Tony Joe White - Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White - Tony Joe White (Hybrid SACD)

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Tony Joe White – vocals, guitar, harmonica

Robert McGuffie - bass

Sammy Creason - drums

Mike Utley - piano, organ

Memphis Horns:

Wayne Jackson - trumpet

Andrew Love - tenor saxophone

James Mitchell - baritone saxophone

Jack Hale - trombone

Louis Collins - tenor

Roger Hopps – trumpet

String arrangements by Roger Hopps

Horn arrangements by the Memphis Horns

Written by Tony Joe White (1 to 8, 10), Albert Frank Beddoe (9)



 

1 Hybrid SACD

Original analog Master tape : YES

Stereo

Studio

Label : Analogue Productions - Acoustic Sounds 40 Series

Original Label : Warner

Recorded on December 1–12, 1970 at Sounds of Memphis Studio, Memphis, and Ardent Recording Studio, Memphis

Engineered by Richard Rosebrough (2, 5-8), Terry Manning (2, 5-8), Stan Kessler (1, 3-4, 9-10)

Produced by Peter Asher

Photography by Jim Marshall

Originally released in 1971

Reissued in 2026

 

 

Tracks:

  1. They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora, Arkansas
  2. The Change
  3. My Kind of Woman
  4. The Daddy
  5. Five Summers for Jimmy
  6. A Night in the Life of a Swamp Fox
  7. Traveling Bone
  8. I Just Walked Away
  9. Copper Kettle
  10. Voodoo Village

 

 

Reviews :

“Tony Joe White's self-titled third album, Tony Joe White, finds the self-proclaimed swamp fox tempering his bluesy swamp rockers with a handful of introspective, soul-dripping ballads and introducing horn and string arrangements for the first time. The album -- White's 1971 debut for Warner Bros. -- was recorded over a two-week period in December 1970, in two different Memphis studios (one was Ardent Studios, where Big Star later recorded their influential power pop albums). His producer was none other than London-born Peter Asher, who had just produced James Taylor's early hits for the label (he would continue to produce hits for Taylor and Linda Ronstadt on his way to becoming one of the most successful producers of the '70s). One can surmise that Warner Bros. may have put White and Asher together as a way for the producer to work his magic with an artist who had much promise. White had already scored big with 1969's "Polk Salad Annie" for Monument, and he was having success as a songwriter too: "Rainy Night in Georgia" was a huge hit for Brook Benton in 1970. As you might expect, there aren't really too many surprises here, despite the addition of the Memphis Horns and other Muscle Shoals sessioners. The songs are fairly standard and straightforward, nothing too out of place or experimental, and White's husky southern warble remains the album's key focus. Many of the songs will remind the listener just how turbulent the cultural climate of the late '60s and early '70s was in the U.S. White's soulful southern-tinged spoken drawl introduces "The Change" (as in a "change is gonna come"), then a potent theme and oft-spoke clarion call that, indeed, the times they were a changin'. "Black Panther Swamps" and "I Just Walked Away" (the album's first single) are also successful at what they attempt. Meanwhile, over on the more sentimental side, "The Daddy" concerns itself with the generation gap between father and son, and mentions the son cutting his long hair ("a little respect will never hurt you"). The mawkish "Five Summers for Jimmy" will appeal to fans who liked Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey." On a more positive note, "A Night in the Life of a Swamp Fox" was White's somewhat-frustrating look at what was going on in his life, playing his sole hit for fans but wanting something more out of his career. Unfortunately, this album never did bring him the success he craved, although it deserves another listen. In 2002, Tony Joe White was reissued for the first time in the U.S. on CD by the Sepia Tone label.” AllMusic Review by Bryan Thomas


 

Ratings :

AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.23 / 5 

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