Surely You Joust
Surely You Joust was Ray Stevens' twenty-third studio album and his third for MCA Records. The album's front cover shows Stevens disguised as a medieval knight with a horse standing next to him. The album's back cover shows Stevens in the same costume but in a junk pile with two junk men. Three singles were lifted from the album: "Southern Air", "People's Court", and "Can He Love You Half as Much as I", the last of which did not chart.
Album credits
Per liner notes.- Ray Stevens – producer, arrangements, art direction
- Stuart Keathley – engineer
- Ray Stevens Studio – recording location
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics
- Susan Lawson – production coordinator
- Slick Lawson – art direction, photography
- Barnes & Company – design
- Camille Engel Advertising – CD design
- Ray Stevens – vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, trumpet
- Shane Keister – vocoder programming
- Mark Casstevens – rhythm guitars, banjo
- Steve Gibson – electric guitars, dobro, mandolin
- Jack Williams – bass guitar
- Jerry Kroon – drums
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Denis Solee – saxophones
- Norro Wilson – armpit sounds
- Lisa Silver – backing vocals
- Wendy Suits – backing vocals
- Diane Tidwell – backing vocals