{"id":3228,"date":"2012-10-16T15:37:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T20:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2012-11-18T15:35:50","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T20:35:50","slug":"two-from-the-pen-of-joe-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3228","title":{"rendered":"Two From the Pen of Joe South"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dobie Gray<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download The Tams – Untie Me <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Dobie Gray – Rose Garden <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The day of the hump is upon us, and so I feel that it behooves me to provide a soundtrack to push us all up and over the top.<\/p>\n

Since his passing back in the beginning of September, I have been deeply involved in a rediscovery of the music of Joe South<\/strong>, through his own recordings and via other artists versions of his songs.<\/p>\n

Though he is best known to most as a writer other people’s hits \u2013 folks like Billy Joe Royal, Lynn Anderson<\/strong> and the Tams<\/strong> \u2013 South was an incredibly solid artist in his own right. The records he made between 1968 and 1972 for Capitol are a remarkable mixture of soul, country, rock and even psychedelia that deserve a much bigger audience.<\/p>\n

It was during the process of digging into those albums that I was amazed not only by South\u2019s own versions of his most famous songs (I\u2019d say without hesitation that his is the definitive version of the oft-recorded \u2018Hush\u2019) but also pleasantly surprised to discover that he had written a couple of songs that I already loved in versions by other artists (like the Tams \u2018Shelter\u2019 and Billy Harner\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018She\u2019s Almost You\u2019).<\/p>\n

The two songs I bring you today are two more excellent, soulful covers of great Joe South songs.<\/p>\n

The first, the Tams<\/strong> \u2018Untie Me\u2019 represents both that group\u2019s first hit, as well as South\u2019s initial success as a songwriter.<\/p>\n

\u2018Untie Me\u2019 scraped the edge of the R&B Top 10 in the Fall of 1962, and it\u2019s not only a great song but a great record as well. Produced (and with piano) by Ray Stevens<\/strong>, \u2018Untie Me\u2019 struck me the first time I heard it as a perfect tune to be turned into a beat ballad. Once I did a little digging I discovered that it had indeed been covered by Manfred Mann<\/strong> in 1964.<\/p>\n

The tune is a great showcase for a restrained vocal by the mighty Joe Pope<\/strong>, and the arrangement is fantastic.<\/p>\n

The second cut today is something \u00a0previously unknown to me that I happened upon while digging.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ma huge fan of Dobie Gray\u2019s<\/strong> mid-60s Charger sides, and certainly knew of his later hits, but had no idea that he had recorded three singles for the White Whale label in 1969 and 1970.<\/p>\n

Among these was an excellent take on South\u2019s \u2018Rose Garden\u2019, two full years before it would be turned into a mega-hit by Lynn Anderson.<\/p>\n

Gray\u2019s version is subtly funky \u2013 a little more so than South\u2019s original \u2013 and sounds to me like the kind of record that should have been a pop hit (it does seem to have gotten some play in a few regional markets in the East and the South).<\/p>\n

Given enough time, it wouldn\u2019t be hard to put together a mix or two of Joe South covers, but these two will have to suffice for now.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig them, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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