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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.
Tony Joe White has been credited as having "invented" swamp rock. [4] Hailing from Louisiana's bayou, White's songs were subsequently recorded by Brook Benton and Dusty Springfield, among other performers, to popular success, most notably with the song "Polk Salad Annie", which has been recorded by a number of other singers. [5]
The Best of Tony Joe White: Release date: 1993; Label: Warner Bros. (WPCP-5516) ... Ain't Going Down This Time/Cool Town Woman/Undercover Agent Polydor 1992 865 911-2
Tony Joe [3] [4] 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.
On Nov. 6, Nashville's Songwriters Hall of Fame welcomed Al Anderson, Dan Penn, Liz Rose, Victoria Shaw, David Bellamy, Tony Jo White to its ranks.
The house has three bedrooms, is fortified for up to 160 mph winds, and it is above FEMA's base flood elevation, according to Executive Director of the Bayou Community Foundation Jennifer Armand.
"Born on the Bayou" is an example of "swamp rock", [7] a genre associated with Fogerty, Little Feat/Lowell George, the Band, J.J. Cale and Tony Joe White. The guitar setting for the intro is over-driven with amp tremolo on a slow setting; Fogerty uses a Gibson ES-175 (which was stolen from his car soon after recording this track). [8]
A psychiatrist determined that a woman who threw her three-month-old baby in the bayou could not determine right from wrong. Woman who cast own baby in bayou didn't know right from wrong, says ...