Released 1991 My Way or the Highway
(1991) Topsy Turvy
(1993) Producer Otis Grand Genres Blues, Blues rock | Length 52:07 Release date 1991 Label JSP Records | |
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Artists Guitar Shorty, Guitar Shorty & The Otis Grand Blues Band Similar Topsy Turvy, I Go Wild!, We the People, Billie Jean Blues, The Best of Guitar Shorty | ||
09 my way or the highway
My Way or the Highway is the first major studio album released by blues guitarist Guitar Shorty (David Kearney), even though he had been in the business since the 1950s. The album is credited to "Guitar Shorty & The Otis Grand Blues Band"; it was at the behest and producing of Grand that Shorty made the record.
Contents
It was first released in 1991 on CD by the label JSP and was subsequently re-released in 1999 and 2005. Also, the tracks "Red Hot Mama" and "No Educated Woman" would later appear on Shorty's compilation album, "The Best of Guitar Shorty", in 2006.
Track listing
- "No Educated Woman" (Kearney) — 6:03
- "You Gave Me the Blues Baby" (Kearney) — 5:46
- "Shorty Jumps In" (Grand, Kearney) — 6:14
- "Down Through the Years" (Kearney) — 5:32
- "Red Hot Mama" (Kearney) — 3:23
- "Hot and Saucy, Short and Grand" (Grand, Kearney) — 6:39
- "It's Too Late" (Kearney) — 11:30
- "Kick Out" (Grand, Kearney) — 6:41
- "My Way or the Highway" (Kearney) — 5:57
Personnel
Band:
Production:
Reception
Allmusic proclaims that the "acrobatic guitarist informed everyone he was alive and lively with this one." Shorty's playing is greatly enhanced by Grand; The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings comments that they both perform well due to the "diversity of the material."
Songs
1No Educated Woman5:17
2You Gave Me the Blues Baby5:13
3Shorty Jumps In5:58