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Topsy Turvy (Guitar Shorty album)

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Released
  
1993

Artist
  
Guitar Shorty

Label
  
Black Top Records

Length
  
50:08

Release date
  
1993

Genres
  
Blues, Blues rock

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Topsy Turvy (1993)
  
Get Wise to Yourself (1995)

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Topsy Turvy is the second studio album released by blues guitarist Guitar Shorty (David Kearney). The album was released in 1993 on CD by the label Black Top. The tracks "I'm So Glad I Met You", "Mean Husband Blues", "The Bottom Line" and "Hard Life" would later appear on Shorty's compilation album, The Best of Guitar Shorty, in 2006.

Contents

Recorded in the U.S., unlike his previous album, My Way or the Highway, the album shows that "it [is] clear that Guitar Shorty was back to stay stateside." Allmusic praises the album, calling it "more impressive than My Way or the Highway... thanks to superior production values and a better handle on his past."

Track listing

  1. "I'm So Glad I Met You" (Fran, Kearney) — 4:16
  2. "I Just Can't Run Away from the Blues" (Fran, Kearney, Scott) — 4:25
  3. "Mean Husband Blues" (Kearney, Pembroke) — 3:53
  4. "The Bottom Line" (George Jackson, Wilie Mitchell, Earl Randle) — 3:52
  5. "I Never Thought" (Kearney) — 2:36
  6. "Hard Life" (Kearney) — 5:17
  7. "Jody" (Kent Barker, Don Davis, James Skeet Wilson) — 4:43
  8. "It All Went Down the Drain" (Earl King) — 4:49
  9. "How Long Can It Last?" (Kearney) — 3:13
  10. "Old Time Sake" (Kearney) — 4:16
  11. "You Confuse Me" (Kearney) — 2:46
  12. "More Than You'll Ever Know" (Al Kooper) — 6:02

Personnel

  • David Torkanowsky — organ (hammond)
  • Ernest Youngblood, Jr. — saxophone (tenor)
  • Clarence Hollimon, Derek O'Brien — guitar
  • Guitar Shorty — guitar, vocals
  • Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff — saxophone (baritone, tenor)
  • Sarah Brown, Lee Allen Zeno — bass
  • Herman V. Ernest III, George Rains — percussion, drums
  • Floyd Domino — piano
  • Carol Fran — vocals
  • Kamikaze Horns — horn
  • Michael Mordecai — trombone
  • Keith Winking — trumpet

    • Songs

    1I'm So Glad I Met You4:17
    2I Just Can't Run Away From The Blues4:25
    3Mean Husband Blues3:56

    References

    Topsy Turvy (Guitar Shorty album) Wikipedia
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