| Shake Hands with Shorty | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | North Mississippi Allstars |
| Cover: | North Mississippi Allstars - Shake Hands with Shorty.png |
| Recorded: | 1999 |
| Studio: | Zebra Ranch Studios (Tate County, Mississippi) |
| Length: | 54:11 |
| Label: | Tone-Cool |
| Next Title: | 51 Phantom |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
Shake Hands with Shorty is the debut studio album by American band North Mississippi Allstars. It was released on May 9, 2000, through Tone-Cool Records. It features contributions from Cedric and Garry Burnside, Othar Turner, Jim Dickinson, Jimmy Crosthwait, Richard "Hombre" Price, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Steve Selvidge, Jimbo Mathus, Tate County Singers, Stu Cole and Greg Humphreys. Recording sessions took place in 1999 at Zebra Ranch Studios in Tate County, Mississippi, except for Price's bass part on the song "K.C. Jones (On The Road Again)" was recorded at House of Bob. Production was handled by Cody and Luther Dickinson.
The album won a Blues Music Award for Best New Artist Debut at the 22nd W.C. Handy Blues Awards. It also was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band's Shoutin' in Key.
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