TCCDM Pulls One Out..."Homemade Ice Cream" - Tony Joe White (1973)

"Homemade Ice Cream" - Tony Joe White (1973)

This was the polk salad swamper's sixth album and it's an enjoyable and almost forgotten square.  The album has been evening front porch certified.  The songs are as much "swamp-folk as swamp-rock" but in equal doses.  Relaxed, chilled, and with nothing sounding tacked on or cheap.  And it doesn’t hurt that Tony Joe White's comfortable baritone timbre lends an authenticity to the songs that bleed like molasses through the wax.   

"Homemade Ice Cream" - Tony Joe White (back)

Favorites include “For Ol' Time Sake"...a heart-on-the-sleeve goodbye that captures sadness in just the right measure.  Unforced or unfettered.  "No News Is Good News” and "Backwoods Preacher Man” are both wonderful midtempo swampers the likes of only Tony Joe White can sell.  "Takin' The Midnight Train" is a slow-burn gem.  This album is one of those timeless...ageless records that never goes out of fashion.  As cool as it ever was.

My copy has some nasty water damage to the cover as you can well see from the photos and I would have left it behind but for two reasons.  First, it was a white-label promo.  Second, the vinyl was almost whistle-clean.  I gave it a spin while I was in the shop and the record was quiet with a nice rich quality.  I hope to find another copy I can Frankenstein, but I'm glad I pulled the trigger. 

"Homemade Ice Cream" - Tony Joe White (inside gatefold)

Warner Bros. Records promo

Cat #
BS 2708
SIDE A  DEADWAX
BS-2708  40470-1 >1A  1
SIDE B  DEADWAX
BS-2708  40471-1 >1A  1

"Takin' The Midnight Train" - Tony Joe White / "Homemade Ice Cream" (1973)

TRACKS:
A1  "Saturday Nite In Oak Grove, Louisiana"  2:12
A2  "For Ol' Times Sake"  3:45
A3  "I Want Love ('Tween You And Me)"  2:40
A4  "Homemade Ice Cream"  3:10
A5  "Ol' Mother Earth"  3:06
A6  "Lazy"  3:48
B1  "California On My Mind"  3:41
B2  "Backwoods Preacher Man"  2:45
B3  "Takin' The Midnight Train"  4:01
B4  "No News Is Good News"  3:01
B5  "Did Somebody Make A Fool Out Of You"  4:14

PERSONNEL:
Tony Joe White - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Reggie Young - guitar
David Briggs - piano, organ
Norbert Putnam - bass
Kenny Malone - drums

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