The Best of Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 1993)
• Original Release Date: September 14, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002MKI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,375 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The real swamp rock, April 16, 2000

By A Customer

Back in 1969 I was working a summer job, unloading freight trains in Chicago. We had all kinds of guys there--young white city boys, chicanos, older black men from waaayyy far south, hillbillies from West Virginia, middle-aged foremen who thought music began and ended with Frank Sinatra. No radios were allowed, because we couldn't tolerate each others' musical tastes. Until Tony Joe White came out with Polk Salad Annie. Everyone dug that darkly cool, gruff voice...and that funky guitar hook! Tony Joe crossed over from the r&b side (back when r&b came from the heart, not the synthesizer)and had a huge hit. A lot of folks had success with covers of his tunes at that time. Brook Benton scored big with Rainy Night in Ga., and Dusty Springfield did Willie and Laura Mae Jones. Both were really good, but Tony Joe does 'em better. Tom Jones and Elvis both did Polk Salad Annie(kind of a homage to TJW from the lounge lizard kings), but it was no contest. This is a great collection of material, done in that "womper stomper" guitar style by the swamp fox hisself--you'll like it.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I just shake my head!, July 3, 2000

By	casey j putnam (Houston,Texas) - See all my reviews

I just shake my head when I play this cd.Because I cant understand why this man has not been celebrated by the music industry. every song effects me emotionally.This is one of the few singer/songwriters left in the world that can simply do no wrong.It doesn't matter what your musical taste is, if you have any taste, buy this album and you wont be sorry.If you dont buy this album, because of bad record promotions you won't know what Im talkin about and your musical soul will ache for eternity.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music !, December 17, 1999

By A Customer

I never heard of Tony Joe White until Tina Turner recorded 4 of his songs in 1989. Two years later he was all over european radio with a great album called Closer to the truth. After that he has recorded some more albums which seem only available in Europe. I liked those records so much that I decided to try his much older material and I must say that this is a great collection of his music before the eighties. A must in every decent music collection.