Tony Joe cut the tracks with his son Jody providing a rich palette of beats and loops, utilizing both digital and live drums, strings, organs, and the unmistakable timbre of his guitar. White’s time-worn baritone is positively haunting, like a restless spirit conjured by the funk that was always the core of his music.
As a collective work, Deep Cuts portrays the complications of living on the cusp of impending danger — be it an encounter with a brutal country sheriff or a poisonous snake — through the eyes of a master songwriter who has seen and lived all of it. Deep Cuts not only updates a cache of classic songs for a contemporary audience, it reframes them, revisiting his timeless imagery in a new, modern context. With Deep Cuts, Tony Joe reveals that there is still plenty to be gleaned from his irresistible, timeless groove.
Release date June 10, 2008
tracks listing:
01. Set The Hook
02. As The Crow Flies
03. Willie And Laura Mae Jones
04. Soul Francisco
05. Run With The Bulls
06. High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish
07. Aspen, Colorado
08. Homemade Ice Cream
09. Swamp Water
10. Roosevelt and Ira Lee