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About Dick Flood
- Dick Flood (a.k.a.
- Okefenokee Joe) (born November 13, 1932) is a United States singer, songwriter, entertainer, and environmentalist.
- In the mid-1950s he was part of the duo The Country Lads and made regular appearances on CBS’ The Jimmy Dean Show.
- In 1959 Flood's cover version of “The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Story)” reached number 23 on the US charts.
- His songs have been recorded by popular artists including Roy Orbison, Anita Bryant, Billy Grammer, Kathy Linden, and The Wilburn Brothers.
- In 1962, The Wilburn Brothers recorded his song “Trouble’s Back in Town” which peaked at number 4 on the US Country Charts and was named Cashbox Magazine’s “Country Song of the Year.” In 1973 Flood moved to Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp and became a professional naturalist and environmentalist.
- In 1981 Flood changed his name to Okefenokee Joe, and in 1989 he hosted and narrated the Emmy award-winning documentary Swampwise on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
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