Biografía:
Tony Joe White (Oak Grove, Louisiana, 23 de julio de 1943 - 24 de octubre de 2018) fue un cantante, guitarrista y guitarrista estadounidense de swamp rock , más conocido por su éxito de 1969 "Polk Salad Annie" y por "Rainy Night in Georgia", que escribió, pero fue popularizado por Brook Benton en 1970. También escribió "Steamy Windows" y "Undercover Agent for the Blues", ambos éxitos para Tina Turner en 1989; esas dos canciones vinieron del productor de Turner en ese momento, Mark Knopfler, que es amigo de White.
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Otras canciones:
- Aint Going Down This Time
- Always The Song
- As The Crow Flies
- Backside Of Paradise
- Backwoods Preacher Man
- Bayou Woman
- Billy
- Closer To The Truth
- Clovis Green
- Delta Love
- Down By The Border
- Georgia Pines
- Goin Down Rockin
- High Horse
- High Sheriff Of Calhoun Parrish
- I Believe Ive Lost My Way
- I Get Off On It
- I Just Walked Away
- Ice Cream Man
- Lake Placid Blues
- Louisiana Rain
- Polk Salad Annie
- Rainy Night In Georgia
- Red Neck Women
- Robbin My Honeycomb
- Roosevelt And Ira Lee
- Save Your Sugar For Me
- Scratch My Back
- Soul Francisco
- Steamy Windows
- Susie Q
- The Guitar Dont Lie
- Tunica Motel
- Undercover Agent For The Blues
- Who You Ganna Hoodoo Now
- Willie And Laura Mae Jones
- Yo Yo Man
- Youre Gonna Look Good In Blues
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Backwoods Preacher Man:Tony Joe White.
WARNER BROS. Records 1973.
INTRO: G A G A
#1.
A
Way down in the country, back in the Arkansas woods..
there's a man there working for Jesus tryin' to do
Am7 A
some good.
A Am7 A
He don't have no fancy building, just a big ol' raggedy
G
tent and the people who come to see him believe he was
A
Heaven sent.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
#2.
A
When you hear him talk about Jesus, you know they're
the best of friends.
G
Just one look and you can tell, he will give the devil
D A
hell and help you wash away your sins.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
INTERLUDE: Am7 A Am7
#3.
A G Am7
Let me tell everybody, tremble down to his shoes..
A D
when you hear that backwoods preacher singin' those gospel
A C A
blues.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
OUTRO:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man..backwoods preacher man..
G A
backwoods preacher man..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
WARNER BROS. Records 1973.
INTRO: G A G A
#1.
A
Way down in the country, back in the Arkansas woods..
there's a man there working for Jesus tryin' to do
Am7 A
some good.
A Am7 A
He don't have no fancy building, just a big ol' raggedy
G
tent and the people who come to see him believe he was
A
Heaven sent.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
#2.
A
When you hear him talk about Jesus, you know they're
the best of friends.
G
Just one look and you can tell, he will give the devil
D A
hell and help you wash away your sins.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
INTERLUDE: Am7 A Am7
#3.
A G Am7
Let me tell everybody, tremble down to his shoes..
A D
when you hear that backwoods preacher singin' those gospel
A C A
blues.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
CHORUS:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man, doin' the best he can.
G A G A Am7
Backwoods preacher man, tryin' to give the Lord a hand.
OUTRO:
G A G A
Backwoods preacher man..backwoods preacher man..
G A
backwoods preacher man..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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