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James Wayne "Jim" Stafford (born January 16, 1944, in Eloise, Florida) is an United States|American comedian, musician, and singer-songwriter, prominent in the 1970s. Stafford is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ (music)|organ and harmonica.

Stafford was born in Winter Haven, Florida. In high school, he played in a band along with friends Bobby Braddock, Kent LaVoie (aka Lobo (musician)) and Gram Parsons (of the Byrds).

Recording History
Stafford's first charted hit was "Swamp Witch", which barely cracked the Top 40 in July of 1973. By early 1974 he had charted his biggest hit, "Spiders and Snakes", which peaked at #3 on the American charts that March.

Stafford continued to have moderate chart success through most of 1975. Popular as they were, many of Stafford's songs had a tendency to test the boundaries of censorship, which often times did not go unnoticed by some radio stations who would either censor the questionable lyrics, dayparting|daypart the song, or just pull it from their playlist altogether.

For example:

*"My Girl Bill" (peaked at #12; May '74): The first two verses of this song suggest two men nervously considering a homosexual relationship, but the final verse tells of a girl who has clearly made her choice between the two men, with the victor ending by saying "You'... read all