, she has achieved: 4 number 1 singles, 12 Top 10 singles, 22 Top 40 singles and a total of 34 charted singles as a solo artist. Combined with the entries she had as part of Sonny ...
Things Happen That Way is the final studio album by American musician Dr. John.It was released on September 23, 2022, through Rounder Records, making it his only posthumous release after he passed away of a heart attack on June 6, 2019 at the age of 77.