Jim Stafford - Greatest Hits

Jim Stafford | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Curb
• ASIN: B000000DBE
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,536 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #24 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Contemporary Comedy
  • #24 in Music > Country > Comedy

Track Listings

1. Spiders and Snakes

2. Wildwood Weed

3. My Girl Bill

4. Turn Loose of My Leg

5. Cow Patti

6. You Can Call Me Clyde

7. Don't Forget the Hard Times

8. Don't Fool Around When There's a Fool Around

9. One Step Ahead of the Law

10. The Fight

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the other novelty artist, March 18, 2004

By 

Jerry McDaniel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jim Stafford - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Jim Stafford, at times, has a voice similar to that of Hoyt Axton and Jerry Reed. Stafford, more than any of the other novelty/comedy acts, was more quirky than funny. the humor on this CD comes from his home-spun delivery and the only laugh-out-loud song for me is "You Can Call Me Clyde", with it's Roger Miller-type lyric "yeah, i'm standin' here naked with my clothes on and you can call me clyde"; while the others are quietly funny. his big hits, or the ones he's known for, are the first 3 and track 5. while Stafford never gets dead serious, there are three songs on here {7, 8, and 10} that would resemble serious/non-novelty performances. "Turn Loose of My Leg", track 4, is about a wild girl and the dignified and well-mannered guy who reminds her "i'm not that kind of man", which is hilarious because usually it's the WOMAN who uses a similar over-used line like that. "Wildwood Weed" was a Top-10 pop hit...the CD kicks off with my favorite, "Spiders and Snakes", sold a million copies for Stafford and it hit the pop Top-10 in '74. Stafford's commercial success was in 1974-1975 and then nothing charted for him until 1981 with "Cow Patti" {track 5} and then two more singles hit the country charts but by that time he didn't really need a singing career because he was well known on TV on several country music shows plus being a host on an animal program in 1980-1981...he later opened up his own theatre. This CD introduces everyone to Jim Stafford's comedy {with 3 serious songs thrown in} and you can judge for yourself if he's your kind of performer.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Music, good Laughs, December 7, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Jim Stafford - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I listened to this when I was a little girl, then as a teenager, and an adult, I still have friends asking me about this music. Great entertainer, Wild Wood Weed is my personal favorite. Great Music,

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple songs that are funny and thoughtfull, August 25, 2001

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Joe (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jim Stafford - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

My only regret is that Jim Stafford has`nt come out with anything new. You dont see songs like this anymore, its a nice change from the typical music from that era.