TONY JOE WHITE – TONY JOE WHITE LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ A1/B1 UK 1971

Tony Joe White
(Warner Bros Records  1971   WS1900)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some slight wear to edges

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(1 light mark in the last 2 tracks of side 1 which gives a slight click)

Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox,was 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 which 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 was a friend of White’s. “Polk Salad Annie” was also recorded by Joe Dassin, Elvis Presley, Joe Bonamassa and Tom Jones.

Tony Joe White is 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).

All tracks composed by Tony Joe White, except where indicated

Side One

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 Two

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” (Albert Frank Beddoe)
6. “Voodoo Village”

• Tony Joe White – guitar, harmonica
• Robert McGuffie – bass
• Sammy Creason – drums
• Mike Utley – piano, organ
• Memphis Horns:
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
  • Jack Hale – trombone
  • Louis Collins – tenor
  • Roger Hopps – trumpet
• String arrangements by Roger Hopps
• Horn arrangements by the Memphis Horns