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Warner E Hodges London Islington Hope & Anchor 1/4/22 Hodges, fiery, wild-eyed, wild-maned guitarist from Nashville post-punk country rockers, Jason & The Scorchers, took things to a different level with [...]

Tony Joe White Swamp Music: Monument Rarities ***** Run Out Groove ROGV084 (3LP) Essential rarities from the Swamp Fox's 1967-70 This superbly mastered, sequenced and packaged set provides a first [...]

The article focuses on the popularity of food and music in Louisiana. It is stated that in a state where cultural heritage is varied, it is easy to see how musicians can pull bits of their everyday lives into songs. Such songs as "Poke Salad Annie," by Tony Joe White, "Jambalaya (on the Bayou)," by Hank Williams Sr., and "Shrimp Boats," by Paul Weston and Paul Mason Howard, highlight the strong ties that connect two different means of expressing and celebrating staples of cultural identity.

Tony Joe White, singer, songwriter, guitarist (b Oak Grove, Louisiana, July 1943) died 24 October, age 75. He signed to Monument in 1967, before 1969's Polk Salad Annie laid the [...]

Swamp rock didn't exist as a genre before Tony Joe White's chunky Polk Salad Annie rumbled into the US Top 10 in 1969; by the year's end The Beatles (Come [...]

Tony Joe White Rain Crow **** Yep Roc YEP 2450 (CD/LP) Deeper into the swamp for another late peak As the king of swamp rock, Tony Joe White boasts the [...]

Tony Joe White Swamp Fox: The Definitive Collection *** Salvo CD 225 W (2CD) He was born on the Bayou This 2CD set collates a large amount of material from [...]

TONY JOE WHITE'S ... Continued (**** Music On Vinyl), his 1969 paean to dirty swamp-rock, is a perfect example of how a quality master can lift a decent album to [...]

JACKIE WILSON * NYC 1961-1966 (Ace CDTOP 21428) Best remembered for his posthumous UK No.1 Reet Petite (1986), Jackie Wilson also scored big with more mellow, less stentorian soul classics [...]

An interview with guitarist, composer and producer Tony Joe White is presented. When asked how music affects his attitude, White says music makes him aware of things. White also explains that he gets excited when old guitars are used in shows. He also shares how Mark Knopfler once gave him a hand-made Spanish acoustic guitar.