Tony Joe White - Ain't Going Down This Timefrom the album ''Closer to the Truth'' (1991)video by Mr Geo961Great album with a flow to it and without one dull moment. Tony succeeds at bringing his Swamp Rock into the 90s. Imagine Chris Isaak was brought up in the South and it would sound something like this... About, Tony Joe WhiteHe was the youngest of seven children who grew up working on a cotton farm. His family would sit around the campfire and play songs at night, a tradition that stayed with Tony Joe throughout his entire life. He first began performing music at school dances, and after graduating from high school he began performing at clubs in Kingsville and Corpus Christi, Texas. While cutting his teeth on the club circuit, he met his wife Leann, who encouraged him to write his own songs and that’s when everything changed. In 1967, White traveled to Nashville with nothing but a guitar and a suitcase. As luck would have it, he was able to get in the door of Bob Beckham’s office, a powerful music publisher who owned Combine Music, and he was instantly captivated by White’s look, sound and charisma. The music industry at that time had never seen someone who could cross over so many musical genres. Things took off in 1969, when ‘Polk Salad Annie’ started climbing the charts and reached 8. On the heels of the release of his first album, ‘Black & White’, White began touring with Sly & the Family Stone, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steppenwolf and played many huge festivals around the world including the Isle of Wight and the Texas International Pop Festival. Usually accompanied by just a drummer, White established himself as an enigmatic performer and guitar player. His career as being an A-list songwriter also took shape during this era as Brook Benton’s version of White’s song ‘Rainy Night in Georgia’ his 2 on the charts and Dusty Springfield had a hit with his song ‘Willie and Laura Mae Jones’. White died suddenly of a heart attack on October 24th, 2018. He was a man who was revered as an original by everyone in the music industry. A true legend who treated music with respect and always followed his heart.*****Lyrics: Ain't Going Down This TimeI've been laying low Living in the shadows Spending time alone Conversations with the wall Hanging on I'm just trying to matter And I remain Trying to make some sense of it all I've been here before I'm familiar with the pain But I ain't running no more there's one thing changed Ain't going down this time This time I ain't going down Like an undertow I feel the promise of the nighttime But I've been down that road And my search came to an end I hit the motherload Enough blues for a lifetime !!! Now I'm digging deep inside Trying to find my way back again You know you've entered the danger zone When you look in the eyes and there's no one home Ain't going down this time This time I ain't going down Deep in the night I miss a woman's touch The fire burns strong And I'm drawn to the flame But I pay the price When I get caught up in the heartbeat And passion flows Unrestrained No one left to blame I'm faced with the truth And it's all too plain when there's nothing left to lose Ain't going down this time This time I ain't goin...*****