Too Stuffed to Jump explained

Too Stuffed to Jump
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Amazing Rhythm Aces
Cover:	arastuffed.jpg
Released:	1976
Studio:	Sam Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Label:	ABC
Producer:	Barry "Byrd" Burton
Prev Title:	Stacked Deck
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Toucan Do It Too
Next Year:	1977

Too Stuffed to Jump is an album by the Amazing Rhythm Aces, released in 1976.

"The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)" won the 1976 Grammy award in the category Country Vocal Performance by a Group.^[1] The song reached No. 20 on the Canadian country charts and #69 on the pop charts.^{[2] [3]}

In 2000, Too Stuffed to Jump was reissued by the Special Products Division of Sony Music in the USA on a two-for-one CD which also contains the group's debut album Stacked Deck.

Critical reception

In 2013, Dave Dimartino of Rolling Stone called the album "near classic" and said that it sounded "more contemporary than anyone might expect."^[4]

Track listing

(All tracks written by Russell Smith unless stated)

1. "Typical American Boy" 3:30 (Russell Smith, James H. Brown Jr.)
2. "If I Just Knew What to Say" 2:08 (Stuart Wright)
3. "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)" 3:46
4. "Same Ol' Me" (Butch McDade) 2:25
5. "These Dreams of Losing You" 3:30 (Russell Smith, James H. Brown Jr.)
6. "I'll Be Gone" 2:56
7. "Out of the Snow" 3:40
8. "Fool for the Woman" 2:44
9. "A Little Italy Rag" 2:22
10. "Dancing the Night Away" 5:39 (Russell Smith, James H. Brown Jr.)

Personnel

• Russell Smith — lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Barry "Bird" Burton – lead guitar, backing vocals, mandolin, autoharp, pedal steel guitar
• Billy Earhart – organ
• James Hooker – piano, backing vocals
• Jeff Davis – bass, backing vocals
• Butch McDade – drums, backing vocals, percussion; lead vocals on "Same Ol' Me"

Notes and References

1. http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx, Grammy.com
2. Web site: RPM Country Playlist - October 16, 1976.
3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - December 4, 1976.
4. Web site: Queens For a Day! . 2014-04-03 . Dimartino, Dave . 2013-06-06 . Rolling Stone.