Completely unhinged and inappropriate, with songs like \u201cPiss Up A Rope\u201d and \u201cMister Richard Smoker,\u201d it\u2019s questionable if even Wheeler Walker Jr. could release an album like this today. At the same time, parts of the albums were downright poignant and touching, and well-written. <\/p> To make the album right, Dean and Gene Ween (Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman) traveled down to Nashville, and recorded at the legendary Bradley\u2019s Barn studio with likes of Country Music Hall of Famers Charlie McCoy, Hargus \u201cPig\u201d Robbins, The Jordanaires, and legendary session players like Pete Wade and Buddy Spicher. Even when the songs got weird, the music was authentic to country. The backing band was coined \u201cThe Shit Creek Boys.\u201d <\/p> Even though 12 songs were referenced in the album\u2019s title, only 10 made the final cut. Ween at times claimed the \u201c12 greats\u201d were actually the 12 legendary country musicians who played on the album. Along with the two song omissions, many other demos and others recordings came out of the sessions, and that era of Ween overall that were never released. Now they\u2019re all seeing the light of day in an expanded Deluxe Edition of the album to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of its release. <\/p> The Deluxe Edition\u2019s bonus material includes \u201cI\u2019ve Got No Darkside\u201d and the Jerry Garcia tribute \u201cSo Long, Jerry\u201d (listen below) that were the two songs cut from the original album, and appear as both four-track demos and fully produced Nashville session outtakes. The 36 total tracks also include some songs done on 4-track Ween style that don\u2019t really fit with the rest of the country tracks, including two tracks released already, \u201cBoston Chicken,\u201d and \u201cBad Day in Brownsville.\u201d