TALENT OF TONY JOE WHITE* - Willie And Laura Mae Jones* - WENDEL ADKINS

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WILLIE AND LAURA MAE JONES (AO VIVO)
(Tony Joe White)
WENDEL ADKINS

b. 20 September 1946, Kentucky, USA. Raised in Fremont, Ohio, during his teens, Adkins played organ in a rock band, but he preferred to sing country music. He went to Nashville but poor management stifled his talent and his ambition. Adkins moved to Las Vegas and, because he was tall, good-looking and entertaining, he attracted a following in the casino hotels. His country act included impersonations of Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, and he sounded like Waylon Jennings without trying. Ironically, it was Nelson who discovered him and suggested that he move from Las Vegas to Texas. He became associated with ‘outlaw country’ and he opened shows for both Nelson and David Allan Coe. His first album, Sundowners, was released on Motown Records’ Hitsville label in 1977 and included a tribute to Nelson, ‘Willie Didn’t Win’. His second album was recorded live at one of Nelson’s clubs, Whiskey River, and included the prophetic ‘Luckenbach Ain’t Never Gonna Be The Same’, a reference to the Texas town where the outlaws spent some time. During a residency at Gilley’s, he recorded a live album but although he was recording through the 80s, he never became a national country star. His outspoken language on ‘Rodeo Cowboys’, the opening track of If That Ain’t Country, may have lost him support. However, during the 00s he remains a popular recording and performing artist in Scandinavia.

Tony Joe White (born July 23, 1943, Oak Grove, Louisiana, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent For The Blues" both big hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Tina's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who's a friend of Tony. "Polk Salad Annie" was also recorded by Elvis Presley and Tom Jones.

Biography:

1960s--1970s - In 1967, White signed with Monument Records, which operated from a recording studio in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville, Tennessee, and produced a variety of sounds, including rock and roll, country and Western, and rhythm and blues. Billy Swan was his producer.

Willie and Laura Mae Jones
Were our neighbors as long time back
They lived right down the road from us
In a shack just like our shack
We worked in the fields together
And we learned to count on each other
When you live off the land
You don't have time to think
About another man's color
The cotton was high
And the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time
We sit out on the front porch
In the evening when the sun went down
Willie would play and Laura would sing
And the children would dance around
And I'd bring over my guitar
And we'd play into the night
And every now and then
Willie would grin and say
"Boy, you play all right"
And that made me feel so good
Lord the cotton was high
And the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time
I remember we'd hitch up the mules
When Saturday rolled around
We'd always stop by Willies house and say
"Do you'll need anything from town?"
He'd say, "No, but why don't you'll
Stop on your way back home
And I'll get Laura Mae
To cook up some corn porns?"
You know they're good
Lord the cotton was high
And the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time
The years rolled past our land
They took back what they'd given
And we all knew we'd have to move
If we was gonna make a living
So we all moved off
And went our separate ways
And it sure was hard to say goodbye
To Willies and Laura Mae Jones
The cotton was high
And the corn was growing fine, yes it was
But that was another place and another time
The years rolled past our door
And we heard from them no more
Till I saw Willie down town the other day
I said, "Just stop by tonight
And we can sit down and eat a bite
We'd love to see your children and Laura Mae"
He shook his head real slow
And spoke with his eyes so can
This is another place and another time
Lord the cotton was high
And the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time
Lord, Lord the cotton was high
And the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time
Lord
The cotton was high
And the corn was growing fine
But that was another place and another time...