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Released August 13, 1996

Twenty-six years after releasing Ton Ton Macoute, Johnny Jenkins -- a local legend around Macon, Georgia -- released his second album, Blessed Blues. Featuring a selection of new songs, classic covers, and a new version of his 1962 hit "Miss Thing" (also known as "Love Twist"), Blessed Blues gives a good idea why Jenkins is revered in his homestate. His playing is swampy, dirty and impassioned -- it is soaked in the sounds of the deep south. Blessed Blues doesn't clean up his sound at all, preferring to showcase Jenkins in all of his gritty glory. On the whole, it isn't quite as searing as Ton Ton Macoute -- after all, that featured support by Duane Allman -- but Blessed Blues proves that good things are worth waiting for. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide

TRACKS

1. Don't Start Me Talkin'
2. It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
3. Statesboro Blues
4. The Truth Is Gonna Stand
5. You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
6. Don't Feel Like Talkin'
7. Rock Bottom Blues
8. 'til the Blues Go Home
9. Mean Mistreatin' Woman
10. The Pinetopper Theme
11. I Think I'm Drowning on Dry Land
12. Miss Thing

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