Singer/Songwriter Joe South Dead at 72 [VIDEO]
He was given a guitar at age 11, and by the time he turned 12, Joe South was performing on radio. He actually "built" radio stations in his youth just so he could play his music over the airwaves.
At the tender age of 17, South had already become a prized studio musician. With writing in his blood, he mixed up country and pop with the psychedelic 1960's.