Johnny Jenkins :: Walk On Gilded Splinters

While he may be a footnote in history (compared to some of the artists he surrounded himself with) Johnny Jenkins laid down one heavy hitter of an album in late 1969 -- Ton-Ton-Macoute!.   As the the leader of The Pinetoppers, Jenkins famously hired Otis Redding to be his personal driver prior to Redding being discovered at

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