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"Polk Salad Annie" is a 1968 song written and performed by Tony Joe White. [1] Its lyrics describe the lifestyle of a poor rural Southern girl and her family. Traditionally, the term to describe the type of food highlighted in the song is polk or poke salad, a dish of cooked greens made from pokeweed. [2]
Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox, [1] 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.
Black and White was re-released on by Movieplay/Intermusic from Portugal in 1993 with a different cover and a different title ("Polk Salad Annie"). It was reissued in 1997 by Warner Bros. containing two additional songs - "Ten More Miles To Louisiana" (Tony Joe White) and "Georgia Pines" (by Buddy Buie and John Rainey Adkins).
In a January 17, 2014, interview with music journalist Ray Shasho, Tony Joe White explained the thought process behind the making of "Rainy Night in Georgia" and "Polk Salad Annie". When I got out of high school I went to Marietta, Georgia, I had a sister living there. I went down there to get a job and I was playing guitar too at the house and ...
Polk Salad Annie/Soul Francisco/Rainy Night in Georgia Warner Bros 1993 WE 739 DE release Tina/Backside of Paradise Polydor 1993 859 558-2 FR release Down in Nice/Always the Song Polydor-Remark 1993 885 266-2 FR release Polk Salad Annie/ High Sheriff/They Caught the Devil/Even Trolls Rock'n'Roll Remark 1993 4313 FR release
Swamp rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the mid-1960s as a fusion of rockabilly and soul music with swamp blues, country music and funk. [1] The genre originated in Louisiana by artists such as Tony Joe White, but was subsequently popularized by California band Creedence Clearwater Revival.
The songs "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues" were originally written for Tina Turner, and were previously recorded by her for her album Foreign Affair, featuring White on guitar. The album sold more than 250,000 copies in Europe and Australia.
All tracks composed by Tony Joe White, except where indicated Side One "I've Got a Thing About You Baby" 2:42 "The Family" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) 3:30 "If I Ever Saw a Good Thing" 3:21