Topsy Turvy (Guitar Shorty album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Topsy Turvy
Type = studio
Artist = Guitar Shorty


Released = 1993
Recorded =
Genre = blues
blues rock
Length = 50:08
Label = Black Top
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:trazqj4uoj0a link]
Last album = "My Way of the Highway"
(1991)
This album = "Topsy Turvy"
(1993)
Next album = "Get Wise to Yourself"
(1995)

"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.

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."cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:trazqj4uoj0a |title=Topsy Turvy|author=Bill Dahl|accessdate=2007-02-22] Allmusic praises the album, calling it "more impressive than My Way or the Highway ... thanks to superior production values and a better."

Track listing

#"I'm So Glad I Met You" (Fran, Kearney) — 4:16
#"I Just Can't Run Away from the Blues" (Fran, Kearney, Scott) — 4:25
#"Mean Husband Blues" (Kearney, Pembroke) — 3:53
#"The Bottom Line" (Jackson, Mitchell, Randle) — 3:52
#"I Never Thought" (Kearney) — 2:36
#"Hard Life" (Kearney) — 5:17
#"Jody" (Barker, Davis, Wilson) — 4:43
#"It All Went Down the Drain" (King) — 4:49
#"How Long Can It Last?" (Kearney) — 3:13
#"Old Time Sake" (Kearney) — 4:16
#"You Confuse Me" (Kearney) — 2:46
#"More Than You'll Ever Know" (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

References