Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White (born July 23, 1943, Oak Grove, Louisiana, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who is a friend of White. "Polk Salad Annie" was also recorded by Elvis Presley and Tom Jones.
Biography
Tony Joe White was the youngest of seven children who grew up on a cotton farm near Oak Grove, Louisiana. He first began performing music at school dances, and after graduating from high school he performed in night clubs in Texas and Louisiana.
1960s–1970s
In 1967, White signed with Monument Records, which operated from a recording studio in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville, Tennessee, and produced a variety of sounds, including rock and roll, country and western, and rhythm and blues. Billy Swan was his producer.
Tony Joe White (album)
Tony Joe White was the fourth album released by Tony Joe White, and the first he released for Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Peter Asher and recorded between December 1–12, 1970 at Sounds of Memphis Studio and Ardent Recording Studio, Memphis (engineered by Terry Manning).
Track listing
All tracks composed by Tony Joe White, except where indicated
Personnel
- Wayne Jackson: Trumpet
- Andrew Love: Tenor
- James Mitchell: Baritone
- Jack Hale: Trombone
- Louis Collins: Tenor
- Roger Hopps: Trumpet
Joe White
Joe White may refer to:
See also
Joe White (boxer)
Joe White was a Welsh boxer. He won the British welterweight title at Cardiff in August 1907 when he defeated Andrew Jeptha.
References
Joe White (footballer)
Joseph (Joe) White is a Scottish former footballer who played as a full-back.
Career
White began his professional career alongside twin brother Sandy with Dundee United, with the twins playing together for the first time on 18 December 1971. White spent two years at Tannadice before moving to Cowdenbeath in 1973, where he went on to make just two league appearances. In 1974, White left the senior game and returned to Glenrothes, with his brother joining him at Glenrothes four years later.
References
Tony Joe
Tony Joe was the third studio album released by Tony Joe White. It was released on Monument Records and contained the singles "High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish" and "Save Your Sugar For Me" It was recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville and Lyn-Lou Studios, Memphis in 1970. It was produced by Billy Swan. A mixture of original recordings and covers, it featured White's versions of "Hard To Handle" made popular by Otis Redding and "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker.
The album was re-released on by Movieplay/Intermusic from Portugal in 1993 with a different cover and another title (Groupy Girl). In 1997 it was rereleased by Warner Brothers containing two additional songs - "I Protest" (by Wayne Carson) and "A Man Can Only Stand So Much Pain" (Mickey Newbury).
Track listing
All tracks composed by Tony Joe White, except where indicated
Podcasts:
Tony Joe White
ALBUMS
- Collected released: 2012
- Live In Amsterdam released: 2010
- The Shine released: 2010
- Deep Cuts released: 2008
- Tony Joe White & Friends released: 2007
- Swamp Music: The Complete Monument Recordings released: 2006
- Hard to Handle released: 2005
- The Heroines released: 2004
- Snakey released: 2002
- Lake Placid Blues released: 1999
- Tony Joe released: 1996
- ...Continued released: 1996
- The Best of Tony Joe White (feat. Polk Salad Annie) released: 1993
- Live! released: 1986
- Dangerous released: 1983
- Real Thang released: 1980
- Eyes released: 1976
- Homemade Ice Cream released: 1973
- Live in Europe 1971 released: 1972
- Tony Joe White released: 1971
- Tony Joe released: 1970
- ...Continued released: 1969
- Hoodoo released:
- Take Home the Swamp released:
- Polk Salad Annie released:
- Black and White released:
- Collection released:
- Eyes released:
- The Train I'm On released:
- The Beginning released:
- Roosevelt & Ira Lee released:
Collected
Released 2012- Rainy Night In Georgia
- Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin)
- Soul Francisco
- Polk Salad Annie
- Groupy Girl
- Hard To Handle
- What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
- Stockholm Blues
- Boom Boom
- They Caught The Devil And Put Him In Jail In Eudora Arkansas
- The Daddy
- I Just Walked Away
- I've Got A Thing About You Baby
- Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll
- As The Crow Flies
- Saturday Night In Oak Grove Louisiana
- Ol' Mother Earth
- Backwoods Preacher Man
- Soulful Eyes
- Hold On To Your Hiney
- Swamp Rap
Swamp Music: The Complete Monument Recordings
Released 2006- Stud Spider
- High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish
- Widow Wimberly
- Conjure Woman
- Save Your Sugar for Me
- Hard to Handle
- What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
- My Friend
- Stockholm Blues
- Boom Boom
- Groupy Girl
- Prisoner
- Do You Want My Love
- Gospel Singer
- I Hate to See You Cry
- Dusty Marshmallow
- I Can't Stand It
- Mississippi River
The Best of Tony Joe White (feat. Polk Salad Annie)
Released 1993- Polk Salad Annie
- Soul Francisco
- Willie and Laura Mae Jones
- Rainy Night in Georgia
- Roosevelt and Ira Lee (Night of the Mossacin)
- Stockholm Blues
- High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish
- Old Man Willis
- The Train I'm On
- If I Ever Saw a Good Thing
- As the Crow Flies
- Even Trolls Love Rock and Roll
- Backwoods Preacher Man
- Takin' the Midnight Train
- Did Somebody Make a Fool Out of You
- They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora, Arkansas
- Saturday Night in Oak Grove, Louisiana
- I've Got a Thing About You Baby
- For Ol' Times Sake
- Ol' Mother Earth
Collection
- (Your'Re Gonna Look) Good in Blues
- Cool Town Woman
- Steamy Windows
- Tunica Motel
- Undercover Agent for the Blues
- Catawalling Alley in Nice
- Way Down South
- Up in Arkansas
- I Want to Be With You
- Let the Healing Begin
- Paris Mood Tonight
- High Horse
- Menutha
- Lousiana Rain
- Polk Salad Army
- High Sherrif of Calhoun Parrish
- Rainy Night in Georgia
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The Other Side
by: Tony Joe WhiteThey say these are dangerous times
Got to be on guard
Bad news across the land
Rumors of war
And all along the border lines
You can feel the strain
And loking back through the years
Ain't nothing changed
They shook the redman's hand
And forever changed his destiny
Put him on some Godforsaken land
And took away his dignity
Now he floats in dreams where eagles fly
Sinking in the stream of wasted lives
They're just standing by
Until they reach the other side
Homeless people shuffle alone in the dark
With everything they own in a grocery cart
And still the lines are drawn between colours of skin
Just a broken wing that never mends
They took their heavy load
With discrimination on the run
Marching down the dusty roads
Singing we shall overcome
Standing up for all they believe was right
They knew that God was on their side
Will we ever see the light
Before we reach the other side
Far across the sea
Young people gather on the square
Trying to set their spirits free
There was revolution in the air
Singing songs of freedom through the night
Who could know they would have to lay down their lives
And never know the reason why
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