Tony Joe White – Bandwidth http://bandwidth.wamu.org WAMU 88.5's New Music Site Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Tony Joe White On World Cafe http://bandwidth.wamu.org/tony-joe-white-on-world-cafe/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/tony-joe-white-on-world-cafe/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:02:00 +0000 http://test.bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=23259 Hoodoo.]]> Tony Joe White pretty much invented the swamp-rock genre in 1969 with his first album, Black and White; Elvis Presley often covered White’s huge hit “Polk Salad Annie.” (As White sings in his song, Polk salad is a food synonymous with the rural poor South.)

Over the years, White’s songs have also been covered by Brook Benton, Tina Turner and Dusty Springfield. Now, White has a new album called Hoodoo. He’s kept his sound pure over the years, and he brings his legendary wah-wah pedal and drummer to keep this World Cafe session sounding swampy.

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