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. 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. 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:

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, and Butch Trucks. ''Ton-Ton Macoute!'' is a blend of

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, ''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

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Track listing

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) - 5:49 #"Leaving Trunk" ( Sleepy John Estes) - 4:19 #"Blind Bats & Swamp Rats" (Jackie Avery) - 4:44 #"Rollin' Stone" ( Muddy Waters) - 5:21 (a.k.a. " Catfish Blues") #" Sick and Tired" ( Dave Bartholomew,

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) - 4:41 #"

" ( Bob Dylan) - 3:25 #"Bad News" (

) - 4:08 #"Dimples" (

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) - 2:55 #"Voodoo in You" (Jackie Avery) - 5:00 #"I Don't Want No Woman" (

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Personnel

*Johnny Jenkins - vocals, guitar (4), harmonica (2, 6, 7, 8), foot stomping (4), lead guitar (10, 11) * Duane Allman - electric guitar (9 eft channel, slide guitar (4, 6), dobro (1), rhythm guitar (10, 11) *

- bass (4, 6, 7) *

- timbales (1, 3, 9) * Butch Trucks - drums (1, 9) *

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- Wurlitzer piano (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11), piano (10), Hammond B-3 organ (11), rhythm guitar (6) * Eddie Hinton - cowbell (9) *Tippy Armstrong - cabasa (9) * Pete Carr - acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (1, 9 ight channel, guitar (2, 3, 5, 7, 8) *

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- bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11), timbales (5), shaker & woodblocks (2) *Johnny Wyker - shaker & woodblocks (2) *

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- guitar (7) *Ella Brown - vocals (3) *Southern Comfort - vocals (1, 9) - a group that included Donna Jean Godchaux, then named Donna Thatcher''Ton Ton Macoute''
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- drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)

Production

*Producer: Duane Allman, Johnny Sandlin *Recording Engineer: Johnny Sandlin, Tom Compton, Larry Hall, Larry Hamby, Jim Hawkins, Jimmy Johnson, Terry Manning *Assistant Engineer: Kent Bruce, Jeremy Stephens *Remixing: Jeff Coppage *Mastering: Denny Purcell *Art Direction: Jimmy Roberts *Photography: Jimmy Roberts *Liner Notes: Johnny Sandlin

References

{{Authority control Johnny Jenkins albums Duane Allman albums Capricorn Records albums 1970 albums Collaborative albums