Billie Jean Blues

Infobox Album |
Name = Billie Jean Blues
Type = compilation
Artist = Guitar Shorty


Released = August 27, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = blues
blues-rock
Length = 58:59
Label = Collectables
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3y6ompsf9f3o link]
*PBR rating|2|4
Last album = "Get Wise to Yourself"
(1995)
This album = "Billie Jean Blues"
(1996)
Next album = "Blues Is All Right"
(1996)

"Billie Jean Blues" is the first compilation album released by blues guitarist Guitar Shorty (David Kearney). The album was on CD by the label Collectables on August 27, 1996, the same day as the compilation album "Blues Is All Right". The album was produced by Swamp Dogg at several club sessions. "The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings" says that "most of the club performances are over-extended, some self-defeatingly." ["The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings" by Tony Russell, Chris Smith, et al. pg 231.]

A reworked version of "Hey Joe" would later appear on Shorty's other compilation album, "The Best of Guitar Shorty", in 2006.

Track listing

# "Shorty's Theme" (Kearney) — 7:36
# "Hey Joe" (Roberts) — 5:57
# "Whole Lot of Loving" (Kearney) — 10:25
# "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" — 5:17
# "Shorty's Theme, No. 2" (Kearney) — 11:19
# "Billie Jean Blues" (Kearney) — 2:11
# "We Don't Give a Shit & The Blues Is Alright" (Kearney) — 16:14

Personnel

* Guitar Shorty — guitar, vocals
* Mark Marymont — liner notes

References