"Everyday 'fore supper time she'd go down by the truck patch, and pick her a mess of polk salad and carry it home in a tote sack..." Here's a little botany lesson for y'all. Polk salad - Phytolacca Americana , also known as poke salad - is a hardy plant that grows in the southern states of the US. Said to be kind of toxic, one should definitely boil and rinse it before cooking. The leaves are said to taste like spinach, while the stalks resemble okra. Polk salad was especially popular during hard times, when [...]
The traditional country stars — Conway Twitty, George Jones, Tammy Wynette Charlie Rich, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride — were still selling many records in the 1970s, and periodically crossed over to the pop charts. Singers like Donna Fargo evoked the good old days with happy songs like The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA. These were still the Opry years — in fact, in 1972 the Grand Ole Opry opened a theme park called Opryland, and wo years later moved out of its long-time home, the Ryman Theatre, to Opryland. But the Nashville scene no longer monopolised country, [...]
Music DVD Roundup: Some fine rock music DVDs have been released in the last few months. Included here are three of the best.
Tony Joe White's The Train I'm On is one of those records that are just too damn good to be kept a secret. Keeping it oh so real and raw on what may be his finest moment, the LP is a sweet and languid roots rock triumph. Give me acoustic guitar and the bass drum, [...]
Cowpunk trailblazers Jason & the Scorchers cover everyone from John Denver to the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan to Kenny Rogers.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 1. Dark Fantasy - Mike Oldfield - In High Places 2. Gorgeous - The Turtles - You Showed Me 3. Power - Continent Number 6 - Afromerica - Cold Grits - It's Your Thing - King Crimson - 21st [...]
One of the most distinctive and respected songwriters of the Deep South, Tony Joe White, gets raw and real on his new record "THE SHINE", set for a September 28 release on his own Swamp Records. "THE... Download your favourite album at The Mood Indicator
Larry Jon Wilson : Sheldon Church Yard [ purchase ] Country Joe and The Fish : Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine [ purchase ] Tony Joe White : Conjure Woman [ purchase ] It's true that in many rural areas of America magic has and likely always will be practiced to some degree. The 'roots' of magic have been credited to the Celts living between [...]
You'll recognise the wonderful Steamy Windows (covered by good friend Tina Turner with TJW backing her) but the awesome opening track Tunica Motel which tells of Tony Joe's return to his blues roots... Download your favourite album at The Mood Indicator
Each year CMJ (that's the College Music Journal , in case you didn't know) brings college radio DJs and music industry folks from around the country and abroad to mingle and attend panels by day and hear some of the more than 1,200 artists playing around New York City by night. Wading through all the acts performing during the week can be a chore unto itself, so to help take the guesswork out of the process, we've culled together a top 10 for the week. (MP3s are provided in case words aren't convincing enough.) [...]
"If I ever write anything, I'll write about what I know and it will be real." - Tony Joe White, from a recent interview. Tony Joe White - Music - Arts - History - Kris Kristofferson
Revered as one of the originators of swamp rock, Tony Joe White has recast a number of his classic songs on Deep Cuts, proving that time has no jurisdiction over funky. His signature groove, starting from his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie," is what he uses to paint a vivid picture of the world he experienced growing up, where poverty provided unity between otherwise divided races and bad-news women
Tony Joe White - Homemade Ice Cream ( buy ) If you want to hear the living definition of "laid back", just listen to this. Compared to him, JJ Cale would sound like an epileptic. I strongly recommend this album to any fan of Creedence, Elvis or Lightnin' Hopkins. A record that fits so well with the return of the warm sun here. All you want to do is lay in your front porch with a cold beer, a rocking chair and this music. To me, Tony Joe White (especially on [...]
Arizona Highways is a monthly magazine published by the Arizona Department of Transportation since 1925. It began as an engineering journal dedicated to the state's road construction and maintenance, but was eventually taken over by Arizona travel tales, stories and photos. The covers of these magazines are some of the best I've ever seen, so start looking for them if you haven't already. American Highways is still around and has a damn good website full of scenic [...]
I've been holding off on posting this one here for a few reasons: 1) it sounds just on the other side of gritty, b) Tony Joe's voice is, at times, uncomfortably sexy, and 3) I've been trying to hang on to a few secrets. But Train I'm On is just too damn good. TJ White makes like a white Barry White and melts the ladies' minds, keeping it oh so real and raw on what may be his finest moment, this sweet and groovy roots rock triumph. Give me acoustic guitar and the bass drum, that's [...]
Thinking about the approach of Winter weather always reminds me of the title of one of my favorite songs. Even though the subject matter of Tony Joe White's " Cold Fingers " has nothing to do with frigid weather and the numb digits it creates, the song still seems to pop into my mind whenever I start shivering. This isn't the first time I've featured Tony. The Louisiana blues legend also made an appearance over three years ago, when I wrote about pokeweed and how Tony had turned the rural staple into his best-selling record, "Polk-Salad [...]
. MLD Radio Podcast 11 (1hr06m) - Subscribe itunes Tracklist: Bersarin Quartett - " St.Petersburg " (with a little bit of Jim Morrison) ( Myspace / Buy ) Pilooski - " Love Is Wet " ( Myspace / PilooskiEdits / Facebook ) Desire - " Under Your Spell " - ( Myspace / Blog ) The XX - " VCR " - ( Myspace / Website ) [...]
Tony Joe White - I've Got A Thing About You Baby
I have to admit this tenpack formula is a rather lazy affair, but heck, it´s summer, right? Let´s milk it some more then. Today we´re going completely country, with a varied selection of originators, outlaws and outsiders of the genre. So take that rocking chair outside, pour yourself a tall cool one (may I suggest the Lone Star brand?) and "sing a little bit of these working man blues..." Merle Haggard - Workin´ Man Blues MP3 Louvin Brothers - Let Her Go, God Bless Her MP3 [...]
1969 Monument SP-18144 Authentic true soul from Tony Joe White. Born on the Bayou - and not in El Cerrito. Often overlooked by the jetset as a reference point for No Depression: the feel, the soul, the truth- It's all here: Cosmic American Swamp Music. By all critical accounts, Tony Joe should be a household name - but instead he rests in the pantheon of America's rich musical history. His catalog is a treasure trove of a sound that was hijacked by arena artists, (Creedence, Skynyrd, Clapton and more) As a songwriter and [...]
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