Tony Joe White Live from Austin TX (2006)

Recorded in 1980 this live at Austin City Limits performance by Tony Joe White is one of the wildest and rawest they ever taped Many artists choose to beef up their bands for the program White played with his touring group drummer Jeff Hale and bassist Steve Spear While hearing live versions of his classics done wild and raw is awesome hearing Tony Joe White play the hell out of his guitar in a withoutanetsetting is a rare thing He doesnt need to show off its all at the service of his greasy gritty deeply soulful swamp funk tunes His read of his classic Rainy Night in Georgia is the rare ballad here and no one sings it the way he does Willie and Laura Mae Jones is here as is a Delta bluesdrenched Lustful Earle and the Married Woman done on an acoustic Live from Austin TX closes with the minor key blues rocker I Get Off on It making the entire proceeding a musthave for White fans