I love this original versioning the video makes it in its blurry brilliance! The horn section! Wah-wah’s on the guitar!
American Bandstand 1969 – Polk Salad Annie, Tony Joe White
BETTER VERSION! ?
Released in 1968, “Polk Salad Annie” went nowhere for about 9 months before it finally caught on nationally thanks to its increasing popularity among teens in the south. Today it sits at #18 on its way to #8 in 3 weeks. This is Tony’s first and only top 40 hit, but in 1967 he also wrote and performed “Rainy Night in Georgia” which will be made famous by Brook Benton in 1970.
Polk salad is another way of saying “poke sallet” a cooked greens dish made from pokeweed which grew abundantly near Oak Grove, Louisiana where Tony grew up. If you were to actually eat a “salad” made from raw pokeweed you would most likely die as it is extremely toxic. (I always wondered what it was!!?)
Tony Joe White passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack on October 24, 2018 (RIP)
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