That's what I miss. I'm slightly younger than you and grew up with Motown. The Detroit rock stations all played everything - I could hear this song, then Aretha, then the Who and then Tom Jones all on the same station. Today the music is too segregated into different stations.
Life is really amazing, seriously. At this late age of my life, I never ever knew that an artist like this ever existed. How the hell did I miss him? I was googling as to when the song "rainy night in Georgia" by Brook Benton was recorded and released. Only to find out that the song actually was written originally and released by a person called Tony White. This is how I landed on this page, wow!!!!
@@ldeledgar1763True, I saw Jonny Lang open for The Rolling Stones when he was only 19yrs young, he’s fantastic. Great concert. So wish I’d seen Tony Joe White too
Buddy Guy opened for Johnny in Berkeley aplrox 1996 and most of the crowd left after Buddy was done. Felt sorry for the kid but.... he did alright. Like Annie
@@ralphschneider9283 I lived in New Orleans for 6 months and you get caught up in the Cajun atmosphere, cooking, songs, restaurants, and lifestyle. You will enjoy it.
no question about it all the way from steely dan to john denver bill withers and...too many 2 mention! The universal language of music is the great equalizer!
because if just one person wrote a song where would all the royalties go, .....hmmm not to enough p. sometimes I wish music didn't get in the " best of" because guys like this and ROBIN TROWER , PAT TRAVERSE, GARY MOOORE ETC, ETC , in my opion more bands , to this day need be played more, one example April Wine.....
I heard this song in 1970 Sweden & learned for the first time in my 13 years about se&iness oozing from a song & singer’s voice. It still holds up afte 50 years. He was handsome, talented & utterly abandoned by the recording machine! Elvis stole the song for his shows but didn’t do it any justice whatsoever & couldn’t recreate the power & se&uality that drove Tony Joe White’s original recoding! RIP to a true musician. I know he stayed true to his music & vision!!
Flippin heck! This is too amazing for words. I'm definitely late to the Tony Joe White appreciation party! I thought Elvis's rendition was good but, good Lord, this is off the scale. How did I miss this amazing musician throughout the years.
He wrote it, Elvis just covered it I was fortunate enough to see him twice before he passed SO under rated. He wrote Rainy Night in Georgia TJW was The Man!!! Here’s one of my favorite songs & videos of his stuff RIP Ck this out
I didn't know TJW wrote "Rainy night in Georgia". That's one of the great songs of his era. I thought Brook Benton wrote it. Thanks, I'm glad I know the correct fact now.
franckrichard8077, I saw him live around 2010. It was a place called Rancho Nicasio. It is a bar and grill in Northern California. It was a dinner show. My table was the closest one next to the stage. There was a dance floor. We danced to his music all night. You could reach out and touch him. He was very down to earth. During the break times, he and his band would go outside at the back of the place and have a cigarette. While dancing in front of him. he would look right at me, make eye contact with me and my girlfriend and smile. He truly enjoyed making people happy.
When I was a kid in High School in the late ‘60’s, I sang this song in a band I was in. Every time we started this song, the dance floor filled up immediately. It became one of our signature songs. RIP Tony White.
Listen and learn. No crazy tapping or over the top super speed riffing. A song well arranged with a superb rhythm section kicking Tony in the ass and saying "show us what you got, boss!"
His look, swagger and rumbling vocal bravado gave credence to his knowledge of and intimacy with the story being told. Musically and lyrically rock hall of fame.
I'm 48 and just recently found this. BADASS SHIT! Listen to many different kinds of music and still get excited to find something older that is new to me.
Sad to hear of Tony's passing. I saw him at the Royal Albert hall in London in the 70s .He was supporting Credence Clearwater Revival. He was great. God Bless
RIP Tony...passed away at the age of 75 at his home Yeapers Fork here in TN..he suffered a massive heart attacks...RIP to the best Cajun singer writer and performer ever....Thanks, Tony
@@one4320 Hi! You must not be from the south. It is like collard greens only grown wild & you go out & pick it & you can cook it like collard greens but just make sure you cook it right or it will taste wild.😂
When you cooked it we had to pour the first boiled water from it because it was so loaded with iron, but nutritious. I will never forget the smell while cooking, usually with ham hock.
heyu...its your uncle...megaflora...!!!!!! Im not sure ....italian accent? whata you thinkin? funny? ignorant? racist? let me know at i.. dont know where.
I got to see him play in Nashville by the Titans football stadium along with Waylon, Travis Tritt and a few more it was great Tony Joe and a drummer that,s it he was great the best l will never forget it the others were great to but just a guitar and drums sounded like a full band r I p T J W the best.
My daddy played this for me tonight and I love it sooooo much!! All night me and my dad been singing poke Sally gator got your granny CHOMP CHOMP!!! AND just crack up laughing...but i seriously love this he is so talented...if I absolutely love a song the very first time I hear it....that is rare...what a talented artist....I felt I would be undermining his talent if I simply said singer!!! 🐊
This was a KILLER tune... Still is! I remember when this was played every day in the radio! It would be hard for young people today to understand what a big star this guy was at that time!
Well said. I loved all his songs, but that song, "did somebody make a fool out of you," just could listen to that over and over. I sure wanted to meet him. He was so unique. What a legend!
@@larryjohnson8327 yes it is Larry. Were you in the Marine Corps? I served from 5 Oct 73 to 4 Oct 77. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant from Charleston, WEST Virginia.
Just playing You Tube music and went to an old favourite favourite performer, Tony Joe White. He performed at THE POWER STATION in Auckland, New Zealand in the late 1990s. Awesome performance , just he and his drummer. After the show my partner and I snuck back stage and knocked on his door. What a guy .. invited us in for a meet and a chat . There was a young kiwi guy in there who had snuck in before hand and he was playing Harp to TJW. What a guy, but stunned to see in the comments he had passed away... RIP SIR... Thank you for leaving us life long memories through your music, perfomances and graciousness....
I think he got the best Stratocaster ever build..... That sound and twang. I'm a guitar collector, hobby luthier and guitarist, and I never heard a Stratocaster sooooo Stratocaster.
So many players like that who go unappreciated by general public. I've seen blues players in Chicago who have this incredibly nuanced playing. Tony is one of those. He was steeped in blues, RnB, RnR,,the whole deal. Wonderful performance by all in this clip
What a great song this is. I have come to appreciate its greatness over the years, even Elvis paid tribute to this amazing song! Tony Joe White wrote this Southern masterpiece and played it to perfection! I listen to this all day long!!!!
Love love love Tony Joe WHITE. . I was determined to meet him about 30 years ago, I found his house in Franklin Tennessee, but no one was there. I could see through the windows and I saw lots of pictures of him. Anyway, used to sit on an old front porch with a friend of mine and listen to all this good swamp music. I still enjoy listening to Tony Joe White. Thank you for your unique style of music.
Never dis the man who created this mega swamp song, but I have to sat Elvis' charisma brings it to another level. That's why he made you feel other folks songs were his alone...
Music from the good old days. Rare to find new music worth listening to these days. I heard this song on the radio so many times but it is so much better to watch it performed. There is more to it than just music. And the guitar work is very good on this.
He had to be so happy Elvis did this song. And boy did he nail it! Love Tony Joe White but Elvis took this song & made it the best it ever was! His moves didn’t hurt it any!😍😍😍
Yeah .love that clean tone he gets.that is why bought one 30 years ago .just recently found out about tony joe white glad too hear something so authentic
I was a fan of Tony Joe White. My favorite song he wrote, Sung by Brook Benton, Rainy Night In Georgia. Man I love that song. Still really like this song. RIP Tony Joe White😇❤
Back in the early 70’s as a fledgling DJ in Birmingham Alabama, I was fortunate to have emceed a concert featuring Tony Joe at Boutwell Auditorium. He was a very impressive guy with all that hair and Cajun dialect. When I asked him where the other band members were, he pointed at a guy named “Beaver” who was setting up his drums. That was it, just the two of them. But when they got out on stage, the sound was just huge. Talk about a groove, they were laying it down. Crowd went crazy.
I grew up in Birmingham & actually worked in the concession stand at Boutwell. Saw ALOT of great musicians while I worked there. Sadly I missed Tony Joe. Wish I could have been there for that one. He was great. RIP Tony Joe. Cyndy Lou.....
![Tony Joe White - "Even Trolls Love Rock N Roll" [Live from Austin, TX]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6r9kJGmZOQQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Love you Jesus Christ
If you don't like this, there's something WRONG with you!
Back in them days, people listened to all genres of music. I'm 70 African American and I'm crazy bout this song!! Yea
Yes🥰
That's what I miss. I'm slightly younger than you and grew up with Motown. The Detroit rock stations all played everything - I could hear this song, then Aretha, then the Who and then Tom Jones all on the same station. Today the music is too segregated into different stations.
Great song Ole buddy
You need yourself "a mess of it"!
Fats Domino is from New Orleans. Also Mick Jagger, The Beetles and many other artists went to New Orleans for inspiration.
Tony Joe White’s voice and guitar are the epiphany of cool
Love his sexy growl at the beginning and his luscious deep southern drawl voice, whew!! 🥰 Sends me over the 🌙🌙🌙!!!
More true facts!
i always thought this guy was black till i actually played the video !!!!!
Born in the 70's and so Happy, music was Amazing, 70's 80's, 90's thirty years of PURE music. Now OMG🤦🏻♂️
Had a hot girlfriend..this song came on..she said turn this old shit off...no longer my girlfriend
Hahahahhahahaha hahahahahhah hahahhah wait!!!!!!! Hahahahahaahahhahhah
Smart move
No excuse for having taste that bad
Proud of you
Life is really amazing, seriously. At this late age of my life, I never ever knew that an artist like this ever existed. How the hell did I miss him? I was googling as to when the song "rainy night in Georgia" by Brook Benton was recorded and released. Only to find out that the song actually was written originally and released by a person called Tony White. This is how I landed on this page, wow!!!!
I saw Tony Joe White, B B King and CCR in1971. No other word but amazing!
Lucky bastard!!!!
Bonsoir
😂@@mikekaatman3194
Am so jealous!!
He was a great singer and composer...very underrated!
@gregnormal07 sod off
Oh No, the overrated {Underrated} term makes an appearance….😅
He just doesn't play and sing, he feels it. Amazing!
Yep. Love Tony Joe White. There's a few like that. Jonny Lang is another one. His early stuff.
@@ldeledgar1763True, I saw Jonny Lang open for The Rolling Stones when he was only 19yrs young, he’s fantastic. Great concert. So wish I’d seen Tony Joe White too
Buddy Guy opened for Johnny in Berkeley aplrox 1996 and most of the crowd left after Buddy was done. Felt sorry for the kid but....
he did alright. Like Annie
I ,m from the west coast of Canada, .this song makes me want to visit you folks in the bayoiu area. My next vacation.
Oops, a misspelling of bayou.
@@ralphschneider9283 I lived in New Orleans for 6 months and you get caught up in the Cajun atmosphere, cooking, songs, restaurants, and lifestyle. You will enjoy it.
Young people need to listen to this and see what REAL rock and roll was all about.
Well, we're here now😅
I never get tired of hearing or playing this song on the guitar.
To have music like this now would b insane. Today’s young’uns wouldn’t believe we had the best music ever. Hands down
I couldn't have said it better myself !!
Hands down. Across the board, seven days a week and twice on Sunday 🎸🎶🎵
no question about it all the way from steely dan to john denver bill withers and...too many 2 mention! The universal language of music is the great equalizer!
Soulful
Amen! My name is the same!😎 And it's true.
What an incredible song! Why don't they make music like this anymore? It stands the test of time.
Because you need real life experiences.. not fake music experiences!
uuuhhhhh ELVIS
Yeah especially in Louisiana but not AZ
Cause there aint no Tony Joe White no mo!
because if just one person wrote a song where would all the royalties go, .....hmmm not to enough p. sometimes I wish music didn't get in the " best of" because guys like this and ROBIN TROWER , PAT TRAVERSE, GARY MOOORE ETC, ETC , in my opion more bands , to this day need be played more, one example April Wine.....
I heard this song in 1970 Sweden & learned for the first time in my 13 years about se&iness oozing from a song & singer’s voice. It still holds up afte 50 years. He was handsome, talented & utterly abandoned by the recording machine! Elvis stole the song for his shows but didn’t do it any justice whatsoever & couldn’t recreate the power & se&uality that drove Tony Joe White’s original recoding! RIP to a true musician. I know he stayed true to his music & vision!!
Flippin heck! This is too amazing for words. I'm definitely late to the Tony Joe White appreciation party! I thought Elvis's rendition was good but, good Lord, this is off the scale. How did I miss this amazing musician throughout the years.
He wrote it, Elvis just covered it
I was fortunate enough to see him twice before he passed
SO under rated.
He wrote Rainy Night in Georgia
TJW was The Man!!!
Here’s one of my favorite songs & videos of his stuff
RIP
Ck this out
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He came to my school and did a benefit concert for the mother of one of his sons friends mother who had cancer. He was a very caring man.
@@dirkevans3443No, Elvis reinterpreted this song and obviously did a better job than this.
It's the deep voice too Kool
Tony Joe White's level of coolness is off the charts!!!
yep
100% agree
@@sharolynwells e
Ooh yes ❣️
Ohhh yeeehhhh. 👍❤
Tony wrote one of the most beautiful songs of all time. Rainy night in Georgia.
...and lifted Brook Benton's career out of the doldrums when he had a massive hit with it in 1970.
P0
Love Tony Joe White
classic
I didn't know TJW wrote "Rainy night in Georgia". That's one of the great songs of his era. I thought Brook Benton wrote it.
Thanks, I'm glad I know the correct fact now.
I discovered him too late and never had the joy of seeing him live. Luckily I could get a fair amount of his recordings, he was one of the GREATS !
Same here he’s amazing
franckrichard8077, I saw him live around 2010. It was a place called Rancho Nicasio. It is a bar and grill in Northern California. It was a dinner show. My table was the closest one next to the stage. There was a dance floor. We danced to his music all night. You could reach out and touch him. He was very down to earth. During the break times, he and his band would go outside at the back of the place and have a cigarette. While dancing in front of him. he would look right at me, make eye contact with me and my girlfriend and smile. He truly enjoyed making people happy.
I, unfortunately, have joined the party also and never saw him live. I’d definitely be up dancing along in the aisles WHEW!! haha!! 🎉🎉🎉
real music unlike what we have today!
Man that guitar tone is to die for.
When I was a kid in High School in the late ‘60’s, I sang this song in a band I was in. Every time we started this song, the dance floor filled up immediately. It became one of our signature songs. RIP Tony White.
yeah I loved this song you must be my age in High School this was big and I lived in Georgia
Gator got your granny..chomp chomp
Great Taste/Song...Mind sharing a few others that would FILL the dancefloor? 🏂
Very Cool!
@@vegashainning8071 Johnny B Goode, Make The World Go Away, Folsom Prison Blues and Hey Porter by Johnny Cash.
Tony Joe didn't just play Swamp Rock he actually lived it. That's why this sounds so authentic. Loved it when it came out, and still love it!
Low IQ boy.
If you ain't from the south, you have never had this. True Southern food. Gotta be southern.
Definitely ❤
🦎👧🏽❤️🩹
My late brother used to sing this to my paternal grandmother because she loved poke salad. Drove her mad.
Listen and learn. No crazy tapping or over the top super speed riffing. A song well arranged with a superb rhythm section kicking Tony in the ass and saying "show us what you got, boss!"
Tony in a league of his own. That man was good. Makes that guitar talk. SUPER!!!!!
North Louisiana (Oak Grove) native!! About as cool as they come!! Just good music!! ❤❤
70 yr old African American old lovin this baby!! Yea
This is one of the most kick ass songs ever written and performed.
Fuckin A
RCA Victor records. With the brass and orchestra. 1969 Then you might have a clue.
hell yeah, man!
Water Man Yes it is..
Agreed. I loved it the instant I first heard it.
Love the Music of Tony Joe White ♥️♥️🎸♥️🎸♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟🌟♥️♥️🌟♥️🌟
His look, swagger and rumbling vocal bravado gave credence to his knowledge of and intimacy with the story being told. Musically and lyrically rock hall of fame.
I agree, Tony had it all. I am 61 years old. I was amazed with music & guitar style since I was a kid. Best wishes to you.
One HELL of a big stewd!!!
Don't mind saying,
I love this guy.
Soulful evocative music.
Met him one night, truly a humble decent man.
long live the swamp fox.
I'm 48 and just recently found this. BADASS SHIT! Listen to many different kinds of music and still get excited to find something older that is new to me.
Ya this is a good one for dure. Dig deep into the Zepplin archives sometime. You'll never be the same.
this guy is awesome, when he started the song he didnt give a count he started at 4, love it
When I was a teenager in the 60s loved it..still do..toe tapping and it's 2022..
great..well spotted
It is fantastic....the most go-getting entrance I have EVER heard!!!! He's got 'em right from the start!
fuck it's cool hey!
Just stumbled across this-what a truly fantastic performance. BIG UP FOR TONY JOE WHITE AND THE BAND!
The main man
Sad to hear of Tony's passing. I saw him at the Royal Albert hall in London in the 70s .He was supporting Credence Clearwater Revival. He was great. God Bless
NO ONE CAN GRUNT LIKE TONY JOE...GOD BLESS HIS SOUL
RIP Tony...passed away at the age of 75 at his home Yeapers Fork here in TN..he suffered a massive heart attacks...RIP to the best Cajun singer writer and performer ever....Thanks, Tony
@john sonnier -- I think it might be Leipers fork.
btw -- I LOVE your last name
@@Frank--Lee You are correct Al...I got it right on my next post..what I love about Tony is he talks like I do, true Cajun
Don't forget Doug Kurshaw
John Sonnier. Great, soulful, easy going Southern gent. RIP. (Liepers. Fork 22 miles SW of Music City)
Fortunately Anthony passed in a peaceful and painless way according to his fils.
OMG! I grew up on a farm in Georgia & we had so much fun listening to this song as we picked polk salad & mom would cook it up...
Hello dear,how are you doing?
What's polk salad.
@@one4320 Hi! You must not be from the south. It is like collard greens only grown wild & you go out & pick it & you can cook it like collard greens but just make sure you cook it right or it will taste wild.😂
When you cooked it we had to pour the first boiled water from it because it was so loaded with iron, but nutritious. I will never forget the smell while cooking, usually with ham hock.
@@delorestaylor9108 You are right. I never ate it but loved watching my mom cook it.
Greatest Swamp Blues Guitar and Vocalist of all time👍 Tony’s songwriting is legendary🇺🇸RIP Swamp Boss
It takes about 15 seconds to know that this is one guy I sure wish I had seen in live performance. RIP son.
heyu...its your uncle...megaflora...!!!!!! Im not sure ....italian accent? whata you thinkin? funny? ignorant? racist? let me know at i.. dont know where.
You and me both!!
I did
Twice
BAD ASS!!!
100%
Back then I paid some big bucks to see this guy he's awesome
I was lucky enough to be there once- he opened for Creedence back in West Palm Beach back in 1972.
This song should have 1 billion views, its that good!!
One of the true classics performed by many including Tom Jones and Elvis, but Tony's own version is so great - what a natural and talented performer!
I got to see him play in Nashville by the Titans football stadium along with Waylon, Travis Tritt and a few more it was great Tony Joe and a drummer that,s it he was great the best l will never forget it the others were great to but just a guitar and drums sounded like a full band r I p T J W the best.
Ya know he wrote it, right? If it's a classic it's because so many covered it...
@@schwartzenheimer1 Yes, I did realize that!
@@schwartzenheimer1 Yes - love the song! Also like "Rainy Night in Georgia".
My daddy played this for me tonight and I love it sooooo much!! All night me and my dad been singing poke Sally gator got your granny CHOMP CHOMP!!! AND just crack up laughing...but i seriously love this he is so talented...if I absolutely love a song the very first time I hear it....that is rare...what a talented artist....I felt I would be undermining his talent if I simply said singer!!! 🐊
Brilliant tune....brilliant entertainer. Brings tears to my eyes. Nothing like him exists today boys and girls.
This was a KILLER tune... Still is! I remember when this was played every day in the radio! It would be hard for young people today to understand what a big star this guy was at that time!
Well said. I loved all his songs, but that song, "did somebody make a fool out of you," just could listen to that over and over. I sure wanted to meet him. He was so unique. What a legend!
Pure All American Southern Fried Rock n Roll.
YES , USMC VET, ,GREAT SONG . SEMPER FI
@@larryjohnson8327 yes it is Larry. Were you in the Marine Corps? I served from 5 Oct 73 to 4 Oct 77. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant from Charleston, WEST Virginia.
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Amen!!
My mom was from Mississippi, that southern cooking, that great music!!
This was the song.😊😊😊😊😎LVED singing this one.Still lv it.Thanks for sharing. The beat goes on.
Just playing You Tube music and went to an old favourite favourite performer, Tony Joe White. He performed at THE POWER STATION in Auckland, New Zealand in the late 1990s. Awesome performance , just he and his drummer. After the show my partner and I snuck back stage and knocked on his door. What a guy .. invited us in for a meet and a chat . There was a young kiwi guy in there who had snuck in before hand and he was playing Harp to TJW. What a guy, but stunned to see in the comments he had passed away... RIP SIR... Thank you for leaving us life long memories through your music, perfomances and graciousness....
What a great memory, these guys just dont exist anymore.
I think he got the best Stratocaster ever build..... That sound and twang. I'm a guitar collector, hobby luthier and guitarist, and I never heard a Stratocaster sooooo Stratocaster.
Totally agree!
@@pauldandrea6034 The tone is to die for
Sounds like a telecaster
I'm one too , and I agree!!
I got a hated big headstock '73
That jangles just like that!!
Don't believe what they say!
@@gregoryzischke1372 Direct from Strat heaven. Leo gotta be smilin'
Gotta love TJW. Sure miss him.
I can't keep my eyes off of that strat 😍
His guitar skills are incredible. I don't think the public truly appreciated that talent enough.
That's a for sure! Thomas Jefferson :)
I was just about to say that very same thing. VERY underappreciated!
you me and letterman got it
So many players like that who go unappreciated by general public. I've seen blues players in Chicago who have this incredibly nuanced playing. Tony is one of those. He was steeped in blues, RnB, RnR,,the whole deal. Wonderful performance by all in this clip
RIP Tony Joe White. We won't forget you Bro. And we recognized & appreciated your music. Cyndy Lou in Alabama.
There's No Denying
The Man Had Plenty
Of Charisma & Style!
Unfathomable Cool!!!
RiP Tony always loved this!
That's rock n roll! Baby!
He took coolness to the next level
EXELLENT OF EXELLENT FOR EVER!! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!!
Awesome…
🙌🙌🙌
♥️♥️♥️
Love the Elvis version. But this is a privilege and pleasure. The vocals and guitars brilliant. 1st time hearing. Thanks so much.
Rest In Peace, ✝️✝️❤️❤️will miss ya brother
That's what you call talent boys and girls
Cruised hundreds of miles in high school. This was on the 8 track. Man the times we lived in.
A great Cajun artist
Rip swamp fox
What a great song this is. I have come to appreciate its greatness over the years, even Elvis paid tribute to this amazing song!
Tony Joe White wrote this Southern masterpiece and played it to perfection!
I listen to this all day long!!!!
Southern!!!!
Just found this guy, he was absolute legend. RIP.
Love love love Tony Joe WHITE. . I was determined to meet him about 30 years ago, I found his house in Franklin Tennessee, but no one was there. I could see through the windows and I saw lots of pictures of him. Anyway, used to sit on an old front porch with a friend of mine and listen to all this good swamp music. I still enjoy listening to Tony Joe White. Thank you for your unique style of music.
Tony has a couple of very fine musicians behind him. That young bass player is totally on stride.
Tony Joe was definitely a one of a kind and I will miss him and his music. RIP TJW.
It's long overdue that the music of today return to live real instruments and performances. A return to fun music.
Never dis the man who created this mega swamp song, but I have to sat Elvis' charisma brings it to another level. That's why he made you feel other folks songs were his alone...
A huge hit when I was a little boy. RIP Tony. Thanks for being part of my childhood.
Love this music!
Elvis adorait cette chanson et il en a fait une version incroyable qui collait vraiment aux concerts des années 70 du king .
Elvis lives through this song and dance of rock n room
Music from the good old days. Rare to find new music worth listening to these days. I heard this song on the radio so many times but it is so much better to watch it performed. There is more to it than just music. And the guitar work is very good on this.
👍🏻🏴🇬🇧 Loved it from the time it came out.
My family is from Mississippi,I was born in Texas, this song is dedicated to the South, been hearing since I was Born.God bless
Even with this song being old , it still sounds good today, Tony’s guitar playing has a great style!
I wish they still made music like this
Drums and Bass are so tight, it's a joy to hear!!!!!!!!!!!!
First thing that I noted, Wow!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, that drive reminds me of phil rudd/cliff williams in ACDC.
That's my buddy Steve Spear on bass!
Jeff Hale be stompin those Gretsch drums. Badass drummer, so solid, in the pocket, never loses the groove. I think he's from Memphis. Can you tell?
You're right, great rhythm. They nailed every break.
What a husband wow that ❤ is my ❤RETURNED SON HOW MAGNIFICENT IMPOSSIBLE ❤SELF MADE GOD❤ 😢I CRY THANK SON❤❤❤
"SMOKIN"!!!👏👏👍👍
He had to be so happy Elvis did this song. And boy did he nail it! Love Tony Joe White but Elvis took this song & made it the best it ever was! His moves didn’t hurt it any!😍😍😍
That version from Elvis in ttww was unbelievable definitely the most compelling song sequence ever.
Tony and his Strat sound fantastic!
Yeah .love that clean tone he gets.that is why bought one 30 years ago .just recently found out about tony joe white glad too hear something so authentic
It does sound Great. It rings So clear & sweet.
What Tom and Elvis played at …was what Tony was in real life! His songs always made me smile! From Australia with respect. RIP
76 yrs old good song yes....
Massive sound for bass, lead and drums!
Yup, considering Elvis had a full live band for his performance, this still feels big in comparison.
Don’t forget about that VOICE, too!! 😂
I was a fan of Tony Joe White. My favorite song he wrote, Sung by Brook Benton, Rainy Night In Georgia. Man I love that song. Still really like this song. RIP Tony Joe White😇❤
Great One ...Love It...Gr.From The Music Lover...Hollanda..
Best Louisiana musician, with other great Artists.
Made it look soo simple, but
His guitar is very understated, his vocals mis-represented. GREAT performer, guitarist, and showman! RIP!
Love the ending. True sign of a meticulous attitude and respect to this very special song. 😎
Amen to having a Renaissance of such music with Purpose, Rhythm and positive ENERGY! My cells Thrive on this to be Alive!
Swamp music at its finest god bless you Tony ...
4.......... what an awesome start. this man rocked the blues
This is 100% proof I love this man and his music ❤️🎵❤️
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I hitched from near Dallas down to Austin just to see him around 1970? What a great singer!
RIP💐Thanks for the music💐
one of the greatest songs ever still strong after all this years thank you tony joe white
it’s amazing how he wasn’t more well known...damn good music
Next to Rainy Night In Georgia another masterpiece he wrote
He recently left us. 6 months. But he's met up with pandora.com/libary
Thank u for the invite to me 🤠😂 so I can take care of me and my hat. Love u for the update my condolences.& Thank u 😌💘
Back in the early 70’s as a fledgling DJ in Birmingham Alabama, I was fortunate to have emceed a concert featuring Tony Joe at Boutwell Auditorium. He was a very impressive guy with all that hair and Cajun dialect. When I asked him where the other band members were, he pointed at a guy named “Beaver” who was setting up his drums. That was it, just the two of them. But when they got out on stage, the sound was just huge. Talk about a groove, they were laying it down. Crowd went crazy.
I grew up in Birmingham & actually worked in the concession stand at Boutwell. Saw ALOT of great musicians while I worked there. Sadly I missed Tony Joe. Wish I could have been there for that one. He was great. RIP Tony Joe. Cyndy Lou.....
I worked there at the end of 74 & start of 75. For about 6 months. Cyndy Lou.