Listen Up! pays tribute to the late Joe South who passed away last week. He didn’t get much credit outside of the snobbiest rock snob circles, but the man wrote some classic tunes that became huge hits for other artists, like “Hush,” “Rose Garden,” “Down in the Boondocks,” and “Games People Play.” Hey even laid down some tasty guitar work on Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan albums.
The songs of Joe South are passionate and righteous, empathetic and generous and those are under appreciated qualities these days. All the more reason to pay tribute to the songs and session work of Joe South (from South’s own fantastic recordings as well as a few covers of his songs).
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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)
Opening Theme
Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996
Background Music
King Curtis – Games People Play – Wounded Bird – 1969
Veijo Airaksinen – Rose Garden – Mr.Frosty – ?
Joe South – Hush – Games People Play – 1969
Joe South – The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor – The Rockin’ South – 1958
The A-Bones – I’m Snowed – Daddy Wants a Cold Beer and Other Million Sellers – 2004
The Tams – Untie Me – Time For The Tams – 196?
Joe South – Games People Play – Games People Play – 1969
Bryan Ferry – Walk A Mile In My Shoes – Another Place, Another Time – 1974
Joe South – What Makes Lovers Hurt One Another – Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home? – 1970
Kelly Hogan – The Greatest Love – The Joe South Tribute Record – 2005
Joe South – Mirror Of Your Mind – Anthology A Mirror Of His Mind – 1968
Ben Vaughn – Dark Glasses – Mono USA – 1994
Arthur Alexander – Concrete Jungle – The Monument Years – 196?
The Believers – Soul Raga Simmerin’ – Voyages into Psychedelia – 1968
Tommy Roe – Sheila – At The Hop – 1962
Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again – Blonde on Blonde – 1966
Aretha Franklin – Chain of Fools – Lady Soul – 1968
Joe South – Million Miles Away – Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home? – 1969
Joe South – Children – Anthology A Mirror of His Mind – 1970
Joe South – Fool Me – Joe South – 1971
Ron Silva & The New Believers – I Knew You When – The Joe South Tribute Record – 2005
Joe South – Rose Garden – Introspect – 1969
Chuck Prophet – Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home? – The Joe South Tribute Record – 2005
Paul Revere & The Raiders – Birds of a Feather – Indian Reservation – 1971
Joe South & The Believers – Hearts Desire – 1968
Joe South – Party People – Games People Play – 1969
The Barracudas – Down In The Boondocks – Bucket Full of Brains 45 – 2006
Gene Vincent – Gone Gone Gone – The Crazy Beat of Gene Vincent – 1963
Joe South – Don’t Throw Your Love to The Wind – Introspect – 1969
Joe South – All My Hard Times – Introspect – 1969
Joe South – These Are Not My People – Games People Play – 1969
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