Tony Joe White

American swamp rock singer-songwriter from Oak Grove, Louisiana (1943-2018). 'Polk Salad Annie' (1969), 'Rainy Night in Georgia' (wrote it, Brook Benton hit). ...Continued (1969). Deep, bayou-soaked voice. Swamp rock incarnate — guitars dripping with humidity. Elvis covered his songs. Produced Tina Turner's Foreign Affair.