TONY JOE WHITE – Tony Joe White (50th Anniversary Edition) – LP – 180g White Vinyl

LABEL: Music On Vinyl

CAT NO: MOVLP1073

BARCODE: 8719262018853

Tracklisting:

SIDE A
1. THEY CAUGHT THE DEVIL AND PUT HIM IN JAIL IN EUDORA, ARKANSAS
2. THE CHANGE
3. MY KIND OF WOMAN
4. THE DADDY
5. BLACK PANTHER SWAMPS

SIDE B
1. FIVE SUMMERS FOR JIMMY
2. A NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF A SWAMP FOX
3. TRAVELING BONE
4. I JUST WALKED AWAY
5. COPPER KETTLE
6. VOODOO VILLAGE

TONY JOE WHITE Tony Joe White
(50th Anniversary Edition)

LP 180g White Vinyl
(*Limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies)

Tony Joe White scored big with 1969s Polk Salad Annie from the album Black and White and he was having success as a songwriter too: Rainy Night In Georgia was a huge hit for Brook Benton in 1970. His self-titled third album (1971) finds the Swamp Fox tempering his bluesy rockers with a handful of introspective, soul-dripping ballads and introducing horn and string arrangements for the first time. The addition of the Memphis Horns and other Muscle Shoals session men really worked well for the album. Many of the songs will remind the listener just how turbulent the cultural climate of the late 60s and early 70s was in the U.S. Songs like The Change, Black Panther Swamps and I Just Walked Away (the albums first single) are testament to the era.