Shake Hands with Shorty

Shake Hands with Shorty
Shake Hands with Shorty
Studio album by North Mississippi Allstars
Released	May 9, 2000
Recorded	1999
Studio	Zebra Ranch Studios (Tate County, Mississippi)
Genre	Americana; blues rock; country blues; roots rock;
Length	54:11
Label	Tone-Cool
Producer	Cody Dickinson; Luther Dickinson;
North Mississippi Allstars chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	^[3]
Tom Hull	B+^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	^[5]
PopMatters	6.9/10^[2]

Shake Hands with Shorty is the debut studio album by American band North Mississippi Allstars. It was released on May 9, 2000, through Tone-Cool Records. It features contributions from Cedric and Garry Burnside, Othar Turner, Jim Dickinson, Jimmy Crosthwait, Richard "Hombre" Price, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Steve Selvidge, Jimbo Mathus, Tate County Singers, Stu Cole and Greg Humphreys. Recording sessions took place in 1999 at Zebra Ranch Studios in Tate County, Mississippi, except for Price's bass part on the song "K.C. Jones (On The Road Again)" was recorded at House of Bob. Production was handled by Cody and Luther Dickinson.

The album won a Blues Music Award for Best New Artist Debut at the 22nd W.C. Handy Blues Awards. It also was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band's Shoutin' in Key.

Track listing

*Shake Hands with Shorty* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shake 'Em On Down"	Booker T. Washington White	4:08
2.	"Drop Down Mama"	Fred McDowell	4:39
3.	"Po Black Maddie"	R. L. Burnside	4:32
4.	"Skinny Woman"	Burnside	5:18
5.	"Drinking Muddy Water"	McDowell	3:21
6.	"Goin' Down South"	Burnside	6:11
7.	"K.C. Jones (On the Road Again)"	Walter E. Lewis	4:36
8.	"Sitting on Top of the World" (Station Blues)	Lonnie Carter Walter Jacobs	2:40
9.	"Someday Baby"	McDowell	2:30
10.	"All Night Long"	David Kimbrough	16:16
Total length:			54:11

Sample credits

Track 1 contains samples from Othar Turner and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band's 1997 album Everybody Hollerin' Goat

Notes

Track 10 includes a hidden track starting at 9:17 (total time: 6:58)

Personnel

Cody Dickinson – drums, samplers, guitars (tracks: 1, 7, 10), vocals, producer, mixing
Luther Dickinson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, vocals, producer, mixing, cover photo
Chris Crew – bass, vocals
Garry Burnside – bass (tracks: 6, 10)
Cedric Burnside – drums (tracks: 6, 10)
Othar Turner – cane fife
Jim "East Memphis Slim" Dickinson – piano
Jimmy Crosthwait – washboard
Richard "Hombre" Price – bass (track 7)
Gregory Edward Hart – guitar solo (track 2)
Steve Selvidge – guitar solo (track 2)
Jimbo Mathus – harmony guitar (track 4), background vocals (track 7)
Tate County Singers – background vocals
Stu Cole – background vocals (track 7)
Greg Humphreys – background vocals (track 7)
Kevin Houston – recording
Chris Ludd – mastering
Chapman Baehler – band photos
Steve Davis – photography
Diane Menyuk – graphic design
Tracy Kane – graphic design
Larry Brown – liner notes
Michael Lembo – management
Lisa Weeks – management