The pair produced demo tapes of their compositions, with Benton delivering the vocals. By 1959 Benton recognized that what Rolling Stone critic Anthony DeCurtis labeled his "stylish" baritone was currently being squandered on demo tapes. Brooke Benton may well have accomplished 1000 demonstrates right after that, I don’t know, but I know what he did that day for the people of Austell, Ga.