Tony Joe White - Smoke From The Chimney

Released7th May 2021.

Vinyl expected 28thMay.

Tony Joe Whites posthumous album, Smoke From The Chimney, brings to life previously unknown recordings by the legendary songwriter and musician. Produced by Dan Auerbach from nine unreleased vocal/guitar demos and performed by an ensemble who capture the DNA of Tony Joe Whites songs with beauty, warmth, and reverence. (NPRs Bruce Warren).

Starting with the albums genesis as an unforeseen trove of demos in the hands of producer Dan Auerbach and rounded out by Nashvilles most seasoned studio musicians, Smoke from the Chimney started out as a number of unadorned voice and guitar demos from Whites home studio before being transformed into full band arrangements harkening back to the albums he recorded in the late 60s and early 70s in Nashville and Muscle Shoals - just as he was emerging as an internationally recognised songwriter and recording artist.

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