Title: Jim Stafford Artist: Jim Stafford Label: Rpm-Retro Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5013929598232 Genre: Country Release Date: 2014-07-15 Number of Discs: 1
Repressing. 2008 reissue of the debut album from the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist containing three bona-fide hit singles including 'Spiders And Snakes', 'My Girl Bill' and 'Wildwood Weed'. Jim Stafford performed during the '60s with a local Florida band that included noted singer/songwriter Lobo and Rock legend-to-be Gram Parsons. Lobo co-produced most of Jim's big hits, including his debut 'Swamp Witch' which was on Stafford's eponymous LP, a release in 1974 on MGM Records. He can play a mean guitar as well as catchy tunes and witty lyrics. He was married to a first lady of Country, Bobbie Gentry, at the time and moved in those circles himself, but there are a range of styles on this LP which Stafford attacks with panache, including pastiche Blues, real down home Tony Joe White style Swamp Rock and wistful Country Folk. Retro.
Tracks: 1.1 L.A. Mamma 1.2 I Ain't Sharin' Sharon 1.3 Medley: Mr. Bojangles/A Visit with An Old Friend 1.4 Wildwood Weed 1.5 16 Little Red Noses and a Horse That Sweats 1.6 Spiders and Snakes 1.7 Last Chant 1.8 My Girl Bill 1.9 Nifty Fifties Blues 1.10 Real Good Time 1.11 Swamp Witch
