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American country music artist (born 1964)

James Barry Poole (born December 18, 1964) is an American country music artist who records under the name Cledus T. Judd. Known primarily for his parodies of popular country songs, he has been called the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music, and his albums are usually an equal mix of original comedy songs and parodies. Judd has released 11 studio albums and two EPs, and several singles have entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His chart peak is the number 48 "I Love NASCAR", a parody of Toby Keith's 2003 single "I Love This Bar".

Judd moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in country music. By 1993, he was living in a house with Daron Norwood and preparing to move back home until he wrote a parody of "Indian Outlaw" by Tim McGraw, which made him decide to pursue a career as a parodist.

Cledus T. Judd released his debut album, Cledus T. Judd (No Relation), on Razor & Tie Records in 1995, the "(No Relation)" part of the title being a reference to Wynonna and Naomi Judd. Two non country parodies were also included on this album: one of the Eagles' "Hotel California", and one of "We Are the World", a 1980s charity single credited to USA for Africa. Judd's parody, entitled "We Own the World", satirized the marriage of Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson. I Stoled This Record followed in 1996. This album, despite not producing a chart single, earned RIAA gold certification for shipping 500,000 copies. This album included parodies of two Shania Twain songs: "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" became "(I'm Not in Here for Love) Just a Beer" and "Any Man of Mine" became "If Shania Was Mine". John Michael Montgomery's "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" was also parodied twice on this album. His third album, Did I Shave My Back for This? (a take off on Deana Carter's Did I Shave My Legs for This? ), included his first duet, with Buck Owens on the original track "First Redneck on the Internet". The album also parodied Alan Jackson, Joe Diffie, Brooks & Dunn, Mindy McCready, and Trace Adkins. This is the first single from Judd's latest album, Polyrically Uncorrect, released on June 30. Its second single is "Garth Must Be Busy", a parody of Brooks & Dunn's "God Must Be Busy" which features Brooks & Dunn as guest vocalists. Its third single is "(If I Had) Kellie Pickler's Boobs". He transferred to Warner Bros. Records in 2012 to release Parodyziac!! The album includes a parody of Little Big Town's "Pontoon" titled "Honeymoon", the video of which was directed by Laura Bell Bundy. Judd moved again to RoseyMo, a division of Average Joes Entertainment, in late 2014. On November 5, he released a new single titled "Luke Bryan", a parody of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", which features guest rapping from Colt Ford.

In a January 2015 article in Billboard, Judd announced that he would be retiring from the music industry, as he felt that he had lost the desire to continue, and wanted to focus on raising his daughter instead. He also revealed past struggles with a cocaine addiction and suicide attempts, and said that he made the decision to change his lifestyle after becoming baptized. Judd was one of the co writers of the song "Three Feet of Water", the final track on Brantley Gilbert's album The Devil Don't Sleep.

In mid 2018, Judd announced his return to the music industry by releasing a new parody song and music video titled, "(Weight's Goin') Up Down, Up Down", a parody of "Up Down" by Morgan Wallen. It was followed by a parody of Bebe Rexha's and Florida Georgia Line's "Meant to Be" called "Gotta Pee".

Judd has toured as an emcee with such acts as Brooks and Dunn, Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, Toby Keith, the Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain, and Montgomery Gentry. Judd's television work includes a stint as the co host of CMT Most Wanted Live from 2002 to 2004 and as a "special correspondent" on the 2005 season of Nashville Star. Additionally, he was one of the featured contestants on Season Five of VH1's reality show Celebrity Fit Club. He also hosted the Cledus T. Party Morning Show for WQYK FM in Tampa, Florida. In January 2008, he returned to Atlanta as the morning host at 94.9/The Bull, WUBL FM. In September 2010, he returned to WQYK FM as co host of the Cledus and Dave Morning Show. On November 19, 2012, Judd became the co host of The Cletus T. Judd Party with Clint & Judy morning show on iHeartMedia owned WTCR FM in Huntington, West Virginia. At WTCR, Judd joins longtime morning hosts Clint McElroy & Judy Eaton. Judd stated that moving to WTCR allows him to live closer to his daughter.

Judd has been called the "Weird" Al Yankovic of country music. Judd's albums typically contain a mix of parody songs and original songs. His parodies are often topical in nature, such as "My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy", a parody of Kenny Chesney's "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" which addressed Chesney's and Tim McGraw's 2000 arrest after stealing a Mounted Reserve deputy's horse; or "Waitin' on Obama", which he released shortly before President Barack Obama took office in January 2009. Initially, Judd sang in an intentionally off key, nasal voice with an affected Southern accent, described by Country Standard Time critic Ken Burke as "Junior Samples on helium." Judd stopped affecting his voice on A Six Pack of Judd and all subsequent albums.

Title Album details Peak positions US Country US Indie 1995 "Indian In Laws" — Cledus T. Judd (No Relation) "Please Take the Girl" — "Stinkin' Problem" — "Gone Funky" — 1996 "If Shania Was Mine" — I Stoled This Record "(She's Got a Butt) Bigger Than The Beatles" — "Cledus Went Down to Florida" — "Skoal: The Grundy County Spitting Incident" — 1998 "Wives Do It All the Time" — Did I Shave My Back for This? "Every Light in the House Is Blown" — "First Redneck on the Internet" (with Buck Owens) — "Did I Shave My Back for This?" — 1999 "Everybody's Free (To Get Sunburned)" — "Coronary Life" — Juddmental "Shania, I'm Broke" — 2000 "My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy" 61 Just Another Day in Parodies "How Do You Milk a Cow" 67 2001 "Plowboy" — 2002 "Breath" — Cledus Envy "It's a Great Day to Be a Guy" — 2003 "270 Somethin'" — A Six Pack of Judd "Where's Your Mommy?" — "Martie, Natalie, and Emily (The Continuing Saga Of)" 55 The Original Dixie Hick "The Chicks Did It" — 2004 "I Love NASCAR" 48 Bipolar and Proud "Bake Me a Country Ham" 58 2005 "Paycheck Woman" — 2007 "Illegals" 58 "Gitarzan" (with Heidi Newfield) — Boogity, Boogity 2009 "Waitin' On Obama" — Polyrically Uncorrect "Garth Must Be Busy" (with Ronnie Dunn) — "(If I Had) Kellie Pickler's Boobs" — "Tiger by the Tail (The Tale of Tiger Woods)" — 2011 "If This Is Country Music" — Parodyziac!! 2012 "Double D Cups" — "The House That Broke Me" — "Honeymoon" — 2013 "Cledus T." — 2014 "Luke Bryan" — rowspan="2" 2018 "(Weight's Goin') Up Down, Up Down" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Year Title Director 1995 "Gone Funky" Brent Carpenter 1996 "If Shania Was Mine" Above & Beyond "(She's Got a Butt) Bigger Than the Beatles" Scott Fund "Cledus Went Down to Florida" John Scarpati 1997 "Skoal: The Grundy County Spitting Incident" 1998 "Wives Do It All the Time" John Lloyd Miller "Every Light in the House Is Blown" "First Redneck on the Internet" (with Buck Owens) 1999 "Did I Shave My Back for This?" Steven Goldmann/Cledus T. Judd "Coronary Life" Lee Abbott/Cledus T. Judd "Christ mas" Steven Goldmann 2000 "Shania, I'm Broke" Lee Abbott "My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy" Lee Abbott/Cledus T. Judd "How Do You Milk a Cow" 2001 "Plowboy" Jon Small 2002 "Breath" Cledus T. Judd/Peter Zavadil "It's a Great Day to Be a Guy" 2003 "Where's Your Mommy?" Michael Salomon 2004 "I Love NASCAR" (with Toby Keith) Shaun Silva 2005 "Paycheck Woman" 2009 "Waitin' on Obama" Cledus T. Judd/Glenn Sweitzer "Garth Must Be Busy" The Brads "Tiger by the Tail (The Tale of Tiger Woods)" 2012 "Double D Cups" Ryan Lassan "The House That Broke Me" 2013"Honeymoon"Laura Bell Bundy 2018"(Weight's Goin') Up Down, Up Down"Cledus T. Judd"Gotta Pee"Josh McComas