Album
Double Trouble
George Jones And Johnny Paycheck
1980 · Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Double Trouble is a Folk album by George Jones And Johnny Paycheck, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 14 pressings tracked.
About
"<i>Double Trouble</i> is an apt title for an album featuring a guy who doesn't like showing up to gigs (George ""no show"" Jones) with a guy who doesn't like showing up to work (Johnny ""Take This Job and Shove It"" Paycheck). Add to that a set of mostly ‘50s rock 'n' roll covers and copious amounts of whiskey (as evidenced by the drunken banter between Jones and Paycheck) and this album is all kinds of trouble. But as a young Bob Dylan once remarked, ""Always invite trouble."" That said, anyone hoping to hear a bygone country classic may be somewhat disappointed. It's better to approach <i>Double Trouble</i> with the same sense of dipsomaniacal humor that it took to record it songs like the opening take on Don Goodman and Ray Schulman's ""When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)"", where Paycheck's grizzled growl and heckling of Jones take center stage. Their sideways version of CCR's ""Proud Mary"" hilariously holds on for dear life, but it's the ramshackle rendition of ""Tutti Frutti"" that makes <i>Double Trouble</i> a bona-fide drinking album."
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)2:22
- 2Along Came Jones2:58
- 3Proud Mary2:49
- 4You Can Have Her3:11
- 5Smack Dab In the Middle2:38
- 6Mabellene2:18
- 7Roll Over, Beethoven3:49
- 8Kansas City3:05
- 9Tutti Frutti2:12
- 10You Better Move On2:48
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Singer-Songwriter
- twangy
- mournful
- southern
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded and Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Billy SanfordGUITAR
- Bobby WoodPIANO
- Cliff ParkerGUITAR
- Jerry KroonDRUMS
- Jim HornSAXOPHONE
- Jim MurphySTEEL GUITAR
- Phil BaughELECTRIC GUITAR
- Stephen R. ShafferBASS
- Tommy AllsupGUITAR
- Diane TidwellBACKING VOCALS
- Janie FrickeBACKING VOCALS
- Joe BiasBACKING VOCALS
- Judy AndersonBACKING VOCALS
- Nick DiStefanoBACKING VOCALS
- The Nashville EditionBACKING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 14 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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