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] During a recording session in 1962 organized by the band's manager, Phil Walden, Jenkins left forty minutes of studio time unused.
Redding used this time to record a ballad, "These Arms of Mine", on which Jenkins played guitar.
[3] The opening track, a cover of Dr. John's "I Walk on Guilded Splinters",[2] has been sampled by numerous musicians, including Beck (Loser), and Oasis (Go Let It Out).
By then Walden had persuaded him to make a comeback, and he released the album Blessed Blues, recorded with Chuck Leavell.