Joe South

Songwriter-producer-performer Joe South was an important session guitarist in the 1960s, his estimable credits including Bob Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde” album. But he was also writing songs like Lynn Anderson’s Grammy-winning signature “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden” and Billy Joe Royal’s “Down In The Boondocks” and “Hush” (the latter also a later hit for Deep Purple).” His songwriting prowess paved the way for his own recording career, which was marked by such hits as “Games People Play” and “Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home.”

Key songs in the South catalog include “Down In The Boondocks,” “Games People Play,” “Hush,” “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden” and “Walk A Mile In My Shoes.”

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