Country Boy

Track Listings

1. I'll Take Her - Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, Calvin Richardson

2. Lovin' You

3. Trust Me So Much

4. Vibe

5. Never Knew Love

6. True Love - Chico DeBarge, Calvin Richardson

7. Half the Time

8. Looks Like (You've Been Crying)

9. Close My Eyes

10. Nightmare (Her Love)

11. Coming Home

12. Country Boy

13. Disrespectful Ghetto

Country Boy,Calvin Richardson,Universal,Pop,R&B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Urban

Country Boy

Tracks:

Blue Eyed Elaine
Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
I Forgot To Remember To Forget
I Love You Because
Pistol Packin' Mama
Saginaw Michigan
Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
Old Cape Cod
Death Of Floyd Collins
The Blue Side Of Lonesome
In The Garden
Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
Old Rugged Cross
Where The Blue Of The Night

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Things don't get much schmaltzier than a Dobro played Hawaiian style, which is why it's fitting that Cowboy Jack Clement offers one up on "The Blue Side of Lonesome," Leon Payne's dated but charming classic--only one such excursion into blue-haired reminiscing on an album of over-the-top sentimentality. It was the legendary Clement who paired smart-ass folkie Prine and bluegrass totem Wiseman, but the singers themselves chose the repertoire, which reads like songs people of a certain age might pick on a dry drunk. The tunes range, believe it or not, from religious hymns to covers of Patti Page's 1957 hit "Old Cape Cod," Kris Kristofferson's underrated "Just the Other Side of Nowhere," and Tom T. Hall's "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine," with a little Elvis and Ernest Tubb thrown in for good measure. It's fitting that Prine and Wiseman revisit the Hall standard, since oddly, both singers vocally favor the Nashville storyteller from time to time. But one has to question their use of the Grand Ole Opry's Carol Lee Singers, who show up on several cuts and seem, well, just bizarre on a John Prine record, even as they evoke the lushly famous Nashville Sound of the 1960s. Suffice it to say, this is a quirky project, and if Prine's scratchy baritone and Wiseman's melodic tenor sometimes overlap to where you can't tell who's singing what, it doesn't much matter. You're listening to two new pals having what seems to be the time of their life. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

Disappointed Prine Fan.......2007-08-03

I have just about every other thing John Prine has recorded and thought I needed this album too. Wrong. There's not an interesting song here so don't waste your money.

Prine and twang.............2007-07-03

I first caught the wind of the country & western direction in John Prine when I heard his earlier CD "In Spite of Ourselves." The Nashville influence has laid a noticable twang on his voice to the extent that the vocals are sometimes hardly recognizable as Mr. Prine. As mentioned in some of the other reviews, on my first listening, I also thought immediately of Tom T. Hall. For long time followers more accustomed to John's rebellious angles (and the wry title, at least, is pure Prine) this CD might be quite a shock. But I accept it as simply the mark of a mature artist stretching himself artistically, not "selling out" for the sake of sales to a mellower audience. My apologies for not commenting more about Mac, I am less familiar with his work but I assume that stylistically this is more in his comfort zone. His vocals bond nicely with John's and this is definitely equality in a duet. A nice relaxing work, accept it for what it is, not what you expect of John Prine.

I guess I'm an "average people.".......2007-06-27

I heard John Prine and Mac Wiseman on NPR one afternoon
and fell in love. Their song choices are wonderful.

A Disappointment ...and so sorry to say it.......2007-06-26

This was such a disappointment. I had looked forward to this for months, having admired Mac Wiseman for over fifty years, and Prine for thirty or so. But this just doesn't work.

The songs are such classics that each singer could do them well while singing by himslef. But there are just no strong emotional tugs from these "collaborations." Mac has done some great work singing with other bluegrass singers, and Prine has been terrific in his work with women singers ... but these two great men never seem to feed off one another. The feel suggests that these guys were not even singing together. I'll lay this away and go back to the many songs that I have by each that are so terrific.

John Prine Love.......2007-06-14

I don't think there is anything John Prine could do to diminish the love we feel for his music in our family. We think he might be America's poet, or one of them anyway. This CD is sweet and lovely and seems like two great guys sitting down playing and singing some nice tunes together and we all get to listen or sing along. "Standard songs for average people..." - the title says it all. Just a sweet ole time with John Prine and, in this case, with Mr. Wiseman, too. I gave this to my husband for our anniversary, along with the recently released John Prine DVD, and we are always just so grateful for great artists and John Prine is surely one.

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The Dust Settles Just Fine
Rejects? No, treasures
Great as always.

Peace, Love and Anarchy
Todd Snider
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ASIN: B000NIIURO
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

Nashville
Feel Like I'm Falling In Love
Missing You
Barbie Doll
Old Friend
Combover Blues
I Will Not Go Hungry
Stoney
Some Things Are
Deja Blues
Dinner Plans
Easy Nashville Skyline
From A Rooftop
Cheatham Street Warehouse

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After five years on John Prine's Oh Boy label, Snider joined New Door Records, leaving behind unreleased demo and studio material at Oh Boy. Many artists, unsure of the quality of their outtakes and demos, resist releasing them, as the Beatles did until the Anthology series. Luckily, Snider helped compile this one, a collection of material (including a haiku) as powerful as his finished work. Beginning with a wonderfully loose rendition of his original "Nashville," one hears Snider's renditions of tunes he cowrote that were later recorded and released by his cowriters, including "Barbie Doll" and "Feel Like I'm Falling in Love" (Jack Ingram) and "Deja Blues" (Billy Joe Shaver). "Combover Blues" offers his satirical view of middle age. Ironically, "East Nashville Skyline," an outstanding performance featuring pedal steel legend Lloyd Green, didn't appear on the Snider album that used the song's title. The entire compilation reflects the raw immediacy of a field recording. In fact, that's what's endearing about it. Sometimes, even alongside a great studio performance, an earlier version, rough edges and all, packs a punch all its own. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews:

The Dust Settles Just Fine.......2007-05-25

Normally when a package of this type of music comes together, it's usually when: A] an artist is deceased/dead, B] the record company is trying to milk the artist from an old record contract of product still owed or C] there isn't really anything for the artist to say anymore.

Thankfully, none of those are the case here. In fact, what Todd Snider says and sings here is simply, well, simple yet memorable. Not just the solor material, but the songs with help from Peter Holsapple [dbs], Jack "selling out" Ingram [okay, that wasn't nice], Keith Christopher [The Yayhoos], Craig Wright [Steve Earle], Tommy Womack [duh!]and more.

If this is Todd just dusting off his slew of one-takes and mishaps, then I want more. My favorite Todd Snider yet.

Rejects? No, treasures.......2007-04-08

Todd Snider's PEACE, LOVE AND ANARCHY is a collection of "rarities, b-sides, and demos" (Volume 1). Don't let that fool you...the songs you'll find in here could all have been put on Snider albums (hell, "Nashville" was, and others have been recorded by other artists). These are the kind of songs that just sit around and linger, until they get a record of their own; the result is a cohesive album that doesn't feel pieced together in the least bit.

A sarcastic version of "Nashville" (much more sarcastic than the version that appeared on EAST NASHVILLE SKYLINE) kicks off the album, which ends with the rockin' "Cheatham Street Warehouse." In between you'll find a whole slough of material that features Snider at his storytelling best. There are humorous pieces of course ("Combover Blues"), rockin' pieces ("Barbie Doll"), sad pieces ("Missing You"), thoughtful pieces ("East Nashville Skyline")...hell, there's even a haiku. The spoken-word "From a Rooftop" is a pure delight as well; not to mention the exquisite gospel number "I Will Not Go Hungry" and the Billy Joe Shaver co-write "Deja Blues." Let's face it--there's not a bad song on here. But that's Todd Snider for you.

The fact that most of these songs appear to have come from the EAST NASHVILLE SKYLINE project probably helps with the cohesion; not that this is a bad thing, because that album was arguably one of Snider's best. Really, none of the tracks stands out from the other, which is the way you want it to be. This is simply another great album in a long line of great albums from the incomparable Todd Snider. Let's hope there's a Volume 2 somewhere down the line.

Great as always........2007-04-05

Another great album by Todd Snider--and not the typical outtakes/B sides junk that other people might put on an album like this. Every song is excellent, and there are 2-3 songs here that rank among the best Snider has ever recorded. His version of Stoney is better than anything on the radio. Try to listen to it and not be moved. I dare you.

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Top Shelf!
All you want and a lil bit more
Songs to LISTEN to
This guy should be way more well known...
worth it just for "Iron Mike" alone

East Nashville Skyline
Todd Snider
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Songs for the Daily Planet

ASIN: B0002IQCC0
Release Date: 2004-07-20

Tracks:

Age Like Wine
Tillamook County Jail
Play A Train Song
Alcohol And Pills
Good News Blues
The Ballad Of The Kingsmen
Iron Mike's Main Man's Last Request
Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Males
Incarcerated
Nashville
Sunshine
Enjoy Yourself

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East Nashville lies just across the Cumberland River from the mansions and skyscrapers Music Row built, but for Todd Snider it may as well be in outer space. On his seventh album, he paints a word-drunk, smart-ass, but always affectionate portrait of this gritty neighborhood--the dead-end dives, low-rent bungalows, and musicians barely scraping by--with a freewheeling comedic spirit as true to country as it is to rock & roll. He gives Mike Tyson a chummy hug, flips off the moral majority, fails to decipher "Louie, Louie," and turns an attempted suicide into a bittersweet recognition of human folly. Producer Will Kimbrough keeps the sound loose and tipsy, sometimes whittling back to a single acoustic guitar, which is just right for Snider's funniest, sharpest, and most life-affirming album yet. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Top Shelf!.......2007-06-26

Todd's masterpiece IMHO.... Every song is killer! (The flow is flawless as well).

Love you brother... Keep up the good fight.
Peace, mOOn

All you want and a lil bit more.......2006-08-06

This is all you want from a great songwriter/singer and a lil bit more with quirky phrasing, catchy tunes, great playing and an outlook most of us who follow this young man can identify with.
This is another fine CD from a guy we want to hear more from right NOW!

Songs to LISTEN to.......2006-07-07

I have always loved gritty, witty lyrics that make you feel you have lived what the author sings about. Either that, or you swear he was there with you when you experienced this or that series of events. Todd Snider rolls up life with the burrs, warts, fall-down-laughing-on-the-ground funny times, and sheer tragedies into a few pithy lines and then just comes and attacks you with them. I just discovered this guy last year, and felt like I did when I discovered Townes Van Zandt. I think all his stuff is phenomenal
By the way, I AM a conservative Christian, right wing Republican, straight white American male. I and my compadres don't find the song nearly as offensive as some people here seem to hope. The whole genre of the song is a satire and poking fun at a class of people. I thought it accurate (in fact, he dead on nails us) and funny, not mean spirited or hateful. In that it is actually welcome, unlike so much of the screaming across todays cultural divides from both the right and left.
Any suggestions of reviewers for artists in same genre as Todd are HAPPILY received at eddie.gilchrist@gmail.com

This guy should be way more well known..........2006-02-24

Todd Snider is probably as close to Woody Guthrie as we're gonna get in this generation. The songs are clever or heartfelt or whatever, but they're always real. All of his CDs are great, this one especially.

worth it just for "Iron Mike" alone.......2006-02-01

Todd doing what he does best--story-telling troubadour and occasional rocker. Just a very fun CD all around, unless of course you're a Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male or you work in the Tillamook County Jail. Then you may not find it all that amusing.

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Amazing Quality! Powerful Performances! PERFECTION!
see him live.
Todd Snider "LIVE" cd
Near Truths and hotel rooms live
Best out there

Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Live
Todd Snider
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ASIN: B0000950X6
Release Date: 2003-05-13

Tracks:

Tension
D.B. Cooper
Lonely Girl
Beer Run
Statistician's Blues
Waco Moon
I Can't Complain
The Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern
Easy Money
Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues
Long Year
Side Show Blues
I Spoke As A Child
Doublewide Blues
Broke
Beer Run (Bob and Tom version)

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Todd Snider really knows how to work a room. As a storytelling troubadour for the slacker set, he takes inspiration from the likes of Jerry Jeff Walker (as he explains in one of this solo concert album's deadpan introductions) and Robert Earl Keen and applies it to a selection of shaggy-dog stories, talking blues, and slices-of-life gone askew. One of his earliest signature tunes, "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues," has now outlived grunge by too long, but the more recent "Waco Moon," inspired by the death of guitartist Eddy Shaver, shows that Snider's songwriting is good for a whole lot more than laughs. Some of his most engaging songs such as "Beer Run" seem to have practically written themselves, while others such as "Tension" and "Statistician's Blues" sound like songs that were just waiting to be written. It's an integral part of Snider's engaging appeal that he makes it all seem so effortless. As with Keen, the challenge for Snider is balancing the easy laughs with his more serious progression as a songwriter. --Don McLeese

Album Description

Todd Snider has built a reputation as a great live performer who tours relentlessly. Near Truths and Hotel Rooms, his third release for Oh Boy Records (his sixth overall) is an all live collection of songs and stories that represents a typical evening with Snider, his guitar, and his imagination. Co-produced by Snider, this 23-song disc combines his witty songwriting with his engaging storytelling. Recorded in several different locations over eighteen months. It includes an alternate version of 'Beer Run' recorded on the air during one of Todd's many appearances on the syndicated morning radio program Bob & Tom. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Amazing Quality! Powerful Performances! PERFECTION!.......2007-04-02

It wasn't until I decided to download free music by Todd Snider that I realized I needed to buy every album he has ever made. Little by little I discover a near missed opportunity - now found. Near Truths is the place to start a TS collection. When I first heard this I wondered where the heck have I been all these years? How did these few artists get overlooked during that time? I guess the ninties was my version of the sixties. This guy exemplifies what yesterday is today. The real "new breed" of America. Not many ever "get it" but this one does.
A real treat and
I predict soon to be huge
"the singer"
will be very well known and widely accepted.

cheers to Todd Snider for a well dressed future
your fifteen years of not working finally paid off!

Wait a minute!
this album plays almost as a greatest hits collection
it's very well done and nicely sequenced. A rarity for today.
Pick this one up first and I promise it will enhance your
buying power and mind control you into buying ALL the
Todd Snider releases.

You Have Been Warned!

Contains High Quality Singer Songwriter Backward Messages
Used To Trick You Into Thinking Long Enough To Buy More
Todd Snider Records.

see him live........2006-09-12

do yourself a favor, keep a watch out for when todd snider comes to your town. he is about as entertaining a performer as i've seen. great songs. great between song banter. this is an excellent souvenier from his live shows. i hope more live recordings will be available soon.

Todd Snider "LIVE" cd.......2005-08-17

Good music - love Todd! Check out his latest "East Nashville Skyline". Really good!!!!!!!!

Near Truths and hotel rooms live.......2005-08-03

This is classic Todd Snider. The stories alone are worth buying the CD. The songs are very good and tell some moving stories.

Best out there.......2005-05-17

Todd Snider is THE BEST singer-songwriter out there. He combination of sad, funny, and introspective songs puts him in a league by himself. Most hard core fans like myself are glad for a live album, but in the end, it makes you a fan of ALL his albums. The is a great overview of Todd, but in the end, all his albums are great.

Greatest Fits: The Best of How Big'a Boy Are Ya?

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Grave Robbers!!
Roy D. is a rip off
this isn't even worth one star...
HYSTERICAL!
If you can't laugh at Roy D.Mercer, get a new funny bone...!

Greatest Fits: The Best of How Big'a Boy Are Ya?
Roy D. Mercer
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Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

Bank Deposit
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Unlucky Charmer
Dead Hamster
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Travel Agency
Graveyard
Bad Apples
Dead Trees
Vet Bill
Fingernails
Hot Tape Deck
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How Big'A Boy Are Ya?

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If you haven't yet fallen victim to Oklahoma's favorite ass-whuppin' shock jock, go ahead and let Roy D. Mercer beat you like cornbread batter this time around. Album volume 7 is a great place to start, since it compiles some of Brent Douglas and Phil Stone's funniest sketches of outrageous kvetches. The accusations hurled in these prank calls--a homespun alternative to the obscenities of The Jerky Boys--are classic Roy D., terrorizing a range of unsuspecting folk, from a cemetery custodian, bank clerk, and bowling alley owner to a shoe salesman (ordered to pay the psychiatric bills occasioned by selling girls' shoes to little "Joey Mercer"). With minimal sound effects (including some impressively realistic borborygmi suffered from eating "bad apples"), ol' Roy pursues his victims like Ahab after Moby. The only letdowns are in the anticlimactic candid-camera moments explaining how the callees (surprisingly few of whom have managed to cut Roy off entirely by then) have been set up by their friends. After which, you can be sure, the traitors are going to face some intense ass-whuppin' of their own. Not recommended for those recovering from surgery: there's too high a risk for popping your stitches. --Tom May

Customer Reviews:

Grave Robbers!!.......2006-09-17

Search for and buy "The Real Leroy Mercer is John Bean" CD. John Bean was the guy who did this first. His tapes were passed around by people for years and that's how he became so well known. This 'Roy D. Mercer' thing is a rip-off of John Bean who died in 1984 of cancer at the age of 33. 'Roy D. Mercer' is stealing John Bean's stuff. He imitates Bean's voice and steals the words and expressions he was famous for. You can patronize this theft or you can support the family of the real deal. John's stuff is better anyway.

Roy D. is a rip off.......2005-11-07

They got this off of a guy from Knoxville who did this in the early 80's. Go and hear the real stuff. Leroy Mercer, aka John Bean, is the real deal,not these theives.

this isn't even worth one star..........2005-07-01

Roy D. Mercer is a poor imitation of a really funny guy who used the name Leroy Mercer (see any similarities there?) for his prank calls. If you want to know the real story, do a search for Leroy Mercer aka John Bean. Unfortunately there is also another jerk imitating Johnny and he calls himself "Lee Roy Mercer". These men should be ashamed of themselves

HYSTERICAL!.......2005-02-11

Absolutely the most hilarious thing you could ever hear. I can listen to this over and over. I am a native oklahoman currently in Tulsa, OK and I have listened to Phil and Brent for years on KMOD doing ROY D MERCER. It's a running joke around my office and we are always imitating him! I totally recommend any of his CD's to everyone. I bet $100 you won't be able to keep a straight face! KEEP ON WHOOPIN @$$ ROY D!

If you can't laugh at Roy D.Mercer, get a new funny bone...!.......2004-10-07

Roy D. Mercer is the "down home" version of the Jerky Boys, the brainchild of Oklahoma DJs Phil and Brent. He is the radio version of getting Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher, that is if Ashton had a Southern accent. Through nearly a dozen CDs he has caught many an unsuspecting caller with a threat of an "ass-whoopin'", mainly thanks to the caller's friends/family/co-workers who set up the calls to see if they can get them (the intended victim) riled up.

"Greatest Fits" takes some of the best pranks from the first 6 volumes of the "How Big a Boy Are Ya?" series and combines them into one sweet package for the consumate Mercer fan and/or neophyte to enjoy.

Truly the best of the bunch has to be "Bad Apples" where Roy calls a grocer and asks to see if he can get a delivery of certain items due to the fact that he ate a few apples that have left him with a bad case of diarrhea (the sound effects are hilarious enough that even I was left in the floor, as Roy says during the skit, "doubled up with a gut-ache" from laughing so hard). Also great is "Dead Trees" where Roy calls a woman requesting compensation for several trees that died thanks to a herbicide advertised in a newsletter that the woman suggested. But when Roy threatens her with the customary "ass-whuppin", she turns the tables and dares HIM to bring it!

My personal favorite is "Horse Feed", where Roy calls a woman requesting payment over cancelled horse riding groups after one of the horses has a little problem (or should I say a BIG problem)after eating the horse feed from her shop, a fact the shop owner finds hilarious, laughing through the entire phone call. The clincher comes when Roy tells the woman that his wife, Sharon Jean, is "gonna kick [her]ass so hard [she'll]have to clear her throat to fart".

Whether you are a fan of the HBaBAY? series or just getting started in, you definitely need to make room for Greatest Fits into your collection...

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Joe Stampley cd
Good Ol Boy.....as good as it gets!
Fair album
good ol boys
Joe Stampley was always an underrated country artist.

Good Ol' Boy: His Greatest Hits
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Release Date: 1995-07-18

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If You Touch Me, You've Got To Love Me
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Dear Woman
All These Things
Every Day I Have To Cry
Red Wine And Blue Memories
If You've Got Ten Minutes, Let's Fall In Love
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Customer Reviews:

Joe Stampley cd.......2006-02-24

I just love this cd. All the songs are great!!!!! Would highly recommend it. The price was very reasonable. Carron

Good Ol Boy.....as good as it gets!.......2005-09-18

I couldn't be happier with this Greatest Hits by Joe Stampley. It indeed has all his best hits..... I have them on albums (what's an album?) but now I have my favorites on one CD. It is everything a Joe Stampley fan could ask for in a Great Hits CD.

Fair album .......2005-09-17

A lot of filler here. I have to admit that Joe was not a favorite of mine, and much of his music (including 1/2 of the selections on this album) are slow, dead-tired, remnants of the dying Nashville sound that endure through the early '70's. The few real hits (those songs we sing along with) are here as well, and the recordings are original and well mixed. Not a bad album, but it could have been 5-10 songs shorter and still have been complete. The duets with Moe Bandy at the end of the album are a much needed pick-me-up, and I find myself going straight to the last tracks quite often. But, if you're a big Joe Stampley fan, I have no doubt you'll enjoy this compilation.

good ol boys.......2005-08-12

I FOUND MY SELECTION TO ARRIVE IN GREAT CONDITION ,ON TIME AND I LOVED BEING ABLE TO FIND GREAT OLDER MUSIC AT SUPER PRICES.THANK YOU....D.HALL

Joe Stampley was always an underrated country artist........1999-03-31

Joe Stampley was always underrated. He put everything into the material that he had. Every song on this collection backs up what I just wrote.

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Hilarious!
a great cd for anyone who loves to play jokes on others
Couldn't Be Much Better
Never a Dull Moment With Roy D. Mercer.

How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 7: Hangin' It Up
Roy D. Mercer
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ASIN: B00004YLJI
Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

Police Chief
Roy Vs. Goldberg
Lost Lunch Box
Smooshed Hand
Lost Heirloom
Zeerox The Myna Bird
RV Backwash
Poison Pansies
JJ The DJ
Cookie Buzz
Giant Squarsh
Who Wants To Whup A Millionaire?

Customer Reviews:

Hilarious!.......2005-09-04

Our family was recently "introduced" to the CD's by Roy D. Mercer. After listening to a couple different CD's, we knew we would be getting some of our own. They are so funny, they have had our family and friends laughing out loud!

a great cd for anyone who loves to play jokes on others.......2002-05-08

I have been listening to RD Mercer for about 3 years now. Unlike the Jerky Boys (who I dont find funny at all) RD Mercer calls up people with a problem, asks for money to solve the problem and then if he gets no money he tells them he will kick there butt....and the lets the person on the other end off the hook. This CD never has a dull call and will keep you on the edge of your seat. To me this is the last of the best radio skits around.

Couldn't Be Much Better.......2000-12-22

Probably the best yet. Zeerox the mynah bird is incredibly funny!

Never a Dull Moment With Roy D. Mercer........2000-10-13

Roy D. Mercer is a telephone prankster which is actually, the creation of two DJS from Tulsa, Oklahoma, namely, Brent Douglas (the voice of Mercer) and Phil Stone. In each of its' ribtickling releases, Mercer, calls up on unsuspecting victims tells them that their responsible for a strange incident that took place. The fun part is that Mercer threatens to whup their you-know-what if he isn't financially compensated. Unlike the Jerky Boys, Phil and Brent let their victims off the hook.

Volume Seven never has a dull moment. One of the highlights is track two "Roy vs Goldberg" which features its' first celebrity victim, professional wrestler Bill Goldberg. My favorite of all has to be "Giant Squarsh" in which Roy harasses a TV journalist about her failure to show up to cover a giant Squash." Wait until you hear her reaction when she realizes that the phone call was a prank.

Like the first six volumes, you'll get an enjoyment out of people reacting to Roy's threat of a major "...".

If you never heard of Roy D. Mercer. Volume Seven counts as your introduction to this mad redneck maniac and his two creators.

How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 1
Average customer rating:

these guys should be ashamed of themselves

A very UNfunny cd.

A Very funny fellow

Use Caution While Driving

Don't think this is funny? Then probably a Prozac candidate

How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 1
Roy D. Mercer
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 2

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ASIN: B000002UJ8
Release Date: 1997-02-11

Tracks:

Bad Pager
Dead Rooster
Janitor
Car Dealer
Network
Golf Course
Burrito
Dead Hamster
Barber Shop
Bird Dog
Body Shop

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Roy D. Mercer's shtick involves phoning unsuspecting folks from his roost at Tulsa, Oklahoma, radio station KMOD and blamin' 'em for one ridiculous thing or another. Mercer's accusations are prefaced by wild yarns and followed by demands for a few hundred dollars. Of course, the people he calls aren't so agreeable and that's when Roy threatens to whup some ass. Mercer's marks respond in wildly different ways. The guy on "Dead Hamster" isn't threatened at all; he can't stop cracking up at Mercer's convoluted tale featuring a stylishly attired, piano-playing hamster. The man at the other end of the line on "Bird Dog" is all macho. It sounds like he can't wait to tangle with Mercer and even gives the professional prankster detailed directions to his house. Each track has a Candid Camera ending where writer-producers Brent Douglas and Phil Stone let on that the call is just a gag. Even these sections provide some added yucks. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

these guys should be ashamed of themselves.......2005-07-01

Roy D. Mercer is a rip-off of Leroy (NOT LEE ROY) Mercer. Do a search for Leroy Mercer aka John Bean and find out the real story.

A very UNfunny cd........2004-10-31

These are the worst phony-phone calls that I have EVER heard, I assumed they would be funny, based on the other reviews- let's just say they were a HUGE disappointment. I love this type of humor, Roy Mercer is not humorous at all. I believe that the positive reviews must have been written by his family and record company. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS GUY.

A Very funny fellow.......2003-07-08

You'll laugh till it hurts roy d mercer is one funny fella the pranks he pulls i can't believe sometimes . pick up a copy otherwise he'll whup your tail i also recommend vol. 6 , 2

Use Caution While Driving.......2003-06-30

My better half and I bought this and some other comedy CDs for a recent road trip. This CD was so funny that I felt it impaired our ability to drive. We found ourselves listening intently and occasionally we'll make jokes with each other about the more memorable lines. It's not exactly high-brow humor, so don't buy this CD if redneck jokes and laughing at prank calls doesn't work for you. However, if you've ever listened to morning radio pranks and enjoyed them, you'll love this CD. It's perhaps the best set of radio pranks I've ever heard. My favorite on this one is the naval recruiter, but it's just one of many, many other hysterical phone calls.

Don't think this is funny? Then probably a Prozac candidate.......2002-12-15

Sure, the well crafted stories delivered to the victims of R.D. Mercer are hilarious in themselves, but it's the candid reactions of the victims that add to the cheerfulness of this effort. Unlike many of the other self-indulgent phone call pranksters on the market Roy manages to set verbal traps, luring his victims out into the open where they expose their true character. Also compared to most attempts at comedy the amount of profanity is very low ... proving you don't have to be foul mouthed to be funny ... you just have to be imaginitive...and Roy is exactly that.

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A Boy Named Sue
10 novelty songs by Cash

A Boy Named Sue and Other Story Songs
Johnny Cash
Manufacturer: Sony Special Product
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

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ASIN: B00003G1JB
Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

Boy Named Sue [Live]
Everybody Loves a Nut
Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart
Smiling Bill McCall
One Piece at a Time
One on the Right Is on the Left
Oney
Boa Constrictor
Look at Them Beans
Chicken in Black

Customer Reviews:

A Boy Named Sue.......2005-05-31

Song List:
1. A Boy Named Sue
2. Everybody Loves A Nut
3. Flushed From The Bathroom of Your Heart
4. Smiling Bill McCall
5. One Piece at A Time
6. The One On The Right Is on The Left
7. Oney
8. Boa Constrictor
9. Look At Them Beans
10. The Chicken is Black

10 novelty songs by Cash.......2003-09-20

The Man in Black recorded many funny songs throughout his long career and this disc contains some of the best. From "Smiling Bill McCall" a hit from 1960 to "The Chicken in Black" from 1984. You'll laugh your head off. The title "Crazy Country" is exactly what this is. Johnny was better known for his serious songs but this disc proves he had a fantastic sense of humor. His death on September 12th, 2003 at 71 was very sad news but his music will live on and on.

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Hello, This Is Roy D. Mercer
Studded Dog Collar.....
Tooth Chippin' Good

How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 2
Roy D. Mercer
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 1
How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 3
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How Big 'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 7: Hangin' It Up
How Big'a Boy Are Ya?, Vol. 5

ASIN: B000002UJA
Release Date: 1997-02-11

Tracks:

Travel Agency
S & M
Graveyard
Pharmacist
Dead Dog
Music Store
Mall
Paternity
Radio
Bad Gas
Mercer Family Christmas

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Roy D. Mercer is back at 'cha. Just like on his first disc, the man is ready to whup ass if somebody don't cut him a check for some wrong he was done. Volume 2 of this prankster's funny phone calls isn't quite as hilarious as the first one, but there's still plenty to laugh at. Roy's victims include a guy at a graveyard, a pharmacist, and an auto mechanic. On "Graveyard," Mercer is determined to get back at whomever it was who pissed on his uncle's grave. "Pharmacist" presents a scenario where a faulty thermometer has caused problems for Roy's son and the old man wants some payback. When Mercer and his wife get their car back from the shop on "S & M," there's some pretty kinky items in the glove compartment and things definitely need straightening out. The disc closes with Roy recitin' a little seasonal poetry. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

Hello, This Is Roy D. Mercer.......2001-10-21

Ridiculous, absurd, silly, hilarious, stupid--just plain side-splitting funny, Roy D. Mercer's second volume of HOW BIG A BOY ARE YA? made me laugh until I cried. These phone conversations helped me not to live life too seriously because life is too serious not to take time to laugh. Jane Riley, author of SOLOMON'S PORCH, THE STORY OF BEN AND ROSE

Studded Dog Collar............2000-02-27

This is one of ther funniest CDs I have ever listened to! Vol II is just hilarious! I got a huge kick out of the Bixby routine, and the one about the graveyard. It's a must buy for those with a sense of humour!

Tooth Chippin' Good.......1998-11-07

Mouth Filling. Strong varietal flavors. Aged on the lees. Unfiltered. Memorable.

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