Billie Jean Blues
{{Infobox album|
| name = Billie Jean Blues
| type = compilation
| artist = Guitar Shorty
| cover = GS-BJB.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 27, 1996
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = blues
blues-rock
| length = 58:59
| label = Collectables
| producer =
| prev_title = Get Wise to Yourself
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Blues Is All Right
| next_year = 1996
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/billie-jean-blues-mw0000615224|title=Billie Jean Blues - Guitar Shorty | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|access-date=13 May 2021|website=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
}}
Billie Jean Blues is the first compilation album released by the blues guitarist, Guitar Shorty. The album was on CD by the label Collectables on August 27, 1996, the same day as the compilation album Blues Is All Right. The album was produced by Swamp Dogg at several club sessions. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings says that "most of the club performances are over-extended, some self-defeatingly.{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=231}}
A reworked version of "Hey Joe" would later appear on Shorty's other compilation album, The Best of Guitar Shorty, in 2006.
Track listing
- "Shorty's Theme" (Kearney) — 7:36
- "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) — 5:57
- "Whole Lot of Loving" (Kearney) — 10:25
- "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (James Brown) — 5:17
- "Shorty's Theme, No. 2" (Kearney) — 11:19
- "Billie Jean Blues" (Kearney) — 2:11
- "We Don't Give a Shit & The Blues Is Alright" (Kearney / Little Milton) — 16:14
Personnel
- Guitar Shorty — guitar, vocals
- Mark Marymont — liner notes
References
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Category:1996 compilation albums
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