Cledus T. Judd - I Stoled This Record

Artist:

Judd, Cledus T.

UPC:

793018282529

Description:

Personnel: Cledus T. Judd (vocals, harmonica); Michael Spriggs (acoustic guitar); Mike Seavers, Jerry Kimbrough (electric guitar); Glenn Duncan, Hoot Hester (fiddle); Walt Cunningham (piano); Scott Q. Merry (bass); Paul Scholten (drums); Kim Winters, Michael Black (background vocals).
Recorded at County Q Productions, Nashville, Tennessee.
Cledus T. Judd is the Weird Al Yankovic of country music, a pillager of popular songs who rewrites their lyrics with a style short on taste and long on laughs. Judd has become a surprise hit with fans of the very artists whose songs he lampoons, and this album is bound to appeal to those who love contemporary country music but don`t take it too seriously.
Among the country stars who get Cledusized are Shania Twain and Neal McCoy. Twain`s "Any Man Of Mine" is transformed into the twisted ditty "If Shania Was Mine." McCoy`s "For A Change" is warped into a tale of transsexuality called "The Change." Country classics get the Judd treatment as well. Johnny Cash and June Carter`s "Jackson" becomes "Jackson (Alan That Is)," and "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" becomes "Cledus Went Down To Florida," a goofy account of a car theft.
Personnel: Cledus T. Judd (harmonica); Michael Spriggs (acoustic guitar); Mike Seavers, Jerry Kimbrough (electric guitar); Glen Duncan , Hoot Hester (fiddle); Walt Cunningham (piano); Paul Scholten (drums); Kim Winters, Michael Black (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Cledus T. Judd.
Photographer: Ron Keith.
Cledus T. Judd`s debut album indicated that he was a first-rate country comic for the `90s, but his second effort, I Stoled This Record, is where his talents truly blossom. Judd`s humor is simple and direct -- witness how he lusts after superstar country vocalist Shania Twain on "If Shania Was Mine" or the Charlie Daniels parody "Cledus Went Down to Florida" or the obvious Elmo & Patsy sendup "Grandpa Got Runned Over By a John Deere." It doesn`t take a comic genius to come up with these endearingly sophomoric and corny jokes, but it does take some guts to actually follow them through, and that`s what makes I Stoled This Record surprisingly engaging and fun. Besides, the music is better than you would imagine (Joe Diffie and Shania herself guest on "[She`s Got A Butt] Bigger Than the Beatles"). ~ Thom Owens

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Cledus Busted!
2. If Shania Was Mine
3. (She`s Got a Butt) Bigger Than the Beatles
4. Change, The
5. Skoal: The Grundy County Spitting Incident
6. Jackson (Alan That Is)
7. You Have No Right to Remain Violent
8. Cadirac Style
9. Quit Teasin` Me Ed
10. I`m Not in Here for Love (Just Yer Beer)
11. Cledus Went Down to Florida
12. 1-900-Sheila
13. Stoled: The Copyright Infringment Incident
14. Grandpa Got Runned by a John Deere

Album Information

Release Date:

01/01/1997

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Contemporary Country

Label:

Razor & Tie

Producer:

Cledus T. Judd

Catalog Number:

2825

Original Release Year:

1996

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

40 : 26

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