Deep Cuts | 
 enlarge | Artist: Tony Joe White
Label: R.E.D. Distribution
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 15575
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 770834
UPC: 758877083434
EAN: 0758877083434
ASIN: B0018OAOPI
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Set the Hook | | • | As the Crow Flies | | • | Willie and Laura Mae Jones | | • | Soul Francisco | | • | Run with the Bulls | | • | High Sheriffo f Calhoun Parrish | | • | Aspen, Colorado | | • | Homemade Ice Cream | | • | Swamp Water | | • | Roosevelt and Ira Lee |
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Product Description
Revered as one of the originators of swamp rock, Tony Joe White has recast a number of his classic songs on Deep Cuts, proving that time has no jurisdiction over funky. His signature groove, starting from his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie," is what he uses to paint a vivid picture of the world he experienced growing up, where poverty provided unity between otherwise divided races and bad-news women were sometimes too good to pass up. Tony Joe cut the tracks with his son Jody providing a rich palette of beats and loops, utilizing both digital and live drums, strings, organs, and the unmistakable timbre of his guitar. White's time-worn baritone is positively haunting, like a restless spirit conjured by the funk that was always the core of his music. As a collective work, Deep Cuts portrays the complications of living on the cusp of impending danger, be it an encounter with a brutal country sheriff or a poisonous snake through the eyes of a master songwriter who has seen and lived all of it. Deep Cuts not only updates a cache of classic songs for a contemporary audience, it reframes them, revisiting his timeless imagery in a new, modern context. With Deep Cuts,Tony Joe reveals that there is still plenty to be gleaned from his irresistible, timeless groove.
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 Hot Swamp Fire July 23, 2008
Jesse David Black (Revolution City, UFSA)
I buy TJW's music. When it comes out, I buy it. That's just the way it is. I have to admit, I can't always define his music as great, I can just define as TJW music. And that is good enough for me. When I read that "Deep Cuts'" titles were old titles and, what I thought would be, just some more of the same, I was wrong. Yes, old songs but with a refreshing twist. I feel that this is one for the collection and for my personal tastes, it's one of his best. Moody, slow, funky, and more than just rehash on the swamp fire to mix up in your crawdad pie.
Is this for real? July 12, 2008
Brad (Belgium, Brussel)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
WOW I was so disappointed when I red somewhere that Tony had a new cd coming out with "old" songs put in a new jacket. No way this cannot be, I said.
Bu as being a Tony Joe White fan since the 80's I just had to have this one too.
After listing to the first two songs I was blown away; I never thought this would be possible; it's perfect, it's swampy, it's bluesy, there's great harmony between Tony's guitar play and his son's beats and loops, great choice of songs. The production of the recording is brilliant. The cd builds up a mood like he did in the old days: swamp rock all the way.
A must have! You won't be dissapointed. Btw, try to catch him live on stage! You'll never forget the experience.
WeinbergsGotHisHeadUpHisA** June 26, 2008
Rico (Johnstown, Pa)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Top notch release from a swamp rock original. A modern touch added to a few of his classics. Similar to but not quite as over-the-top as the studio craft exhibited on RL Burnside's last releases on Fat Possum. "Purists" like to whine & bitch. But what's the problem with a deserving artist making some money by molding his music perhaps to attract a younger listener brought up in a ProTools world, especially when the music doesn't lose it's essential groove or identity? If you don't like it, listen to the old records and shut up.
Chunky Your Funky June 23, 2008
Mark A. Cartier (Portland, Or. USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
There is not a bad cut on this CD - as one of the other reviewers suggested, turn the lights down, grab a drink, put your arms around a loved one and let the music take you away.
Blues/Swamp Funk/updated sound. Very well done. Ignore the one review. Well worth the money.
 Moby does TJW??? TJW does Moby?? June 14, 2008
Luigi Facotti (Chicago Il)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A very mature, thoughtful and up to date sound from TJW under the production skills of his son - Jody - moody, even symphonic in its reach with aspects of Moby. Do not dismiss this album without hearing it - it is not a cheap update - but a revelation of the real depth of the originals - TJWs best album in some time and an opportunity to revisit Swamp Rock in all its glory. Funky.
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