TONY JOE WHITE 2015
The Swamp Fox, Tony Joe White, is a bona fide legend of the music game that has been honing his craft for the best part of 50 years.
He will be on display once more as he returns to Australia for an 18 date tour that will see him play shows in Sydney, Dee Why, Cronulla, Hurlstone Park, Coogee, Bulli, Kincumber, Newcastle, Medlow Bath, Devonport, Melbourne and Newport.
The tour will also include appearances at Boogie Festival, Forth Valley Blues Festival, Blenheim Festival and Byron Bay Blues Festival.
Tony Joe White was literally born for the blues, the part-Cherokee musician being brought up as part of a big brood on a cotton farm in Louisiana, raised on a diet of Lightnin’ Hopkins and local bluesmen, an upbringing reflected to this day in his evocative, haunting music and adding a veneer of authenticity to everything that he touches.
Gems like “Polk Salad Annie” and “Rainy Night in Georgia” were just the beginning. His recording career has now spanned parts of six different decades and spawned well over 20 albums with his songs recorded by Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones and Etta James. He has worked in the studio or on stage with list of artists that would make your head spin – Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, The MGs, Eric Clapton, JJ Cale, Waylon Jennings, Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris and recently appeared with the Foo Fighters on Letterman as they performed Polk Salad Annie which lead host David Letterman to say “If I was this guy, you could all kiss my ass.” Fair call.
TJW is not one to sit still and he’s still as relevant as he ever was with the release of his latest album, Hoodoo. Culled from an initial stack of roughly seventeen tunes, the nine songs that comprise Hoodoo come alive in the haunting atmosphere and intensity of the stripped-down recording process. Cut mostly live to tape—vocals and all—much of Hoodoo consists of first takes and it was lauded by the UK’s The Independent as “Tony Joe White’s best album.”.
So whether you’ve been with White for the duration or are a newcomer to his incredible music it matters not – come along and join the festivities when the inimitable Tony Joe White hits Australia in March 2013. You just can’t keep this good man down.
TOUR DATES
11/03/15
Sydney, NSW
The Basement
Supported by Henry Wagons
12/03/15
Dee Why, NSW
Lizottes Dee Why
Supported by Henry Wagons
13/03/15
Cronulla, NSW
Brass Monkey
Supported by Henry Wagons
14/03/15
Sydney, NSW
Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL
Supported by Caitlin Harnett
15/03/15
Perth, WA
Fly By Night At The Astor
Supported by Majestic Kelp
18/03/15
Melbourne, VIC
Thornbury Theatre
Supported by Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk
20/03/15
Newport, VIC
Substation
Supported by Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk
21/03/15
Forth, TAS
Forth Valley Blues Festival
25/03/15
Coogee, NSW
The Bunker at Coogee Diggers
Supported by Ruby Boots
26/03/15
Thirroul, NSW
Heritage Hotel
Supported by Ruby Boots
27/03/15
Kincumber, NSW
Lizottes Kincumber
Supported by Ruby Boots
28/03/15
Newcastle, NSW
Lizotte’s Newcastle
Supported by Ruby Boots
29/03/15
Medlow Bath, NSW
The Hydro Majestic
Supported by Ruby Boots
01/04/15
Melbourne, VIC
Ding Dong Lounge
Supported by Henry Wagons
02/04/15
Geelong, VIC
Barwon Club
Supported by Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk
03/04/15
Clare Valley, SA
Blenheim Festival
04/04/15
Tallarook, VIC
Boogie Festival
06/04/15
Byron Bay, NSW
Bluesfest