Tony Joe


Tony Joe was the third studio album released by Tony Joe White. It was released on Monument Records and contained the singles "High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish" and "Save Your Sugar For Me". It was recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville and Lyn-Lou Studios, Memphis in 1970. It was produced by Billy Swan. A mixture of original recordings and covers, it featured White's versions of "Hard To Handle" made popular by Otis Redding and "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker.
The album was re-released on by Movieplay/Intermusic from Portugal in 1993 with a different cover and another title. In 1997 it was rereleased by Warner Brothers containing two additional songs - "I Protest" and "A Man Can Only Stand So Much Pain".

Critical reception

Reviewing in , Robert Christgau wrote: "Because he sticks to his roots, White has those who don't trust rock-as-art all hot and bothered. Well, I don't trust rock-as-art myself, but I don't trust these bayou set pieces either. White's tales of spiders, widders, conjure wimmin, and wayward rich girls all sound like I've seen them on television, only there they had endings. Nor do the Otis Redding and Junior Walker covers teach me anything new. The John Lee Hooker is better. As are 'Save Your Sugar for Me,' about teenage sex, and 'Stockholm Blues,' about a songwriter from the bayous who goes somewhere in an airplane."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tony Joe White, except where indicated
;Side one
  1. "Stud-Spider"
  2. "High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish"
  3. "Widow Wimberly"
  4. "Conjure Woman"
  5. "Save Your Sugar For Me"
;Side two
  1. "Groupie Girl"
  2. "Hard to Handle"
  3. "What Does It Take"
  4. "My Friend"
  5. "Stockholm Blues"
  6. "Boom Boom"

    Personnel