''The Train I'm On'' /ref> was the fifth album released by
Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was 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 which was first ...
, and the second he released for
Warner Brothers
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...
Tom Dowd
Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recording ...
All tracks composed by Tony Joe White, except where indicated
;Side One
# "
I've Got a Thing About You Baby
"I've Got a Thing About You Baby" is a song by Tony Joe White, released in 1972 as a single from his album '' The Train I'm On''. It was notably covered by Elvis Presley.
Track listing
Elvis Presley version
Elvis Presley covered this song ...
" 2:42
# "The Family" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) 3:30
# "If I Ever Saw a Good Thing" 3:21
# "Beouf River Road" 3:20
# "The Train I'm On" 3:09
# "Even Trolls Love Rock and Roll" 4:56
;Side Two
# "As the Crow Flies" 3:50
# "Take Time to Love" (
Donnie Fritts
Donald Ray Fritts (November 8, 1942 – August 27, 2019) was an American session musician and songwriter. A recording artist in his own right, he was Kris Kristofferson's keyboardist for over forty years. In 2008, he was inducted into the Alab ...
, Tony Joe White) 3:02
# "300 Pounds of Hongry" (Donnie Fritts,
Eddie Hinton
Eddie Hinton (15 June 1944 – 28 July 1995) was an American songwriter and session musician, best known for his work with soul music and R&B singers. He played lead guitar for Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section from 1969 to 1971 and after leaving th ...
) 2:44
# "The Migrant" 4:00
# "Sidewalk Hobo" 3:54
# "The Gospel Singer" 3:32
Personnel
*Tony Joe White - guitar, harmonica
*Tippy Armstrong - guitar
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John Hughey
John Hughey (December 27, 1933 – November 18, 2007) was an American musician. He was known for his work as a session pedal steel guitar player for various country music acts, most notably Vince Gill and Conway Twitty. A member of the Steel Gu ...
Barry Beckett
Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in ...
- piano, clavinet, organ
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Ronnie Barron
Ronnie Barron (born Ronald Raymond Barrosse, October 9, 1943, in Algiers, New Orleans – March 20, 1997) was an American actor, keyboardist, organist, and blue-eyed soul singer during the 1970s. He was known for his work as a session music ...
- organ, electric piano, vibes, congas
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Charles Chalmers
Charles Chalmers is an American saxophonist, session musician, backup singer, songwriter and producer. He has written several hit songs for many recording artists, and has also arranged and performed on many Grammy winning recordings. Seven of tho ...
- saxophone
*String arrangements by
Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for o ...
*Background vocal arrangements by
Tom Dowd
Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recording ...