ok wikipedia sez south played that guitar part on "chain of fools." enough to tip it to him.
― tipsy mothra, Saturday, 15 March 2008 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Joe also played on Blonde on Blonde. And wrote "Down In The Boondocks" and "Walk A Mile In My Shoes." His own versions of his songs that were hits for others are all really good and sometimes, at least in the case of "Walk A Mile" and "Hush," the vocal on the cover version is pretty similar to his original vocal.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 15 March 2008 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Sonny seems to have an extensive array of recordings and even Country-charting hits under his own name, all of which I only learned about today whilst looking at his web page. Under the rubric "News" is a picture of an album of his from 1964 entitled Beatle Hits: Flamenco Style Guitar. He also wrote lots of jingles, although I haven't figured out if any of them are familiar ones.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 15 March 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
He wrote the Kingsmen's last hit, entitled "Bo Diddley Bach" which reached #128 on the Billboard charts.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 15 March 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha, I was going to send an email to the Michael Shelley show saying he should interview Sonny Curtis, but of course he has already done so
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 15 March 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Joe South
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 15 March 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
According to his bio, Sonny literally grew up in a hole in the ground, which should could for something.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 16 March 2008 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Looks like this one is gonna be a photo finish.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Monday Morning Rock Bump.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 17 March 2008 13:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Another failed Sonny Curtis-related thread
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 13:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Looks like ILX System is going to have to cast the tie-breaker vote.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess I better not even bother with my follow-up
TS Joe B. Mauldin vs. Glen D. Hardin
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 13:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe I would have had better luck starting a thread about Sonny Curtis, steel guitar player for The Jones Boys.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow. Just noticed this thread.
Sonny made history as the first rock n roller to record with a Fender Stratocaster, which he played on such records as "Blue Days, Black Nights," and his own composition, "Rock Around With Ollie Vee."
"Rock Around ..." is great. But so is Joe South's "Walk a Mile in my Shoes"
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I love the chorus of "Walk a Mile". I never paid too much attention to the lyrics to that one, which get bashed in that other Joe South thread.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 March 2008 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Thursday, 20 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Whoa. Good thing I voted for Sonny.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 20 March 2008 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link
never knew Curtis wrote "The Straight Life," which i knew as a kid from Glen Campbell's version. But have you heard Bing Crosby's?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 February 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQWzlHvuqwA
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 February 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link