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Live DVD and CD album - 2006 - New West/Austin City Limits/KLRU
Mamma Don’t Let Your Cowboys Grow Up To Be Babies - 3:21 (tr01) Disco Blues - 4:14 (tr02) Red Neck Women - 3:23 (tr03) Rainy Night In Georgia - 4:29 (tr04) Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll - 5:29 (tr05) Willie And Laura Mae Jones - 4:13 (tr06) Billy - 4:47 (tr07) Lustful Earl And The Married Woman - 3:34 (tr08) Swamp Rap - 4:58 (tr09) I Came Here To Party - 3:22 (tr10) Polk Salad Annie - 5:09 (tr11) That’s The Way A Cowboy Rocks And Rolls - 3:37 (tr12) 300 Pounds Of Hongry - Donald Fritts/Edward Hinton - 2:36 (tr13) I Get Off On It - 5:54 (tr14)
Songs (except track 13) by Tony Joe White and Leann White.
Tony Joe White, Guitar, Harmonica and Vocals;
Steve Spear, Bass;
Jeff Hale, Drums.
This show is such a classic that it was recorded even before the signature Austin skyline was introduced as the Austin City Limits backdrop in 1981. Even then nobody knew what to call the music of Tony Joe White - blues, country, or “stompin’ swamp music”, which probably describes it best. Growing up in Goodwill, Louisiana probably had a lot to do with it. But it was the first time he heard a Lightnin’ Hopkins song at sixteen that got him hooked and inspired the hard-biting lyrics and punchy rhythms that set him apart from the rest of the pack in popular music. Sure, he had a #1 hit with “Polk Salad Annie” and he’s had over 150 of his songs covered by artists ranging from Elvis to Ray Charles, but nobody does Tony Joe better than Tony Joe himself. It’s the honesty of his music and the way he plays it. Or as Tony Joe would say, “you can’t listen to swamp music without moving!”
Terry Lickona (Producer Austin City Limits)
Recorded December 5, 1980 Live at Austin City Limits for KLRU-TV, Austin Texas.
Original Austin City Limits Production. (www.austincitylimitsdvd.com)
Producer: Terry Lickona; director: Allan Muir; audio engineer: David Hough;
Photography: Scott Newton; executive producer: Bill Arhos.
New West Records DVD Production. (www.newwestrecords.com)
Producers: Cameron Strang, Jay Woods and Gary Briggs; associate: Steve Gustafson
editor: Gary Laird; mixers: Chet Himes and Gary Briggs; audio mastering: Jerry Tubb;
executive producer: Cameron Strang.