Texas International Pop Festival, Dallas International Motor Speedway, Lewisville, TX, 9-1-1969, Part 4: Tony Joe White

Here's the fourth album (out of ten) from the third day of the 1969 Texas International Pop Festival. This one is a set by singer-songwriter Tony Joe White.

Just like the previous act I posted, Delaney and Bonnie, Tony Joe White was suddenly "hot" by the time of this concert. He started his recording career by releasing five singles in 1967 and 1968, but none of them made the charts. However, the last one, "Polk Salad Annie," was a slow grower. Over half a year after its release, it entered the charts in July 1969, thanks to a D.J. in Los Angeles who started frequently playing it. Right at the time of this concert, it peaked it the charts, reaching Number Eight in the U.S. It would be the biggest hit of his career, by far. But that hit had a big impact, because it caused people to look at his other songs, revealing that he was a very talented songwriter. People started covering his songs. For instance, Brook Benton released a single of his "Rainy Night in Georgia" at the end of 1969, and it almost went to the top of the charts in the U.S.

As expected, White played "Polk Salad Annie" in his set. Sadly, "Rainy Night in Georgia" wasn't included, nor was his "Willie and Laura Mae Jones," which was a minor hit for Dusty Springfield in 1969. But chances are very strong that this isn't the full set, since it's quite short, so we have no idea what other songs he performed. In any case, his set was very well received by the crowd. A review in "The Dallas Morning News" newspaper the next day remarked that White "put forth that down-home sound which is rapidly gaining momentum," and "the crowd ate it up."

Although this set is short, it's all from a soundboard bootleg source, so at least the sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 23 minutes long.

01 Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White)
02 Aspen, Colorado (Tony Joe White)
03 Can You See the Lightning (Tony Joe White)
04 talk (Tony Joe White)
05 Roosevelt and Ira Lee (Tony Joe White)
06 Hard to Handle (Tony Joe White)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/JtxsXKPR 

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/2d1atZ8V6Wm8FIm/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. For once, the original was in color and I didn't have to do any editing on it.