Jim Stafford – “Spiders And Snakes”, “Swamp Witch”, “Wildwood Weed” And “I Got Stoned And I Missed It”

For some reason I just recalled “Spiders And Snakes” by comedian and musician Jim Stafford, which reached Number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1974.

Not that I remembered that, but a little research goes a long way….

In fact at first I just remembered the line “I don’t like spiders and snakes but that ain’t what it takes to love me like I wanna be loved by you”.

Some things just stick in your mind :-).

Then I found that it was sung by Jim Stafford, and the name was instantly familiar.

So here’s “Spiders And Snakes”:

The previous year, i.e. 1973, he had a chart hit with “Swamp Witch”, another familiar title, which was produced by his friend Kent LaVoie, otherwise known as Lobo:

And in 1975 “Wildwood Weed” peaked at Number 7:

A year later Jim Stafford reached the Top 40 with a song in a similar vein, “I Got Stoned And I Missed It”:

Y’all come back now.

Paul

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