Songs: They Caught
The Devil And Put Him In Jail In Eudora Arkansas, The Change, My Kind of Woman,
The Daddy, Black Panther Swamps, Five Summers
For Jimmy, A Night In The Life Of A Swamp Fox,
Traveling Bone, I Just Walked Away, Copper Kettle (The Pale Moonlight), Voodoo
Village.
All songs
written by Tony Joe White.
Type of
Music:
Swamp-Rock/Soul Ballads
Comments:
This is Tony
Joe´s third album and his first for Warner Brothers. His first two albums for
Monument Records were rough and (swamp)rocking but Warner Brothers coupled him
to British producer Peter Asher who had just produced James Taylor.
As a result,
this album is of the Singer/Songwriter type, combining Tony Joe´s Swamp Rock
with soulful Ballads. The album has a pleasant flow and there are no really
weak songs to break the rhythm. Tony Joe White would go on and use this concept
for many years to come.
Personally I
prefer the Swamp-Rockers here, especially, They caught the Devil…., Black
Panther Swamps and A Night in the Life of a Swamp Fox.
They are
just great fun and it´s difficult to sit still while listening.
But some of
the ballads are good as well, especially The Change, a theme that
returned in many songs in the late sixties/early seventies. Bob Dylan started
it all with The Times They Are
A-Changing. And the Father and Son problems are adequately addressed in The
Daddy. All fathers and sons with problems should listen to this song at
least once a month! And I Just Walked Away sounds thoroughly sad.
In short,
this is a nicely balanced album with good songs and a great voice! The Kind of
Album I can safely recommend to everybody.
Rating:
********( 8 out of 10)
Black
= Good Songs
Green = Great Songs
Red = Could Be Better
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