Tony Joe, Elvis, and Polk Salad Annie
Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 1970
TONY JOE WHITE was one of the first of the new school of Southern singer/songwriters along with Jerry Reed, Joe South, Leon Russell, Dough Kershaw, Mac (Dr. John) Rebennack and honorary swamp rat John Fogerty.
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