Road trip: Tony Joe White, Edwin McCain

Best known for “Pork Salad Annie,” Oak Grove songwriter Tony Joe White plays a free Tipitina’s Foundation blues show July 12. Check out his character-driven swamp ballads at midnight, Tipitina’s in New Orleans. Touring behind his newly-released Nobody’s Fault But Mine, Edwin McCain plays July 12 at House of Blues in New Orleans. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $20. 18 and up.