Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie (Original Stereo)

Tony Joe White was from the Louisiana bayous and his brand of music was labeled "swamp rock". He wrote "Polk Salad Annie", recorded it, and it was actually released in November of 1968, but it took nine months before it found its audience peaking at #8 in July of 1969. Tony Joe White would go on to write "Rainy Night In Georgia" which became a huge hit in 1970 for Brook Benton, reviving his career.

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[VEVOElvisPresley]

I prefer Elvis version but this not bad

[Nocaro]

@VEVOElvisPresley LOL, I should hope it wasn't "bad" since had Tony Joe White never made a hit out of it, you never would have heard Elvis sing it.

[Foxfire0306]

Tony Joe White wrote Polk Salad Annie and Rainy Night in Georgia, both in the same week. He was driving a dump truck here in Louisiana and was rained out for the week, so he spent the whole time in a motel room, where he wrote both songs. Check your copyrights on these song. Jerry Reed didn't write Polk Salad Annie. Sorry.

[Nocaro]

@Foxfire0306 Who said Jerry Reed wrote "Polk Salad Annie"?

[redleyc]

wikipedia-check it out...regarding below post.

[Nocaro]

@redleyc Check the notes attached to each song before you comment...see above...Nocaro

[Chafey4444]

This is a very cool upload, for people not familiar with Tony. This version of his song, is severely superior to Elvis' cover (that most have probably heard, who know Elvis).

You can't improve on this version of Tony's song. This is Pure Tony!!

Pure Gold!! This is probably My favorite performance

and song by Tony. Totally cool. I love how he

oddly yet musically//rhythmically clears

his throat before just about every verse, etc.

Ahead of his time quirky coolness, really.

[hgoemans]

@rowdymax1 It's even better than that: " ... a wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman". Leroy Brown be he the baddest man in town, has nothin' on Annie's mon.

[DigitalLazarus]

My Pops Lin Halliday played Sax in the Horn Section. How fucking cool is THAT? Groovy!

[wingman572]

dont eat it. smoke it

[kimtonearts]

Well Elvis must have really liked the way Tony Joe White did it/wrote it, because Elvis did it almost verbatim... Keeping it real.

[jak855]

You just can't sit still to music like this!

Good stuff! Thanks Tony, YOU ROCK!

[pillroller88]

Master of the Telecaster

[chazbroam]

@Chafey4444 Could NOT agree more. Like you said: Pure Gold (Solid Gold). I love Elvis, but this is Way, Way Better.

[franklafarostorytell]

Love this thang !!!!! In the groove....in the pocket. Tony Joe is the man. Thanks for posting.

[cy3es1]

Killin'... Bring it.

[skroew]

jko3139: that water tasting like metal, didn't just taste like it. It most probably was waste from y'er chemical and nuclear plants upstream. Aahh, halcyon days......