Bob Dylans Guitarist Dies.

Sadly My Guitar Lessons has found out that singer, songwriter, and musician Joseph Alfred Souter died earlier today. He was 72. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, as Joe South, he had a string of hit singles, including “Don’t It Make You Wanna Go Home,” “Games People Play,” and “Walk A Mile In My Shoes.” South was also a well-known session musician, playing on the hits Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools,” Tommy Roe’s “Sheila,” and Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde album.

Dylan played some of South’s records on his Theme Time Radio Hour program, including “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” (“Shoes”) and “Rose Garden” (“Spring Cleaning”).  “Joe had a big hit record with his song ‘Games People Play’. He also wrote a number of songs that other people has hits with, like Billy Joe Royal and his number one hit ‘Down In The Boondocks’, Deep Purple recorded his song ‘Hush’, and Elvis Presley, ‘Walk A Mile In My Shoes’. Joe was also a great guitarist. He played the electric guitar that was added to Simon & Garfunkel’s first hit, ‘The Sound Of Silence.’ He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame, in 1979. ” -Bob Dylan from the “Spring Cleaning” episode of Theme Time Radio Hour, April 2007.

His songs were also covered by Gene Vincent, Kula Shakar, the Osmonds, Lynn Anderson, Bryan Ferry, and others.