''I Go Wild!'' is the sixth

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released by

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Guitar Shorty David William Kearney (September 8, 1934 – April 20, 2022), known as Guitar Shorty, was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was known for his explosive guitar style and wild stage antics. Credited with influencing both ...

. The album was recorded in April 2001 and released later that year on October 23 on CD by the label Evidence. The album contains mainly covers of other blues songs. The tracks "Maybe She'll Miss Me" and "Go Wild!" would later appear on Shorty's

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, '' The Best of Guitar Shorty'', in 2006.

Track listing

#"Loosen Up" (

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, David Porter) — 3:39 #"Coffee and Cigarettes" (Hewitt, Truitt) — 4:36 #"Maybe She'll Miss Me" (Barnhill, Rice) — 4:28 #"If You Can't Lie No Better" (

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, Nicholson) — 3:48 #"Just Warming Up" (Matthews, Pugh) — 4:45 #"Go Wild!" (Johnson, Rhodes, Wolf) — 3:05 #"Don't Stop (I Just Started)" (Fraser, Miller) — 3:43 #"One and Only Man" (

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) — 4:47 #"Life With You" (Rice) — 4:01 #"Lesson in Love" (Cain, Neall, Vallance, Varnes) — 5:08 #"Put It All in There" (Dixon) — 5:00 #"In the Morning" (Mathews, Pugh) — 4:13 #"The Netherlands" (Kearney) — 6:13

Personnel

*Guitar Shorty —

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, vocals *Howard Deere,

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*Terry "Big T" de Rouen — guitar *Scott Mathews —

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s, guitar (rhythm), keyboards,

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, producer *Jim Pugh —

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( hammond) Production: *Robert Barclay, Markus Cuff — photography *Brian Brinkerhoff — producer *Tom Carr — mastering *Holly Harris — liner notes

Reception

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says that the songs "provide matching passion and rambunctiousness" and that "one of the strong points ... is Shorty's ability to translate the exhilaration and acrobatics (literally) of his live show into the studio." ''

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'' says that the length of the tracks is more restricted on this album than in the past, but this "has the adverse effect of making him play at full throttle almost all the time."

References

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