Get Wise to Yourself
1995 studio album by Guitar Shorty
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Get Wise to Yourself is the third studio album released by blues guitarist Guitar Shorty.[2] The album was recorded during August and September 1995 and released later that year on CD by the label Black Top.[2][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.
| Get Wise to Yourself | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | August – September 1995 | |||
| Genres | Blues Blues rock | |||
| Length | 54:29 | |||
| Label | Black Top[1] | |||
| Producers | Hammond Scott Nauman S. Scott | |||
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Track listing
- "I'm the Clean up Man" (Kearney, Scott) — 3:46
- "You Better Get Wise to Yourself" (Jones, Swamp Dogg) — 5:32
- "I Don't Know Why" (Mitchell, Randle) — 5:29
- "You Don't Treat Me Right" (Kearney) — 2:45
- "My Baby Loves to Do the Bump" (Kearney) — 4:25
- "Hard to Stay Above the Ground" (Kearney, Scott) — 5:41
- "You Left Me Dreaming" (Kazanoff, Kearney, Scott, Zeno) — 4:26
- "She's Built, She's Built to Kill" (Swamp Dogg) — 3:42
- "A Fool Who Wants to Stay" (Kazanoff) — 4:10
- "The Blues Done Got Me" (Kearney) — 5:33
- "Ways of Man" (Reynolds, Tate) — 3:34
- "Smells Good" (Kearney) — 6:43[2]
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[3]
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[3]