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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Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tony Joe White was best known for writing Rainy Night in Georgia, made popular in 1970 by Brook Benton. I think it was the first time I heard Brook Benton s Rainy Night In Georgia, Dan Auerbach says during a call from his Nashville studio about discovering Tony Joe White. I d heard the song a bunch already, and 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.
White, the southern singer-songwriter who died in 2018, is fresh on Auerbach s mind because the latter recently completed producing an album of never-before-heard songs from the Americana swamp rocker.
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Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tony Joe White was best known for writing Rainy Night in Georgia, made popular in 1970 by Brook Benton. Jim Marshall/Courtesy of the artist I think it was the first time I heard Brook Benton s Rainy Night In Georgia, Dan Auerbach says during a call from his Nashville studio about discovering Tony Joe White. I d heard the song a bunch already, and 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.