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The debut of a blues musician who recorded only four albums, and the second one came 26 years after this one. The title comes from the name of a Haitian boogeyman, also taken by Papa Doc's brutal police squad. Duane Allman and Butch Trucks play on a few tracks because, fun fact, this was originally intended as a Duane Allman solo album! Johnny just came by and recoded vocals over those tracks. Favorite tracks: "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" is a rollicking, thumping toe-tapper; "Down Along the Cove," completely remade into a straight blues; "Blind Bats and Swamp Rats;" "I Don't Want No Woman."
