So, let’s bring you up to speed about this talented singer, songwriter and performer, who has written songs that will outlive all of us. But you will most certainly know a few of the many songs he has written. Some reading this article may not know who he is. Tony Joe White has a background story that’d make a cracking biopic. The 75-year-old legend spoke to Simon Redley from his Tennessee home, about how the blues helped him through a tough childhood on the swamps and cotton fields of Louisiana… But at heart, Tony Joe White is a true blues man – as new stripped-back solo album “Bad Mouthin’ ” testifies – his 42 nd album across a 50-year career. He penned “Rainy Night In Georgia” for Brook Benton and “Steamy Windows” for Tina Turner.
