We the People (Guitar Shorty album)

Infobox Album |
Name = We the People
Type = studio
Artist = Guitar Shorty


Released = August 15, 2006
Recorded =
Genre = blues
blues-rock
Length =
Label = Alligator Records
Producer = Brian Brinkerhoff
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xfwxqudldfe link]
Last album = "The Best of Guitar Shorty"
(2006)
This album = "We the People"
(2006)
Next album = ""
(200?)

"We the People" is the seventh studio album released by blues guitarist Guitar Shorty (David Kearney). The album was released on August 15, 2006 on CD by the label Alligator Records. This is Shorty's second album with the label.

The album has been called "a timeless and completely current blues record."cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xfwxqudldfe |title=We the People|author=Steve Leggett|accessdate=2007-02-26] Reviewer Steve Leggett comments that "Shorty is a guitar player's guitar player, and this collection makes for a nice introduction to his studio style."

Track listing

#"We the People" (Guitar Shorty, Harms) — 4:20
#"What Good Is Life?" (Green, Guitar Shorty) — 4:04
#"I Got Your Number" (Halligan) — 3:53
#"Runaway Train" (McCoy) — 4:59
#"Down That Road Again" (Guitar Shorty, Harms, Ross) — 4:57
#"Fine Cadillac" (Grimaldi) — 5:51
#"Can't Get Enough" (Wyzard) — 4:24
#"A Hurt So Old" (Halligan) — 3:56
#"Who Needs It?" (Williams) — 3:22
#"Blues in My Blood" (Goldsworthy) — 3:12
#"Cost of Livin'" (Guitar Shorty, Wyzard) — 4:10
#"Sonic Boom" (Harms) — 3:13

Personnel

*Guitar Shorty — guitar, vocals
*Jake Andrews — guitar (rhythm)
*Alvino Bennett — drums
*Wyzard — bass
*John Thomas — keyboards

Production:
*James Bennett — assistant engineer
*Brian Brinkerhoff — producer
*Jerry "Wyzard" Seay - producer
*Larry Goetz — engineer, mixing
*Bruce Iglauer — mastering
*Dan Monick — photography
*Kevin Niemiec — package design
*Dan Stout — mastering
*Michael Trossman — logo

Reception

Allmusic says that Shorty "radiates tremendous energy" and that "his guitar playing is rich, deep, and heavy as plutonium on these tracks." Reviewer Steve Leggett that the album has a nice balance between "hard rocking party numbers, straight out blues pieces, and strong political statement."

Charts

Album - Billboard

References