Get Wise to Yourself explained

Get Wise to Yourself
Type:	studio
Artist:	Guitar Shorty
Border:	yes
Released:	1995
Recorded:	August – September 1995
Genre:	Blues Blues rock
Length:	54:29
Label:	Black Top
Producer:	Hammond Scott Nauman S. Scott
Prev Title:	Topsy Turvy
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Billie Jean Blues
Next Year:	1996

Get Wise to Yourself is the third studio album released by blues guitarist Guitar Shorty. The album was recorded during August and September 1995 and released later that year on CD by the label Black Top.^[1] The tracks "I'm the Clean up Man" and "Hard to Stay Above the Ground" appeared on Shorty's compilation album, The Best of Guitar Shorty, in 2006.

Track listing

1. "I'm the Clean up Man" (Kearney, Scott) — 3:46
2. "You Better Get Wise to Yourself" (Jones, Swamp Dogg) — 5:32
3. "I Don't Know Why" (Mitchell, Randle) — 5:29
4. "You Don't Treat Me Right" (Kearney) — 2:45
5. "My Baby Loves to Do the Bump" (Kearney) — 4:25
6. "Hard to Stay Above the Ground" (Kearney, Scott) — 5:41
7. "You Left Me Dreaming" (Kazanoff, Kearney, Scott, Zeno) — 4:26
8. "She's Built, She's Built to Kill" (Swamp Dogg) — 3:42
9. "A Fool Who Wants to Stay" (Kazanoff) — 4:10
10. "The Blues Done Got Me" (Kearney) — 5:33
11. "Ways of Man" (Reynolds, Tate) — 3:34
12. "Smells Good" (Kearney) — 6:43

Personnel

• Sammy Berfect — organ (hammond)
• Ernest Youngblood, Jr. — saxophone (tenor)
• Guitar Shorty — guitar, vocals
• Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff — saxophone (baritone, tenor), associate producer
• Raymond Weber — percussion, drums
• Riley Osborne — piano
• Charles Elam III, Phillip Manuel — vocals (background)
• Steve Howard — trumpet, flugelhorn
• Mark Mullins — trombone
• Ward Smith — saxophone (alto, baritone, tenor)
• Lee Allen Zeno — bass, associate producer^[2]

Production:

• Matt Coby, Jay Gallagher — assistant engineers
• David Farrell, Steve Reynolds — engineers, editing, mixing, sequencing
• Patricia Gorman, Lisa Labo — production assistants
• Rick Olivier — photography
• Hammond Scott — producer, editing, mixing, sequencing
• Nauman S. Scott — executive producer
• Diane Wanek — design
• Heather West — production coordination^[2]

Reception

While the most of AllMusic review of the album makes more mention of Shorty's live show, it does praise the album, saying that it "is one of his best recorded efforts ... that shows his abilities off in the best light."

Notes and References

1. Web site: Get Wise to Yourself - Guitar Shorty | Releases . May 21, 2021. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Get Wise to Yourself - Guitar Shorty | Credits . May 21, 2021. AllMusic.