Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter-guitarist Joe South died September 5 of heart failure at age 72.
He was known for a string of hits in the 1970's (often with socially-conscious lyrics), including "Games People Play", "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" and "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden" (a huge hit for Lynn Anderson).
I saw this. Many people don't know that he was the guitarist on Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools". There's more similarities between classic soul, country and blues than people realize. I first heard the band Tesla do "Games People Play" and later heard the original version.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
