{"id":101,"date":"2010-10-28T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=101"},"modified":"2011-02-12T15:33:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T20:33:24","slug":"tony-joe-white-you-just-got-to-do-your-own-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2010\/10\/28\/tony-joe-white-you-just-got-to-do-your-own-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Joe White: You Just Got To Do Your Own Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_uURcxrC6bPE\/TMmPlYRJsDI\/AAAAAAAAAH0\/vnUZVY96Fco\/s1600\/Tony+Joe.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 359px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_uURcxrC6bPE\/TMmPlYRJsDI\/AAAAAAAAAH0\/vnUZVY96Fco\/s400\/Tony+Joe.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533111489533685810\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I stumbled on the music of Tony Joe White while compiling my weekly Notable Shows post, I thought I was unearthing an obscure treasure. Launching the player on his official website, I started listening and didn&#8217;t stop for the rest of the day. With a voice so deep that you feel it in your pelvis before it even hits your ears, a penchant for playing his guitar in the lower registers and rhythms that feel fresh even on songs written thirty-some years ago, it&#8217;s easy to fall for White&#8217;s music. And it&#8217;s easy to see why he can count Dan Auerbach and the White Stripes among his fans and why he&#8217;s been covered by everyone from Elvis Presley to Brook Benton, Ray Charles and, ahem, Great White.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MrzbjgpVjO4?fs=1]<\/p>\n<p>The name may be as unfamiliar to you as it was to me, but it&#8217;s likely that you&#8217;ve heard his music as White, a.k.a. The Swamp Fox, penned the classic &#8220;Polk Salad Annie&#8221; and &#8220;Rainy Night in Georgia&#8221;. And White is still going. He released the album <i>Shine<\/i> this year and was tour earlier this month. You can sign up for a free mp3 of the lovely &#8220;Season Man&#8221; from the new album at his website.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k6diOn54OWs?fs=1]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonyjoewhite.com\/\" target=\"blank\">Tony Joe White Official Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I stumbled on the music of Tony Joe White while compiling my weekly Notable Shows post, I thought I was unearthing an obscure treasure. Launching the player on his official website, I started listening and didn&#8217;t stop for the rest of the day. 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