A Son of the Rock

No psychedelia this week. Swamp rock instead.

And not by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Who’d have thought that two different acts would have mined such an unlikely seam of inspiration?

It was only while looking this one up that I realised Tony Joe White had also written Steamy Windows, made famous by Tina Turner. Rainy Night In Georgia was one of his too. I was going to post his Groupy Girl in this slot till I discovered that was actually from 1970.

Polk Salad Annie is perhaps better known because Elvis (Presley) recorded it a while later. It contains an immortal two lines:-

“Polk Salad Annie,
The gator’s got your granny.”

Brilliant!

But this wasn’t a hit in the UK (or if it was, it was a small one.)

Tony Joe White: Polk Salad Annie