Billie Jean Blues Explained

Billie Jean Blues
Type:compilation
Artist:Guitar Shorty
Cover:GS-BJB.jpg
Released:August 27, 1996
Genre:blues
blues-rock
Length:58:59
Label:Collectables
Prev Title:Get Wise to Yourself
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Blues Is All Right
Next Year:1996

Billie Jean Blues is the first compilation album released by the blues guitarist, Guitar Shorty. 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.[1]

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

Track listing

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

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Book: Russell . Tony . Smith . Chris . . 2006 . . 978-0-140-51384-4. 231.