''Porcupine Meat'' is an album by blues musician

Bobby Rush Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for for three decades. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Pant ...

. It was released by Rounder Records on September 16, 2016. ''Porcupine Meat'' won the 2017 Grammy Award for

Best Traditional Blues Album The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album was awarded from 1983 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Blues Performance and was twice awarded to individual tracks rather than albums. The award w ...

Track listing

All songs written by Bobby Rush, except "Got Me Accused" by Bobby Rush and

Scott Billington Scott Billington (born October 27, 1951 in Melrose, Massachusetts) is an American record producer, songwriter, record company executive and blues musician. Biography Billington's career began in Boston in the early 1970s, when he managed the ...

, and "Snake in the Grass" and "Catfish Stew" by Bobby Rush, Scott Billington, and Johnette Downing. # "I Don't Want Nobody Hanging Around" # "Porcupine Meat" (featuring

Vasti Jackson Vasti Jackson (pronounced Vast-eye) (born October 20, 1959) is an American electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. He has also been the musical director, and guitarist for Z. Z. Hill, Johnnie Taylor, Denise LaSalle, Li ...

) # "Got Me Accused" # "Snake in the Grass" # "Funk o' de Funk" # "Me, Myself and I" (featuring

Joe Bonamassa Joseph Leonard Bonamassa ( ; born May 8, 1977) is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age twelve, when he opened for B.B. King. Since 2000, Bonamassa has released fifteen solo albums through his ind ...

) # "Catfish Stew" # "It's Your Move" (featuring

Dave Alvin David Albert Alvin (born November 11, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He is a former and founding member of the roots rock band the Blasters. Alvin has recorded and performed as a solo artist since the late 1980s a ...

) # "Nighttime Gardner" (featuring

Keb' Mo' Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb' Mo', is an American blues musician and five-time Grammy Award winner. He is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as "a living link ...

) # "I Think Your Dress Is Too Short" # "Standing on Shaky Ground" # "I'm Tired" (Tangle Eye Mix)

Personnel

* Produced by

* Recording, mixing: Steve Reynolds * Assistant engineers: Nick Guttman, Matt Grondin * Assistant engineer: Jake Eckert * Mastering: Paul Blakemore * Musical director: Vasti Jackson * Horn arrangements: Jeff Albert * Photography: Rick Olivier * Art direction, cover, book backpage design: Carrie Smith * Package Design: Jimmy Hole * Thanks to Dave Clements and the Circle Bar * Dave Alvin recorded by Craig Parker Adams at Winslow Ct. Studio, Los Angeles, CA. Session co-produced by Jeff DeLia * Joe Bonamassa recorded by Angelo Caputo, assisted by Sean Madden, at NightBird Recording Studios, West Hollywood, CA * Keb' Mo' recorded by Kevin R. Moore II aka P. Roosevelt at Treehouse, Los Angeles, CA

References

{{Authority control Blues albums by American artists 2016 albums