Watch Your Back


Watch Your Back is the sixth studio album released by blues guitarist Guitar Shorty. The album was released on April 27, 2004 on CD by the label Alligator Records. It has been called a "welcome return for old fans and a perfect introduction for those new to Shorty's long career."

Track listing

  1. "Old School" — 3:59
  2. "Story of My Life" — 3:13
  3. "I'm Gonna Leave You" — 5:44
  4. "What She Don't Know" — 3:16
  5. "I've Been Working" — 4:33
  6. "Get Busy" — 3:41
  7. "Let My Guitar Do the Talking" — 4:50
  8. "It Ain't the Fall That Kills You" — 5:11
  9. "A Little Less Conversation" — 4:04
  10. "Right Tool for the Job" — 3:44

    Personnel

Production:
calls the album Shorty's "most fiery and gutsy album yet, a tough and uncompromising slab of steely playing, no-nonsense singing, and solid songs." Reviewer Hal Horowitz says that he "rips into these ten tracks sounding like he's young, hungry, and ready to explode."

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