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Guitar Shorty: I Go Wild!

On October 23, 2001, “Evidence” label released “I Go Wild!”, the eighth Guitar Shorty album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Tikitown” in San Rafael, California, and was produced by Brian Brinkerhoff and Scott Mathews.

Personnel:

  • Guitar Shorty (David Kearney) – vocals, lead guitar, liner notes
  • Terry DeRouen – guitar
  • Scott Mathews – rhythm guitar, keyboards, drums, saxophone
  • Chris Hayes – rhythm guitar
  • Alden Clark – keyboards
  • Jim Pugh – organ
  • Glenn Letsch – bass
  • Howard Deere – bass
  • Danny Gerass – drums
  • Tom Luekens – recording
  • Tom Carr – mastering
  • Stephen Jensen – art direction, design
  • Marcus Cuff – photography
  • Robert Barclay – photography
  • Holly Harris – liner notes
  • Jim Tirabassi – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Loosen Up – Isaac Hayes, David Porter
  2. Coffee and Cigarettes – Hewitt, Truitt
  3. Maybe She’ll Miss Me – Barnhill, Rice
  4. If You Can’t Lie No Better – Delbert McClinton, Nicholson
  5. Just Warming Up – Scott Matthews, Jim Pugh
  6. Go Wild! – Johnson, Rhodes, Wolf
  7. Don’t Stop (I Just Started) – Fraser, Miller
  8. One and Only Man – Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood
  9. Life With You – Rice
  10. Lesson in Love – Cain, Neall, Vallance, Varnes
  11. Put It All in There – Willie Dixon
  12. In the Morning – Scott Mathews, Jim Pugh
  13. The Netherlands – David Kearney

Guitar Shorty: Roll Over, Baby

On August 11, 1998, “Black Top” label released “Roll Over, Baby”, the fifth Guitar Shorty studio album. The album was recorded in April and May 1998 and was produced by Hammond Scott and Nauman S. Scott.

Personnel:

  • Guitar Shorty (David William Kearney) – vocal, guitar
  • David Torkanowsky – piano, Hammond organ
  • Lee Allen Zeno – bass, associate producer
  • Kenneth Blevins, Shannon Powell, Danny Pucillo Quartet – drums, percussion
  • Ernest Youngblood, Jr. – tenor saxophone 
  • Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff – baritone and tenor saxophone
  • Jamil Sharif, Gary Slechta – trumpet
  • Rick Trolsen – trombone
  • David Farrell, Steve Reynolds – engineer, editing, mixing, sequencing
  • Hammond Scott — editing, mixing, sequencing
  • Diane Wanek — design
  • Rick Olivier — photography
  • Heather West — production coordination
  • Nauman S. Scott — executive producer
  • Blake Thompson — production assistant

Track listing:

  1. I Want to Report a Crime – Williams
  2. Roll Over Baby – David William Kearney, Hammond Scott
  3. Sugar Wugar – David William Kearney, Hammond Scott
  4. Don’t Mess with My Woman – David William Kearney
  5. Me and You Last Night – Williams
  6. Let’s Get Close – David William Kearney
  7. I Wonder Who’s Sleeping in My Bed – David William Kearney
  8. The Porkchop Song – Williams
  9. I’m Going Back to Houston – David William Kearney
  10. Hey Joe – Roberts

Guitar Shorty: Watch Your Back

On April 27, 2004, “Alligator” label released “Watch Your Back”, the sixth  Guitar Shorty (David Kearney) studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Brian Brinkerhoff and Jesse Harms.

Personnel:

  • Guitar Shorty – vocals, guitar
  • Sweet William Bouchard – bass
  • Electric Vic Johnson – rhythm guitar
  • Alvino Bennett — drums, percussion
  • Jesse Harms — piano, engineer, mixing
  • Dan Stout — mastering
  • Marc Lipkin — liner notes
  • Kevin Niemiec — design
  • Dan Monick — photography

Track listing:

  1. Old School – Jesse Harms
  2. Story of My Life – Jesse Harms, Truitt
  3. I’m Gonna Leave You – Truitt
  4. What She Don’t Know – Truitt
  5. I’ve Been Working – Van Morrison
  6. Get Busy – Jesse Harms
  7. Let My Guitar Do the Talking – Jesse Harms, O’Keefe
  8. It Ain’t the Fall That Kills You – Jesse Harms
  9. Right Tool for the Job – Truitt

Guitar Shorty: We The People

On August 15, 2006, “Alligator” label released “We the People”, the seventh Guitar Shorty (David Kearney) studio album. It was recorded in 2006 and was produced by Jerry “Wyzard” Seay and Brian Brinkerhoff.

Personnel:

  • Guitar Shorty — vocals, guitar
  • Jake Andrews — rhythm guitar
  • John Thomas — keyboards
  • Wyzard — bass, acoustic guitar
  • Alvino Bennett — drums
  • Larry Goetz — engineer, mixing
  • James Bennett — engineer assistant
  • Bruce Iglauer— mastering
  • Dan Monick — photography
  • Kevin Niemiec — package design
  • Dan Stout — mastering
  • Michael Trossman — logo

Track listing:

  1. We the People – Guitar Shorty, Harms
  2. What Good Is Life? – Jerry Wyzard Seay, Green, Guitar Shorty
  3. I Got Your Number – Bob Halligan, Jr.
  4. Runaway Train – Tommy McCoy
  5. Down That Road Again – Guitar Shorty, Harms, Ross
  6. Fine Cadillac – Grimaldi
  7. Can’t Get Enough – Jerry Wyzard Seay
  8. A Hurt So Old – Halligan
  9. Who Needs It? – Williams
  10. Blues in My Blood – Merv Goldsworthy
  11. Cost of Livin’ – Guitar Shorty, Jerry Wyzard Seay
  12. Sonic Boom – Harms