White, Tony Joe BLACK & WHITE 6/5/20 anthemic "The Test

anthemic "The Test

" where Holiday's interpretations seem to be saying that even good love is tragic

and spacey sounds of the past carried through a modernized songwriting approach

Tom Fug (Gum Takes Tooth/Luminous Bodies/Wart Biter) and Mike Vest (Bong/11 Paranoias/Blown Out) have welcomed the arrival of Marion Andrau on guitar (The Wharves/Underground Railroad) and Wayne Adams (Big Lad/Pet Brick) on synth to round out their collective

White, Tony Joe BLACK & WHITE 6/5/20 anthemic "The TestWhen "Polk Salad Annie" blared from transistor radio speakers in the summer of 1969, the first thought was of Creedence Clearwater Revival, for Tony Joe White's swamp rock bore more than a passing resemblance to the sound John Fogerty whipped up on Bayou Country and Green River. But White was the real thing he really was from the bayou country of Louisiana, while Fogerty's bayou country was conjured up in Berkeley, CA. Plus, White had a mellow