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 - 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