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Nick & The Jaguars - Ichiban #1 (45)

Untie Me

Written by Joe South, produced by Ray Stevens. What more could you ask?

I Knew You When

Written by... you guessed it! Joe South.

Country Club

A little Sunday afternoon putting practice, Nashville style. Left to right: Carl Smith, Marty Robbins, Ernest Tubb and Faron Young.

Joe South

Joe South - I'm Snowed (45)

Now With Added Goober!

From The Johnny Cash Show

Bar-B-Que Break

Wendy Rene - Bar-B-Que (45)

Who Needs Deep Purple?

Games People Play

Joe South Was Born 70 Years Ago

 

Joseph Alfred Souter was born February 28, 1940, in Atlanta, GA. He cut "The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor" before he was even out of high school, and would go on to cut tons of great records ranging from rockabilly to psychedelia for the next seventeen years. He wrote and/or produced most of the Tams' and Billy Joe Royal's best stuff, he's had his songs cut by anyone you can think of, he's on Blonde On Blonde and "Chain of Fools", and is posessed of such magic powers that his work on The Sounds of Silence* actually rendered Simon and Garfunkel palatable! Even Deep Purple couldn't completely ruin his song! Surely he is the son of God! ALL HAIL JOE SOUTH!

* The album, not the single as I assumed until I was fact-checking this.

Fool's Paradise W/ Rex

Let's do the Window Pane this week, cause next week we'll be doing the Chicken!
Al Prince - The Window Pane (45)

Ichiban On The Iphone!

I'm thrilled to announce that WFMU has updated the free iphone app to include Ichiban!! Grab it right here. It's like having a transistor radio but with music you actually want to listen to! You can also listen to Archived Shows from your favorite Ichiban DJs! More info.