Johnny Edward Jenkins (March 5 1939 – June 26 2006) was a renowned left-handed blues guitarist, who helped launch the career of Otis Redding. His flamboyant style of guitar playing also influenced Jimi Hendrix, who would later use some of Jenkins's tricks in his stage show. Career In the 1960s Jenkins was the leader of a band called the Pinetoppers, he employed a young singer called Otis Redding as his chauffer and singer for the Pinetoppers. During a recording session in 1962 organized by the band's manager Phil Walden, Jenkins left 40 minutes of studio time unused. Redding used this time to record a ballad entitled These Arms of Mine (Jenkins played guitar on this track) Redding's career had begun. With Phil Walden concentrating on Redding's flourishing career, Jenkins was sidelined and it wasn't until after Redding's death in 1967 that Walden again concentrated on Jenkins's career. In 1970 Jenkins released the alb

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