Category: Tony Joe White

“She had disco sucks on the front of her t-shirt, a longneck bud in her hand…” So sings Tony Joe White on “Redneck Women,” courtesy of his eighth long-player, 1980’s The Real Thang. Core purveyor of the swamp rock amalgam alongside Bobby Charles, Lonnie Mack, Dale Hawkins, and Link Wray, White dropped this eight track album on Casablanca Records at the dawn of a new decade. Disco may have been in the ether, but this is swamp music mutating in real time.

When news broke of Tony Joe White ’s death, nearly all the obituaries led with some mention of his hit single “Polk Salad Annie.” Of course, that will likely remain his signature song, […]

Tony Joe White turns 71 today — a good excuse as any to put on one of his many excellent platters. I recommend 1971’s self-titledTony Joe White. Cut at Sounds […]