Elvis Presley

Tony Joe White, “Swamp Fox­The Definitive Collection 1968­1973” (Union Square Music)­ Louisiana born Tony Joe White was one of America’s finest purveyors of top notch roots music long before this all embracing term became fashionable, and his distinctive songwriting skills supplied a rich vein of material for the likes of Elvis Presley, Dusty Springfield and silky voiced soulman Brook Benton, whose classic version of White’s smouldering “Rainy Night In Georgia” soared into the higher reaches of the U.S. singles charts in 1970. This splendid 2CD set chronicles the cream of Tony Joe’s own vinyl output from those far off days, including gruffly memorable gems such as “Polk Salad Annie, “ “Backwoods Preacher Man” and the autobiographical “Saturday Night In Oak Grove, Louisiana.”