JOE SOUTH (Feb. 28, 1940-September 5, 2012)
Singer, songwriter died at age 72.
His "Games People Play" (always reminds me of Senior Lounge" at Palatine High School) reached #12 and won a Grammy for best contemporary song and song of the year in 1969. Also had a big hit with "Walk a Mile in My Shoes."
His first single was the novelty "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witchdoctor."
A session guitar player for Aretha Franklin on "Chain of Fools," for Bob Dylan on "Blonde On Blonde" and for Simon and Garfunkel.
Also wrote "Down in the Boondocks" for Billy Joe Royal (always reminds me of the fishing trip to Canada after graduating eighth grade), "Don't It Make You Want to Go Home" for B.J. Thomas and "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" for Lynn Anderson.
Some Really Great Songs.
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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