Brook Benton, My Country (1966)
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When I interviewed Tony Joe White a few years ago he told me that it was the highlight of his life to have a song covered by Brook Benton – and that Benton’s version of that song (Rainy Night In Georgia) was “definitive” – it was, according to the song’s writer, “the best”. He drawled that it was the greatest thing that ha…
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