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Tony Joe White - Black and White

I have been listening to a lot of Tony Joe White lately. He's reached many of you directly with songs like "Polk Salad Annie" and "Roosevelt and Ira Lee (Night of the Moccasin)." For others it was via Dusty Springfield 's cover of "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" or Brook Benton's version of White's "Rainy Night in Georgia".

White was born in 1943 in Goodwill, LA, a small town about 50 miles northeast of Shreveport. He worked clubs in Texas in the 60's before landing in Nashville in 1968 and cutting his debut album Black and White.

Here's a great taste of the bluesy, dripping, groovy, swampy sound that White was best at.

Dig it!