''...Continued'' is the second album released by
Tony Joe White. It was released on
Monument Records and contained the single
Roosevelt and Ira Lee
''...Continued'' is the second album released by Tony Joe White. It was released on Monument Records and contained the single Roosevelt and Ira Lee It was recorded at Monument Studios, Nashville and Lyn-Lou Studios, Memphis in 1969. It was p ...
It was recorded at Monument Studios,
Nashville
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and Lyn-Lou Studios,
Memphis in 1969. It was produced by
Billy Swan
William Lance Swan (born May 12, 1942) is an American country singer-songwriter, best known for his 1974 single, "I Can Help".
Biography
Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. As a child, he learned drums, piano and guitar ...
and engineered by Tommy Strong and Mort Thomasson.
The album was re-released on by Movieplay/Intermusic from Portugal in 1993 with a different cover and another title (''Roosevelt And Ira Lee''). In 1997 it was rereleased by
Warner Brothers containing two additional songs - "Watching The Trains Go By" (by Dewey Oldham and Wallace Pennington) and "Old Man Willis" (by Tony Joe White himself) was the second single. "Old Man Willis" was later re-recorded for the album.
The album contained the track "
Rainy Night In Georgia" popularized by
R&B vocalist
Brook Benton in
1970
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. It reached #4 on the
Pop Singles and #2 on the
Adult Contemporary charts, respectively. The
RIAA
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certified the single gold for sales of one million copies. In 2004, it was ranked #498 on the
List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song has been
covered
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by a number of musicians, including
Ray Charles,
Otis Rush
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,
Randy Crawford,
Tennessee Ernie Ford,
Amos Garrett
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,
Hank Williams, Jr.
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,
Shelby Lynne,
John Holt,
Nicky Thomas, by the duet of
Conway Twitty
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and
Sam Moore
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,
Aaron Neville, and reggae band
The Gladiators. Most recently
indie folk-rock band
Hem released a cover on ''
No Word from Tom'' (2006). Australian band Ross Hanniford Trio recorded a cover of the song on their 1994 album.
David Ruffin recorded a cover version of the song the same year as Benton; however,
Motown
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for unknown reasons did not release the album. A dance version was recorded by
Boozoo Bajou in 2006. "Elements And Things" was covered by
Blues Pills on their second album
Lady In Gold.
Track listing
All tracks written by
Tony Joe White.
;Side One
# "Elements And Things"
# "Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin)"
# "Woodpecker"
# "
Rainy Night In Georgia"
# "For Le Ann"
;Side Two
# "Old Man Willis"
# "Woman With Soul"
# "I Want You"
# "I Thought I Knew You Well"
# "The Migrant"
Personnel
*Tony Joe White - guitar, harmonica
* Tommy McClure – bass
*
Sammy Creason – drums
* James Milhart – drums
*
Mike Utley – organ
References
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1969 albums
Tony Joe White albums
Monument Records albums
Albums produced by Billy Swan
