Tony Joe White - The Real Thang

Size: 155.6 MB
Time: 66:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1980/2025
Styles: Swamp Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Good-Bye L.A. (3:19)
02. Mamas Don't Let Your Cowboys (Grow Up To Be Babies) (Feat. Waylon Jennings) (3:35)
03. Cowboy Singer (2:59)
04. It Just Don't Get It No More (2:33)
05. Redneck Women (Feat. Waylon Jennings) (3:07)
06. I Came Here To Party (2:58)
07. That's The Way A Cowboy Rocks And Rolls (Feat. Waylon Jennings) (4:34)
08. Let's Trade Heartaches (2:50)
09. She Sits Close To The Driver (2:55)
10. Pour Me Another Memory (3:11)
11. Hangin' On (3:11)
12. Alligator Stomp (3:50)
13. Swamp Rap (5:06)
14. I Get Off On It (5:10)
15. Grounded (3:26)
16. Even Trolls Love Rock N' Roll (5:07)
17. Polk Salad Annie (4:23)
18. Disco Blues (4:11)

Originally released back in 1980, at a time when traditional country artists seemed to be struggling to understand where their sound would fit in with the newly polished production of the time, his eight-song collection The Real Thang was only released on vinyl and met with mixed reviews when it came out. Listening to it now, it's odd to think that the album's blend of White's signature swamp rock sound and smooth late 70s disco was so cruelly overlooked, because it feels totally in step with a lot of other things that were happening in country in the early 1980s.

45 years on and it fits perfectly on any playlist of whatever Kenny and Dolly were up to at the time, Glen Campbell's 80s weird country masterpiece Its The World Gone Crazy, Merle Haggard's 'That's the Way Love Goes' or Waylon Jennings' seminal Music Man.

It's Waylon who rides shotgun as The Real Thang is taken once more around the block with White’s estate, helmed by his son, Jody White, announcing a grand unearthing of the album with a deeper dive into what made the era so intriguing, kicking off with the release of the album's first previously unreleased bonus cut, 'Cowboy Singer' co-written with Waylon Jennings.

“The original album included 8 songs from this wildly experimental time in Tony Joe's career,” says Jody. “As I began to explore a re-release of this lost album, I discovered that TJW had written and recorded many more songs during this period of exploration, but most of them had never seen the light of day. They were kept locked away in his large stash of studio reel-to-reels, and nobody was able to listen... until now.”
The new version of The Real Thang has 18 songs. The first half is a showcase of White’s singing and songwriting as a country artist and includes several songs he wrote and sang with Waylon Jennings during their time together in the ‘70s. The back half finds White moving into more of the “swamp funk” jam sessions, which became instrumental in his live shows.

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Tony Joe White - Feeling Snakey

Size: 133.2 MB
Time: 57:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003/2024
Styles: Swamp Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Feeling Snakey (5:45)
02. Living Off The Land (4:30)
03. Panther Ridge (5:45)
04. Nothing I Would Not Do (4:53)
05. Dark Horse Coming (4:52)
06. Rico (6:17)
07. Bayou Bleus (5:36)
08. Taste Like Chicken (5:06)
09. Hard Time With Sunday (4:48)
10. The Organic Shuffle (5:34)
11. All Those Tomorrows (4:20)

Known for popularizing swamp music, Tony Joe White wrote gems like “Polk Salad Annie” and “Rainy Night in Georgia,” and has had his songs performed by Elvis, Ray Charles, and Tina Turner. In 2014, White was profiled in the Nashville episode of HBO’s Sonic Highways and performed “Polk Salad Annie” with the Foo Fighters of The Last Show with David Letterman.

Also known as "Snakey" but with a bonus track.

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Tony Joe White - Out Of The Past: The 1991 Amsterdam Broadcast

Size: 121.5 MB
Time: 52:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Swamp Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Do You Have A Garter Belt (Live 1991) (4:37)
02. Undercover Agent For The Blues (Live 1991) (5:04)
03. Ain't Goin' Down This Time (Live 1991) (5:47)
04. Tunica Motel (Live 1991) (4:08)
05. Out Of The Rain (Live 1991) (5:21)
06. Evan Trolls Love Rock 'n Roll (Live 1991) (5:25)
07. You're Gonna Look Good In Blues (Live 1991) (4:54)
08. Steamy Windows (Live 1991) (3:33)
09. Polk Salad Annie (Live 1991) (5:58)
10. Rainy Night In Georgia (Live 1991) (7:32)

Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox, 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. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who was a friend of White. "Polk Salad Annie" was also recorded by Joe Dassin, Elvis Presley, and Tom Jones.

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Tony Joe White - Smoke From The Chimney

Size: 98.9 MB
Time: 42:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues Rock, Swamp Blues
Art: Front

01. Smoke From The Chimney (5:04)
02. Boot Money (3:27)
03. Del Rio, You’re Making Me Cry (4:24)
04. Listen To Your Song (5:24)
05. Over You (5:28)
06. Scary Stories (5:16)
07. Bubba Jones (4:26)
08. Someone Is Crying (4:33)
09. Billy (4:51)

Tony Joe White’s posthumous album, Smoke from the Chimney, brings to life previously unknown home recordings by the legendary songwriter and musician. A pioneer of the Louisiana swamp rock sound, White’s eclectic legacy has persevered through decades of influence, covers and popular culture. Starting with the album’s genesis as an unforeseen trove of demos to the hands of producer Dan Auerbach and legendary session musicians, Smoke from the Chimney captures Tony Joe White’s signature style in its purest form and serves as a living testimony to one of the most gifted lyricists and storytellers music has ever known.

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Tony Joe White - The Shine

Size: 122,6 MB
Time: 52:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Swamp Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Season Man (5:00)
02. Ain't Doing Nobody No Good (4:47)
03. Paintings On The Mountain (5:43)
04. Tell Me Why (6:12)
05. All (5:39)
06. Long Way From The River (6:07)
07. Strange Night (4:29)
08. Something To Soften The Blow (4:56)
09. Roll Train Roll (5:42)
10. A Place To Watch The Sun Go Down (4:08)

The 21st century saw Tony Joe White resume his recording and performing career, and experience a resurgence of critical interest in his older music as well. Since 2002, "the Swamp Fox" has recorded sporadically for his own Swamp imprint, and also had his back catalog remastered and reissued. Earlier in 2010, Rhino Handmade made available That On the Road Look, a previously unreleased live date. The Shine is a (mostly) low-key, basic affair. White wrote or co-wrote everything here with his wife, Leann. The band is a quintet: White plays guitars and harmonica with drummer Jack Bruno, cellist John Catchings, bassist George Hawkins, and Tyson Rogers on piano, organ, and Wurlitzer. The sound is warm and raw; the album feels like it was cut mostly live from the floor (with guitar and vocal overdubs added) and it's full of natural atmospherics. White's acoustic nylon-string guitar is prevalent, sometimes more so than his quavering, downright spooky baritone. His electric six-string work paints the backdrop. The only real exceptions are the downright rocker "Strange Night," where White displays everything that Mark Knopfler copped from his style inside of five minutes. The levels feel off, overloaded; the vocals come from the backdrop as the guitars and drums smoulder, smoke, and bubble. A broken love song, everything in it bleeds into everything else: it expresses pain as an immediate, crushing experience; it evokes everything from anger to tenderness. "Something to Soften the Blow" is an electric country waltz, sad, beautiful, and lonely. The protagonist is desperate for comfort in seeking a one-night stand from what is perhaps a sympathetic other. White somehow manages to pull off his plea without coming off as pathetic; he wears his brokenness with dignity. "Season Man" is a classic White minor-key narrative about a drifter. "Ain't Doing Nobody No Good" is a droning swamp blues, full of dread and sinister purpose. "Long Way from the River" is a backbeat-driven deeply atmospheric folk song that contains a classic White line: "When you're running with the swamp, the rain is gonna fall." "Roll Train Toll" is pure Delta-style folk-blues, played solo on a steel-string acoustic guitar; it's loaded with a quiet yet ever-present menace ready to break the surface, though it never does, and is all the more effective as a result. Ultimately, The Shine is White's most consistent and gratifying offering since he began recording again. ~Thom Jurek

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Tony Joe White - Home Made Ice Cream

Size: 87,2 MB
Time: 36:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1973
Styles: Swamp Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Saturday Night In Oak Louisiana (2:14)
02. For Ol' Times Sake (3:47)
03. I Want Love ('Tween You & Me) (2:42)
04. Homemade Ice Cream (3:12)
05. Ol' Mother Earth (3:07)
06. Lazy (3:48)
07. California On My Mind (3:44)
08. Backwoods Preacher Man (2:47)
09. Takin' The Midnite Train (4:06)
10. No News In Good News (3:02)
11. Did Someboda Make A Fool Out Of You (4:15)

This 1973 album features one of Tony Joe’s most beautiful and moving breaking up songs with “For Ol’ Time Sake”, in which you can feel the pain and the need of the one that’s just been left behind, and the killer instrumental title track. There’s the ballad, “Ol’ Mother Earth”, but it’s the last track which blows in like a cold breeze off a lake. “Did Somebody Make A Fool Out Of You” is among his best ever examples of songwriting, singing and guitar playing. The centerpiece of the tune is an acoustic guitar solo that has never lost its power and depth. Co-produced by White and legendary Atlantic producer Tom Dowd ‘Home Made Ice Cream’ is very much a back porch acoustic affair and it’s “Swampy”.

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Tony Joe White - Take Home The Swamp

Size: 76,9 MB
Time: 32:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Swamp Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Baby Please Don't Go (3:34)
02. I Want You Baby (7:32)
03. Roosevelt And Ira Lee (4:41)
04. Hard To Handle (3:57)
05. When You Touch Me (5:12)
06. You Got Me Running (2:56)
07. You Got Me Running (Alt.) (Bonus) (1:28)
08. Polk Salad Annie (Bonus) (3:34)

It's difficult to say anything about Tony Joe White's Take Home the Swamp. First, it feels like a bootleg; Europe's Music Avenue Records gave it a kind of stripped-down presentation, and the sound from different sources furthers that impression. Only White can say whether it is or not. If it is, he should get paid double because sloppy or not, this baby smokes. After 2004's Heroines, with Emmylou Harris, Jessi Colter, Lucinda Williams, and Shelby Lynne (can White pick his duet partners or what?) and 2006's slick guest-studded Uncovered, this (perhaps unauthorized?) raw, funky, swamp-rich live album comes as something of a shock. At only a shade over 32 minutes, Take Home the Swamp is a semi load of blasting Swamp Fox that induces chills, fever, and -- to use an over-worn political catch phrase in a new context -- shock and awe. Here are blues standards such as "Baby Please Don't Go" and Jimmy Reed's "You Got Me Running" mixed with White's own classics such as "Roosevelt and Ira Lee," "I Want You Baby," and "Hard to Handle." White is playing his Fender Stratocaster and harmonica and growling with soul and fire. It's all intense, all seductive as hell, all spine-tingling and ass-shaking. Playing lead guitar fills and solo and harmonica at the same time is a White strength, one of the many on display here, but it's the vibe that makes it all happen -- that sexual unbridled need and knowing that pour from the stage like smoke, entering everyone at the gig and spelling them to dance really close. But it's so simple: guitar, bass, drums, harmonica, and vocal in front, taken from different performances, along with what sounds like an outtake of "Polk Salad Annie" with horns and the like that is dirtier and even funkier than the single version, with an in-the-red guitar solo in the middle complete with Louisiana dirt wah-wah pedal. This is one to snag -- and quick, because who knows how long it will be around. ~Thom Jurek

Time to listen to blues. Be smart, be safe and stay home. Good luck to us all.

Take Home The Swamp

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Tony Joe White - In Concert In Baden-Baden Germany 1992

Size: 134,0 MB
Time: 57:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Swamp Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Willie And Laura Mae Jones (4:25)
02. Undercover Agent For The Blues (4:40)
03. Tunica Motel (4:14)
04. You're Gonna Look Good In Blues (5:05)
05. Ain't Going Down This Time (5:06)
06. Biyo Rhythm (5:45)
07. Closer To The Truth (7:40)
08. Polk Salad Annie (5:56)
09. Steamy Windows (4:20)
10. Rainy Night In Georgia (5:38)
11. Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll (4:41)

While there was a certain "mystique" surrounding TJ White in the USA, it was in Europe where he gained legendary status. In 1991 he signed with Remark and debuted Closer To The Truth and spent the next two years touring Europe with Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker, among others. He cut two more albums for Remark, 1993s Path Of A Decent Groove and '95s Lake Placid Blues, the latter garnering the first of two nominations for "Best R & B Album" from the Nashville Music Awards, (the second being, The Best Of Tony Joe White, a 1996 retrospective of his work on Warner Bros.). French audiences eagerly embraced White as the ‘Swamp Fox’ and in 1998, he became the subject of a French produced documentary: Tony Joe White-The Man From Down South. In 1999, White went back to his roots and recorded One Hot July, in the swamps of Louisiana. In 2001, Audium and Koch Entertainment released The Beginning - a stripped down in your face acoustic masterpiece that received worldwide recognition and five star ratings in virtually every country.In 1992 TJ White toured Europe again and played this show in the beautiful German town of Baden-Baden.

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Tony Joe White - Bad Mouthin'

Size: 117,2 MB
Time: 50:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Swamp Blues
Art: Front

01. Bad Mouthin' (4:12)
02. Baby Please Don't Go (4:17)
03. Cool Town Woman (5:01)
04. Boom Boom (4:22)
05. Big Boss Man (3:52)
06. Sundown Blues (4:47)
07. Rich Woman Blues (4:51)
08. Bad Dreams (0:54)
09. Awful Dreams (6:12)
10. Down The Dirt Road Blues (4:19)
11. Stockholm Blues (3:37)
12. Heartbreak Hotel (3:43)

The blues has never been far from Tony Joe White’s sound. Best known as a swamp rocker and, with early hit “Polk Salad Annie,” somewhat of an off-kilter pop/soul man, White’s dusky baritone voice, laconic delivery, shadowy harmonica and snakelike guitar were never more than a few chords away from a bluesman’s approach. It’s no coincidence that Eric Clapton, Etta James, Joe Cocker, and Robert Cray have covered his songs.

But this is considered White’s first full-fledged blues release. Where he once waded ankle deep in the genre, he fully submerges himself in the muddy Mississippi delta, covering songs made famous by blues legends John Lee Hooker (“Boom Boom”), Lightnin’ Hopkins (“Awful Dreams”), and Jimmy Reed (“Big Boss Man”). White, who has recorded sporadically since 1969, doesn’t need to bolster his organic bona fides. Yet this album’s near primal recording setting (in his barn), with songs played either solo or with occasional skeletal drums and bass backing, scales back White’s already stripped down vibe to its core.

The opening title track, along with a comparatively frisky cover of Charley Patton’s “Down The Dirt Road Blues,” is the singer-songwriter at his most rhythmically propulsive. The majority of songs, such as the muggy Southern summer dog day vibe of “Sundown Blues,” pulse with slow hypnotically repeated riffs, perfect for White’s dry, husky, talk-sung drawl, punctuated by his Dylan-on-downers harp. The approach shifts from unaccompanied solo acoustic guitar on classics “Baby Please Don’t Go,” “Big Boss Man” and arguably the most chilling version of “Heartbreak Hotel” ever recorded, to a fuller electric yet still nakedly intense “Boom Boom.”

No one breaks much of a sweat here. White’s distinctive mumble seems like it was recorded while drifting in and out of a narcotic-induced coma. Nevertheless, this music resonates with the dark, ominous, rootsy authenticity Tony Joe White has always exuded. ~Hal Horowitz

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VA - Hoodoo Voodoo

Size: 232,7 MB
Time: 98:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, Rock, R&B
Art: Front

01 Lavern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo (1:48)
02 Dr. John - I Been Hoodood (3:12)
03 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - I Got My Mojo Working (3:32)
04 Tony Joe White - Conjure Woman (3:58)
05 The Coasters - Idol With The Golden Head (2:21)
06 Chris Connor - Witchcraft (3:06)
07 The Sleepstones - I Put A Spell On You (3:46)
08 Esther Phillips - Mojo Hannah (2:24)
09 Brook Benton - Born Under A Bad Sign (3:06)
10 Bobby Short - Witchcraft (2:20)
11 Ray Charles - The Midnight Hour (3:02)
12 David Newman - Congo Chant (4:23)
13 The Coasters - The Shadow Knows (2:15)
14 The Shadows Of Knight - Bad Little Woman (2:33)
15 The Nashville Teens - Hoochie Coochie Man (3:35)
16 Top Cats - Fortune Teller (2:43)
17 Dave Edmunds - Ju Ju Man (3:25)
18 The Blasters - Dark Night (3:48)
19 Champion Jack Dupree - Evil Woman (4:20)
20 Jackson Firebird - Voodoo (3:49)
21 Green On Red - Sixteen Ways (3:39)
22 Dr Feelgood - Lucky Seven (2:44)
23 Crazyhead - Fortune Teller (2:57)
24 Screaming Sirens - Voodoo (3:06)
25 Tony Joe White - Voodoo Village (3:06)
26 Dr. John - Zu Zu Mamou (7:59)
27 Mudhoney - Thirteenth Floor Opening (2:31)
28 Alice Cooper - Black Juju (9:07)

Hoodoo Voodoo

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VA - Road Trip Blues Rock

Size: 175,8 MB
Time: 75:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Travis Tritt - Start The Car (4:23)
02 Tony Joe White - Traveling Bone (2:52)
03 Canned Heat - Highway 401 (3:49)
04 Cesar Rosas - Racing The Moon (3:27)
05 James Otto - Call Me The Breeze (4:28)
06 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Living On The Open Road (3:06)
07 Lonnie Mack - Asphalt Outlaw Hero (3:05)
08 Little Feat - Oh Atlanta (3:28)
09 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Cadillac Ranch (3:41)
10 Doug Kershaw - Louisiana Woman (2:54)
11 Saint Lu - Rockstar Car (3:46)
12 James Gang - Cruisin' Down The Highway (3:15)
13 Doctor's Special - Travellin' Woman (3:36)
14 Low Budget Blues Band - Tennessee Plates (3:10)
15 Grateful Dead - Passenger (2:48)
16 Foghat - Road Fever (4:22)
17 Danny O'Keefe - She Said, Drive On, Driver (5:47)
18 Jesse Winchester - Midnight Bus (2:17)
19 Mother Earth - Bring Me Home (3:28)
20 Blackfoot - Highway Song (7:30)

Road Trip Blues Rock

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Tony Joe White - Tony Joe White Live & Kickin'

Size: 158 MB
Time: 27:25
File: FLAC
Released: 2016
Styles: Swamp Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Baby Please Don't Go (Live) (3:30)
02. I Want You (Live) (7:31)
03. Roosevelt & Ira Lee (Live) (4:25)
04. Hard To Handle (Live) (3:54)
05. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Live) (2:54)
06. When You Touch Me (Live) (5:10)

In 1969, deep voiced southern songsmith Tony Joe White from Oak Grove, Louisiana had a U.S. Top 10 hit with his classic swamp rock tune "Polk Salad Annie".White continues to tour and record into the 21st century, and his bluesy songs have been covered by dozens of artists ranging from Elvis Presley and Tim McGraw, to Dusty Springfield and Tina Turner.

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Tony Joe White - Rain Crow

Size: 103,3 MB
Time: 44:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Swamp Blues, Country, Rock
Art: Front

01. Hoochie Woman (3:58)
02. The Bad Wind (4:51)
03. Rain Crow (4:54)
04. The Opening Of The Box (5:25)
05. Right Back In The Fire (4:57)
06. The Middle Of Nowhere (4:22)
07. Conjure Child (5:29)
08. Where Do They Go (4:30)
09. Tell Me A Swamp Story (6:04)

“With a deep, come-hither voice” (Mother Jones) and an “ability to turn that throbbing, thumping uh-uhh hazy guitar beat” (PopMatters), the “King of Swamp Rock” Tony Joe White will release his 19th studio album, Rain Crow on May.

Recorded at his own studio and produced by his son, Jody White, Rain Crow summons recollections of long ago, when animals foretold the weather, tongue-talking worshippers proved their faith by handling snakes and a “bad wind” could drive a man to edge of insanity.

The nine-song set features new compositions White wrote over the past three years, including co-writes with his wife, Leann, and Billy Bob Thornton on “The Middle of Nowhere.” Known for popularizing swamp music, White has written gems like “Polk Salad Annie” and “Rainy Night in Georgia,” and has had his songs performed by Elvis, Ray Charles, and Tina Turner.

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Rain Crow

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Tony Joe White - Hoodoo

Released: 2013
Size: 107.0 MB
Time: 45:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Louisiana Blues / Rock
Art: Front

1. The Gift [4:23]
2. Holed Up [4:44]
3. Who You Gonna Hoodoo Now? [4:29]
4. 9 Foot Sack [5:54]
5. Alligator, Mississippi [4:21]
6. The Flood [7:30]
7. Storm Comin' [4:26]
8. Gypsy Epilogue [5:05]
9. Sweet Tooth [4:37]

WHILE he could be accused of being an old stick-in-the-mud, Tony Joe White knows he's on solid ground with swamp rock, the enduring sound he helped to legitimise.

The singer-songwriter's roots are so deeply entrenched in the southern backwoods that he risks self-parody. The Louisianan's languid singing style, a bottom-end drawl that long has been a calling card, and his casual fuzzbox/wah-wah pedal-enhanced electric guitar combine with a stripped-back recording approach to suggest that the septuagenarian is barely exerting himself. That is White's strength and weakness.

Cut live-to-tape in White's home studio in mostly single takes with drummer Bryan "Cadillac" Owings and bass player Steve "Troll" Forrest, Hoodoo could be construed as a long jam session with protracted guitar breaks. It's doubtful whether there's anything on TJW's 33rd release to match the calibre of his best-known songs Rainy Night in Georgia and Polk Salad Annie, several tracks could inveigle their way into listeners' grey matter.

Trademark swamp-rockers The Gift and Who You Gonna Hoodoo Now? and the shuffling blues Gypsy Epilogue and Sweet Tooth are potential candidates. Lyrically, 9 Foot Sack, White's mumbled recollection of an impoverished childhood on a cotton farm ("we always was happy having a roof over our head") and the harmonica-boosted The Flood, in which the songwriter talks of witnessing "guitars floating down the river".

Hoodoo

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