Monday's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN on KRVS (11am-noon CST on 88.7FM locally or krvs.org everywhere) kicks off with new music from the late Tony Joe White. Also
On May 7th,
Smoke from the Chimney, a nine-song album of never-before-heard
Tony Joe White tunes, will be released on Easy Eye Sound. Produced by Dan Auerbach and rounded out by Nashville’s most seasoned studio musicians,
Smoke from the Chimney started out as a number of unadorned voice and guitar demos from White’s home studio before being transformed into full band arrangements harkening back to the albums he recorded in the late 60s and early 70s in Nashville and Muscle Shoals just as he was emerging as an internationally recognized songwriter and recording artist.
It takes a keen eye and a steady hand to restore something great from the past; to take the time to examine, catalog, and care for every last task without resorting to bolt-on mail-order parts and cheap paint. What was always great deserves that extra care and attention to detail, and when the time came for White’s son and manager Jody White to revisit his dad’s catalog of unreleased songs, he knew Au
Why Dan Auerbach Saved ‘Rainy Night in Georgia’ Writer’s Demos Smoke From the Chimney.
White – best known for writing “Rainy Night in Georgia,” but artists from Elvis Presley to Tina Turner have recorded his material – died in 2018, but his voice will be heard on the new LP, which arrives on May 7.
“I’d heard the song a bunch already,” Auerbach told NPR of “Rainy Night in Georgia” in a recent interview. “I just figured it was a Ray Charles song or something. But then I heard Tony Joe s version, and everything about it just blew my mind.”
He met White in 2009, and the idea of collaborating was discussed but never happened. When he died, his son Jody began converting unfinished songs into digital format and approached Auerbach with them.
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