DJJD Volume 10

Created By:  Jonathan Dysart (DJJD)

Original Creation Year:  2005

Year of Re-master:  2010

Song Listing

Side A

1.    Good Ol' Boys:  Waylon Jennings

2.    East Bound and Down:  Jerry Reed

3.    Nine to Five:  Dolly Parton

4.    The Gambler:  Kenny Rogers

5.    Tulsa Time:  Don Williams

6.    Every Which Way But Loose:  Eddie Rabbit

Side B

7.    The Devil Went Down to Georgia: The Charlie Daniels Band

8.    Ring of Fire:  Johnny Cash

9.    There's A Tear in My Beer:  Hank Williams Jr. (with Hank Williams)

10. I Like Beer:  Tom T. Hall

11. On the Road Again:  Willie Nelson

12. Mountain Music:  Alabama

Side C

13. All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight:  Hank Williams Jr.

14. Convoy:  C.W. McCall

15. Driving My Life Away:  Eddie Rabbit

16. Harper Valley PTA: Jeannine C. Riley

17. Coward of the County: Kenny Rogers

18. American Soldier: Toby Keith

Side D

19. Hurt:  Johnny Cash

20. Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American):  Toby Keith

21. The Most Beautiful Girl:  Charlie Rich

22. I Believe in You:  Don Williams 

23. Always on My Mind:  Willie Nelson

24. Friends in Low Places:  Garth Brooks

Origin of the Album

            My inspiration of this album started from I Love This Bar by Toby Keith and Take This Job and Shove It by Johnny Paycheck on DJJD Volume 9.  I was out of ideas at that time.  But then I recalled these two songs as well as going over the life of Johnny Cash, who had passed away nearly two years ago.  From there I thought that I was basically collect all of the country songs that I loved the best on the next album. 

            I’m not a huge fan of the country and western genre, but I do respect it a lot.  I had the song El Paso by Marty Robbins in DJJD Volume 4 and I had various southern rock songs in DJJD Volume 5 and DJJD Volume 8, so I noticed I was a bigger fan than I expected.  With the current radio play at that time so horrible, especially the Disney pop and Hip Hop, I realized that country and western was not so bad.

            After I finished the original version, I was satisfied, but I believed that I could have done this better.  I was me watching the Clint Eastwood’s classic comedy movie Every Which Way But Loose that sparked my energy to remaster this album, completely reshuffling I did and adding new songs, especially the theme song of this movie.

Concept and Theme of the Album

              There is no concept in this album.  This is the first of many albums whereby the only theme is their genre.  This is like my version of those Time Life CD collection advertisements on the television late at night.  Nothing deep and thought to provoke here – just a great compilation of country songs.

Concept and the Album Cover

              This album cover I retrieved from the internet is possibly also a cover for another album.  It just seemed appropriate – nothing flashy, surreal, or modern looking.  On the original album, I took the title album off, added a picture of a guitar, added the new titles vertically and side by side, and added a small metal frame around it. 

              When I remastered the album, the cover to me looked too bland and fake looking.  I redid the title, readjusted the guitar picture, added some horseshoe and bubble icons, and framed it in a nice thick rustic looking frame.  I wanted it to look like it was the picture you would see hanging in a typical old country house – very traditional and laid back.  I like it better.