2013 Official Americana Awards - Dr John "I Walk On Guilded Splinters" 

Well said

I was going to write something then realised you'd done it far better than I could. Fab!

Some people think they jive me But I know they must be crazy Don't see dey misfortune Guess, they just too lazy J'suis the Grand Zombie My yellow belt of choison Ain't afraid of no tom cat Fill my brains with poison Walk through the fire Fly through the smoke See my enemy At the end of dey rope Walk on pins and needles See what they can do Walk on gilded splinters With the king of the Zulu Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon Walk on gilded splinters Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon Walk on gilded splinters 'Ti Alberta Ti Alberta 'Ti Alberta Roll outta my coffin Drink poison in my chalice Pride begins to fade And y'all feel my malice Put gris gris on your doorstep Soon you'll be in the gutter I can melt your heart like butter A-a-and I can make you stutter Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon Walk on gilded splinters Kon kon, the kiddy kon kon Walk on gilded splinters 'Ti Alberta

😄It's basically some basic Hoodoo/Voodoo terminology. But it takes a true life of its own. It comes alive. It is beautiful. This performance truly impresses. I adore the man.

Wĕll Sæīd, jűs sāyīn !😎✌😎!

you got them glory ears =good for ya

1968 album* :-)

Just one of him.

say brother, what are you saying here??

A giant as raised again

No

I don't think it does, but shame I was over 50 before I heard this song

Never been able to make out what the girls sing till I murder till I burn up????

Till I burn up.

Actually the legal title of the song (the one it’s copyrighted with) is “I Walk on Guilded Splinters”. I think the misspelling is intentional. But of course, what he’s actually *singing* is “gilded”, it’s just the title that’s misspelled.

Methinks thou not knowest of the Hoo-Doo Guild. The highest order of Nawlins 2nd Line Funk. And yes you must be initiated. Triple entendre, pal!

Christ, does it really matter that much to you? Just enjoy the music, never mind the spelling...

@james crowe .Yes back in the 60s we didnt have the clear record players. and it did sound lke cane. i always think cane now, as it is also fitting. my husband and myself are honoury Masaai and my husband was given a stick as a symbol of acceptance. As the gilded splinters refer to the points of light from celestial bodies, it also would be appropriate to bear the cane of the Zulu for protection and quidance. So yes. cane for me .and the King is the power in he cane.

It's KING OF THE ZULU, NOT CANE

Don Fagenson.... (aka) Don Was on bass ... Associated acts: Was (Not Was) Orquestra Was, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros ...

+pyenapple actually it is spelt guilded in the original album.

+Supersamalander see my comment above please.

+pyenapple you are quite correct, see my comment above; i started leaving the above comment on all the doggone videos that spelled it wrong several years ago, when most of them spelled it incorrectly; i did notice that now, they've been corrected...yay! for the fussbudgets

@@amazonmuze & pyenapple, at least nobody could be so confused that he would use "gelded" when talking about the Doctor.

It's spelled "guilded'" on the album cover. www.45worlds.com/i/1d108f763f928a0b5cd

It's "Tell Alberta", something he learned while in prison for drugs as a teenager. It was what prisoners shouted down the line when passing messages which is why it's repeated by the background singers in descending volume.

Yes. It seems like he's been taking the wrong drugs