Capitol, for whatever reason, did not see fit to issue this winner of a song by The Geezinslaws on a 45 single:
[Pssst: Click the triangle above to play “I’m a Sucker for a Girl Like That” by The Geezinslaw Brothers]
“I’m a Sucker for a Girl Like That” was written by Baker Knight and recorded at Columbia’s recording studio in Nashville on June 20, 1966, with Ken Nelson from Capitol Records producing the session. Can You Believe … The Geezinslaw Brothers! (of Radio, Television, and Snook, Texas) is the group’s first album for Capitol. Is it ironic that the brothers recorded at Columbia Studios, since their 1963 debut album The Kooky World Of The Geezinslaw Brothers was issued on Big Red?
Discogs categorizes Can You Believe … The Geezinslaw Brothers! as “comedy,” although I would point out that the material is fairly music-oriented as well, especially the guitar work on “I’m a Sucker For a Girl Like That” (my kingdom for a list of musician credits). The album kicks off with the autobiographical “Snook Is The Only Town For Me” (by Ned & Sue Miller) and includes songs by Jack Clement (“The Best Guitar Picker“), Roger Miller (“Hard Headed For Me”), Lee Hazlewood (“They Called Him Country” and “Four Kinds Of Lonely”), Tommy Collins (“Take Me Back To The Good Old Days”), Sam Allred (“You Wouldn’t Put The Shuck On Me“), Ernest Tubb (“Talking Guitar Blues”), Paul Evans (“Buy Buy Buy“), Larry Kingston (“Women Do Funny Things To Me”), and Neal Merritt (“Bird Of Paradise”).
Capitol would issue one single from this album, “You Wouldn’t Put The Shuck On Me” b/w “Snook Is The Only Town for Me,” which made Cash Box‘s Top 50 Country chart for the week ending November 5, 1966.
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