Run Out Groove and APO Fill the Swamp With Tony Joe and Warren Storm

These two releases, one culled from a 2006 Rhino Tony Joe White compilation and the other a new one from APO (an Analogue Productions label) are naturals for a linked review.

White, who passed away at 75 from a heart attack on October 24th 2018, famously described his music (before he signed his first recording contract) as “kinda swampy”. White grew up harvesting cotton and corn in a small northeastern Louisiana town close to Mississippi and Arkansas. One day his father brought home a Lightnin’ Hopkins album and that was that.