He Thinks He's Ray Stevens
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| He Thinks He's Ray Stevens | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||
| Studio album by Ray Stevens | |||||
| Released | 1984 | ||||
| Genre | Novelty | ||||
| Label | MCA (Cassette (MCAC-25047), LP (MCA-5517) | ||||
| Producer | Ray Stevens | ||||
| Ray Stevens chronology | |||||
|
|||||
He Thinks He's Ray Stevens is an album by American country music and novelty songwriter and singer Ray Stevens, released in 1984.
A 1992 re-release on CD (MCAD-20688), titled Mississippi Squirrel Revival, featured this album's first eight tracks in a different order.
[edit] Track listing
- "I'm Kissin' You Goodbye"
- "It's Me Again Margaret"
- "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival"
- "Ned Nostril (And His South Seas Paradise, Put Your Blues On Ice, Cheap At Twice The Price Band, Ikky-Ikky, Ukky-Ukky)"
- "Fred"
- "Erik The Awful"
- "The Monkees (Theme From)"
- "Joggin'"
- "Happy Hour (Is the Saddest Time of the Day)"
- "Furthermore"
[edit] Content
The track "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" is the only Top 40 single from this album, reaching #20 on Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) in 1984. "Furthermore" is a re-recording and partial rewrite of Stevens' 1962 single of the same name. "The Monkees (Theme From)" is a cover of the theme song to The Monkees but sung by Ray in broad German dialects under the guise of two fictional singers, Wolfgang and Fritzy. This album also marked the debut of "It's Me Again, Margaret", a chart single about an obscene phone caller, it became one of Stevens' most-requested songs in concert, he still performs the song in concert, and it is a perfect example of how his novelty songs, specifically, have lives of their own well beyond their original release. Ray does a nice impression of Johnny Cash, heard on the song "Ned Nostril".
[edit] Musicians
- Ray Stevens - lead vocals, background vocals (except Furthermore, keyboards and synthesizers (except Furthermore and Ned Nostril'
- Jerry Carrigan - drums(except Ned Nostril
- Mark Casstevens - banjo, rhythm guitar
- Steve Gibson - dobro, electric guitar
- Sheri Huffman - background vocals
- Stuart Keathley - bass, engineer
- Terry McMillan - harmonica
- Alan Moore - background vocals
- Rodger Morris - keyboards and synthesizers
- Nashville String Machine - string
- Lisa Silver - fiddle, background vocals
- James Stroud - drums
- Wendy Suits - background vocals
- Diane Tidwell - background vocals
- Hurshel Wiginton - background vocals
- Jack Williams - bass
