A friend of mine posted a video of Tony Joe White doing "Polk Salad Annie" a couple days ago, and I've been on a swamp rock thing since. It reminded me again how lucky I was to have been exposed to AM radio. This sucker was a hit in 1969, as was Creedence's "Green River", and a year or so later, Jerry Reed's "Amos Moses". It would seem that it was the era that swamp broke, but those were but three. Not quite the critical mass. But you know what? If it wasn't for the limited musical outlets back then, I may never have heard it. Record companies and radio stations wouldn't have pulled out all the stops to cram everything into one radio format, So, now, if you want to bail and go listen to the same stuff you always listen to, you go on right ahead. I'll be over hear, listening to Mr. Laid Back Badass and his swamp buddies.
~ NOTE: ALL MEDIA IS HOSTED BY THE BLOGS & SITES NAMED BELOW ~
Listen:Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie mp3 at AM Then FM
Tony Joe White - Roosevelt and Ira Lee mp3 at Boogie Woogie Flu
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q mp3 at Rocky52.net
Jerry Reed - Amos Moses mp3 at The Walrus
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle mp3 at 8106
Blue Ridge Rangers - Working on a Building mp3 at Dr. Mooneys 115th Dream
Southern Culture on the Skids - Tobacco Road mp3 at BillyChic.com
No comments:
Post a Comment