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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, Joe Bonamassa and Tom Jones. Biography Tony Joe White was the youngest of seven children who grew up on a cotton farm near Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. His song "Old Man Willis" takes place in West Carroll Parish. He first began performing music at school dances, and after graduating from high school he performed in night clubs in Texas and Louisiana. 1960s–1970s In 1967, White signed with Monument Records, which operated from a recording studio in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville, Tennessee, and produced a variety of sounds, including rock and roll, country and western, and rhythm and blues. Billy Swan was his producer on his first three albums. Over the next three years, White released four singles with no commercial success in the U.S., although "Soul Francisco" was a hit in France. "Polk Salad Annie" had been released for nine months and written off as a failure by his record label when it finally entered the U.S. charts in July 1969. It climbed to the Top Ten by early August and eventually reached No. 8, becoming White's biggest hit. White's first album, 1969's Black and White, was recorded with Muscle Shoals/Nashville musicians David Briggs, Norbert Putnam, and Jerry Carrigan, and featured "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" and "Polk Salad Annie", along with Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman". "Willie and Laura Mae Jones" was covered by Dusty Springfield and released as a single, later added to reissues of her 1969 album Dusty in Memphis. Three more singles quickly followed, all minor hits, and White toured with Steppenwolf, Anne Murray, Sly & the Family Stone, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Carpenters and other major rock acts of the 1970s, playing in France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden and England. In 1973, White appeared in the film Catch My Soul, a rock-opera adaption of Shakespeare's Othello. White played and sang four songs and composed seven for the musical. In late September 1973, White was recruited by record producer Huey Meaux to sit in on the Memphis sessions that became Jerry Lee Lewis's Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis album. These sessions were a three-day, around-the-clock party, which not only reunited the original MGs (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn and Al Jackson, Jr. of Booker T. and the MGs fame) for the first time in three years, but also featured Carl Perkins, Mark Lindsay (of Paul Revere & the Raiders), and Wayne Jackson plus The Memphis Horns. 1980s From 1976 to 1983, White released three more albums, all on different labels. Trying to combine his own swamp-rock sound with the popular disco music at the time, the results were not successful and White gave up his career as a singer and concentrated on writing songs. During this time frame, he collaborated with American expat Joe Dassin on his only English-language album, Home Made Ice Cream, and its French-language counterpart, Blue Country. 1990s comeback In 1989, White produced one non-single track on Tina Turner's Foreign Affair album, the rest of the album being produced by Dan Hartman. Playing a variety of instruments on the album, he also wrote four songs, including the title song and the hit single "Steamy Windows". As a result of this he became managed by Roger Davies, who was Turner's manager at the time, and he obtained a new contract with Polydor. The resulting album, 1991's Closer to the Truth, was a commercial success and put White back in the spotlight. He released two more albums for Polydor: The Path of a Decent Groove and Lake Placid Blues, which was co-produced by Roger Davies. In the 1990s, White toured Germany and France with Joe Cocker and Eric Clapton, and in 1992 he played the Montreux Festival. During the late 1990s, White also toured with Waylon Jennings. In 1996, Tina Turner released the song "On Silent Wings" written by White. 2000s In 2000, Hip-O Records released One Hot July in the U.S., giving White his first new major-label domestic release in 17 years. The critically acclaimed The Beginning appeared on Swamp Records in 2001, followed by Heroines, featuring several duets with female vocalists including Jessi Colter, Shelby Lynne, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, and Michelle White, on Sanctuary in 2004, and a live Austin City Limits concert, Live from Austin, TX, on New West Records in 2006. In 2004, White was the featured guest artist in an episode of the Legends Rock TV Show and Concert Series, produced by Megabien Entertainment. In 2007, White released another live recording, Take Home the Swamp, as well as the compilation Introduction to Tony Joe White. Elkie Brooks recorded one of White's songs, "Out of The Rain", on her 2005 Electric Lady album. On July 14, 2006, in Magny-Cours, France, White performed as a warm-up act for Roger Waters' The Dark Side of the Moon concert. White's album, entitled Uncovered, was released in September 2006 and featured collaborations with Mark Knopfler, Michael McDonald, Eric Clapton, and J.J. Cale. The song "Elements and Things" from the 1969 album ...Continued features prominently during the horse-racing scenes in the 2012 HBO television series "Luck". In 2013, White signed to Yep Roc Records and released Hoodoo. Mother Jones called the album "Steamy, Irresistible" and No Depression noted Tony Joe White is "the real king of the swamp". He also made his Live...with Jools Holland debut in London, playing songs from Hoodoo. On October 15, 2014, White appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman alongside the Foo Fighters to perform "Polk Salad Annie". Pointing to White, Letterman told his TV audience, "Holy cow! ... If I was this guy, you could all kiss my ass. And I mean that." In May 2016, Tony Joe White released Rain Crow on Yep Roc Records. The lead track "Hoochie Woman" was co-written with his wife, Leann. The track "Conjure Child" is a follow-up to an earlier song, "Conjure Woman". The album Bad Mouthin' was released in September 2018 again on Yep Roc Records. The album contains six self-penned songs and five blues standards written by, amongst others, Charley Patton and John Lee Hooker. On the album White also performs a cover of the Elvis Presley song "Heartbreak Hotel". White plays acoustic and electric guitar on the album which was produced by his son Jody White and it has a signature Tony Joe White laidback sound. The posthumous album Smoke from the Chimney was released May 7, 2021, on Easy Eye Sound. The album fea.... Discover the Tony White popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Tony White books.
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Building the Wall
Robert Schenkkan, Douglas S. Massey, Julian E. Zelizer & Timothy Patrick McCarthyIn the tradition of Hamilton and Angels in America, a powerful, politically charged, dystopian drama that couldn’t be more timely. Written in a “whitehot fury” on the eve of the 20...
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A Life in Parts
Bryan CranstonA poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoirboth a comingofage story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craftfrom Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of h...
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Seldom Disappointed
Tony HillermanWhen Tony Hillerman looks back at seventysix years spent getting from hardtimes farm boy to bestselling author, he sees lots of evidence that Providence was poking him along. For e...
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St. Louis Cardinals
Rob Rains & Keith SchildrothThe St. Louis Cardinals are a team steeped in history and a winning tradition. For proof look no further than the epic 2011 World Series! The secret to their success? It’s those sp...
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Mastering the Metal
Zack Moore, Eddie Bravo & James WatsonOver the last two decades, Eddie Bravo has been at the forefront of revolutions we’ve seen in the arts of fighting, comedy, and podcasting. But he wasn’t alone in his journey.For j...
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How Not To Be Wrong
James OBrien'Simply Brilliant' THE SECRET BARRISTER'Passionate and brilliantly argued' DAVID OLUSOGA'An admirably personal guide' MARINA HYDE'Smart, analytical, selfaware and important' ALASTA...
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Rough Draft
Katy TurINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s a hell of a story.” The New York Times “A stunning and revelatory memoir.” Oprah DailyFrom MSNBC anchor and instant New York Times bestselli...
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Tony Small and Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Robert Ray Black“...a fascinating and welltold story of the American Revolution in South Carolinaand of its ramifications across racial and national boundaries.” Walter Edgar, author of South Caro...
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Clybourne Park
Bruce NorrisClybourne Park spans two generations fifty years apart. In 1959, Russ and Bev are selling their desirable twobedroom at a bargain price, unknowingly bringing the first black family...
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The Myth Of Decline
George L BernsteinThis history of Britain since 1945 confronts two themes that have dominated British consciousness during the postwar era: the myth of decline and the pervasiveness of American infl...
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Woke Up This Morning
Michael Imperioli & Steve SchirripaINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"I will be reading and rereading Woke Up This Morning....These rollicking gabfests... bring together nearly everyone, on screen and off, who made t...
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Black Lies, White Lies
Tony BrownPBS television commentator and syndicated radio talkshow host Tony Brown has been called an "outofthebox thinker" and, less delicately, and "equal opportunity ass kicker." Those wh...
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New Jerusalem News
John EnrightThe summer season on Cape Cod is overnow it’s time for the real fun to begin.Dominick is always just passing through. He is a professional house guest who follows the sun and the l...
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One Last Strike
Tony La RussaThe team that refused to give up their manager in his final season A comeback that changed baseball After thirtythree seasons managing in Major League Baseball, Tony La Russa t...
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Putting It Together
James LapineA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA behindthescenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in the Park with GeorgePutting It Together chronicles the twoyear odyssey of creating t...
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Cemetery Lake
Paul CleaveA heartthumping, noholdsbarred murdermystery that keeps you guessing until the very last page. Some secrets won't stay buried . . . A standard exhumation becomes anything but f...
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Singular Sensation
Michael Riedel“Fun and gossipy.” The Wall Street Journal “A masterful history.” Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Engaging.” NewsweekA “brisk, insightful, and deliciously detailed take” (Kir...
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Exit Stage Left
Nick DuerdenA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK 'Incredibl...
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Touchdown Tony
Tony NathanThe true story from which the inspirational movie Woodlawn starring Jon Voight, Sean Astin, and C. Thomas Howell, is based on African American running back Tony Nathan and his expe...
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Razzle Dazzle
Michael Riedel“A vivid pageturner” (NPR) detailing the rise, fall, and redemption of Broadwayits stars, its biggest shows, its producers, and all the drama, intrigue, and power plays that happen...
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Daring to Fly
Lisa Millar'The utterly inspirational story behind one of our country's most superb journalists. To have played even the tiniest of roles in helping to ignite Lisa's early fire for journalism...
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Motion Comics
Tony White"MOTION COMICS How to Animate Graphic Novels, Comic Books & Cartoons" is the definitive book for anyone who is interested in making their drawings and illustrations move. Cove...
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Jumping Through Hoops
Tony White"JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS ~ The Animation Job Coach" is the definitive book for anyone who is interested in becoming a professional animator and describes everything you will ever nee...
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Once Upon a Time in Iraq
James Bluemel & Renad MansourIn war, there is no easy victory.When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave m...
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Power
Douglas E. SchoenA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
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How To Be Right
James OBrienThe voice of reason in a world that won’t shut up.The Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the Parliamentary Book AwardsEvery day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming hardworking i...
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The Greatest Comeback
John U. BaconThe series you thought you knew: the first book written with the complete cooperation of the whole team “They’d stolen our beer and our steaks, and then to make it worse . . ....
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Cooking on the Lam
Joseph IannuzziLike The Mafia Cookbook, this is a cookbook with a story. It's about how Joe Dogs, whose testimony sent more highranking mafiosi to the slammer than that of any other federal witne...
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Sugar
Sanjida O'ConnellOur lust for sugar has changed the shape of the world economically culturally and scoially. Sanjida O' Connell reveals, in accessible and scintillating prose, the extraordinary...
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Jack Buck
Jack Buck, Rob Rains & Bob BroegIn his forthright and honest autobiography, former St. Louis Cardinal, World Series, and Super Bowl broadcaster Jack Buck entertains all of his fans once more in a different settin...
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The New Baseball Bible
Dan Schlossberg, Jay Johnstone & Alan SchwarzFor fans of baseball trivia, this updated version of The New Baseball Bible, first published as The Baseball Catalog in 1980 and selected as a BookoftheMonth Club alternate, is sur...
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Drawn Together
Tony White222 incredible artists and animators each donate a beautiful drawing towards the DRAW42D book project in support of traditional handdrawn animation. All proceeds from this book col...
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St. Louis Cardinals
Rob Rains & Keith SchildrothThe St. Louis Cardinals are a team steeped in history and a winning tradition. For proof look no further than the epic 2011 World Series! The secret to their success? It’s those sp...
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Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
Anita Heiss‘There are books you encounter as an adult that you wish you could press into the hands of your younger self. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is one of those books – a novel that turns...
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My Family and Other Strangers
Jeremy HardyWhen Jeremy Hardy decided to explore his ancestry it was, in part, to get to the bottom of his grandmother Rebecca's dubious claims that the family descended from a certain 17thcen...
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Sit-Down Comedy
John Fleming & Malcolm HardeeTo satisfy the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people who pay good money to see standup every year, Malcolm Hardee ('the comedian's comedian' WHSmith Online; '...
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Tom Seaver
Bill MaddenAn authoritative, “mustread” (Keith Hernandez) biography of Hall of Fame pitching legend Tom Seaver, still the greatest player ever to wear a Mets jersey, by a journalist who knew ...
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Woodlawn
Todd GereldsNow a major motion picture starring Jon Voight, Nic Bishop, and C. Thomas Howell.This riveting true story of courage, strength, and football at the height of racial tension in Birm...