''Take Your Shoes Off'' is a

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

album by

Robert Cray Robert William Cray (born August 1, 1953) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He has led his own band and won five Grammy Awards. Early life Robert Cray was born on August 1, 1953, in Columbus, Georgia, while his father was statione ...

, winning the

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at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000. It was released on April 27, 1999 through the

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label. The album won a

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not just for Cray, but also for drummer and composer Steve Jordan (who played on the album as well) as producer. Jordan, and his wife, Meegan Voss, also contributed to the album, with a composition they wrote together, entitled "It's All Gone".

Track listing

# "Love Gone to Waste" (Tom Bingham, Willie Mitchell) – 4:39 # "That Wasn't Me" (Cray) – 4:45 # "All the Way" (Cray, Sue Turner-Cray) – 5:11 # "There's Nothing Wrong" (Cray) – 4:54 # "24-7 Man" (

Mack Rice Bonny "Mack" Rice (November 10, 1933 – June 27, 2016), sometimes credited as Sir Mack Rice, was an American songwriter and singer. His best-known composition and biggest hit as a solo performer was " Mustang Sally". He also wrote " Respe ...

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) – 3:22 # "Pardon" (Cray) – 5:49 # "Let Me Know" (Cray) – 4:25 # "It's All Gone" (Steve Jordan, Meegan Voss) – 5:21 # "Won't You Give Him (One More Chance)" (Joseph Martin, Winfield Scott) – 3:11 # "Living Proof" (Jim Pugh) – 5:31 # "What About Me" (Cray) – 6:47 # "Tollin' Bells" (

Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...

) – 5:57

Personnel

*Robert Cray – vocals, guitar, bajo sexto * Steve Jordan – guitar, bajo sexto, keyboards, bass, drums, snare drum, percussion, background vocals *

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– accordion *

Jim Horn James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician. Biography Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for f ...

– tenor & baritone saxophones *

Bobby Keys Robert Henry Keys (December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014) was an American saxophonist who performed with other musicians as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Ni ...

, Jim Spake, Doug Moffet – tenor saxophone *James Mitchell – baritone saxophone *Scott Thompson – trumpet *Jack Hale – trombone *Jim Pugh – keyboards *Karl Sevareid – bass *Kevin Hayes – drums *The Nashelles – background vocals *

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– Andrew Love – tenor saxophone; Wayne Jackson – trumpet

References

1999 albums Robert Cray albums Rykodisc albums Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album {{1990s-album-stub