''Roll Over, Baby'' is the fifth

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. The album was recorded in April and May 1998 and released later that year in August on CD by Black Top.

Track listing

#"I Want to Report a Crime" (Williams) — 4:06 #"Roll over, Baby" (Williams) — 4:48 #"Sugar Wugar" (Kearney, Scott) — 4:46 #"You're a Troublemaker" (Kearney, Scott) — 5:21 #"Don't Mess With My Woman" (Kearney) — 4:36 #"Me and You Last Night" (Williams) — 3:20 #"Let's Get Close" (Kearney) — 3:10 #"I Wonder Who's Sleeping in My Bed" (Kearney) — 7:04 #"The Porkchop Song" (Williams) — 2:46 #"I'm Going Back to Houston" (Kearney) — 4:16 #"Hard Time Woman" (Alexander, Kearney) — 4:14 #"

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Personnel

*David Torkanowsky —

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) *Ernest Youngblood, Jr. —

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— guitar, vocals *Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff — saxophone (

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, Shannon Powell, Danny Pucillo Quartet —

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s *Jamil Sharif, Gary Slechta —

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s *Rick Trolsen —

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*Lee Allen Zeno —

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, associate producer Production: *David Farrell, Steve Reynolds — engineers, editing, mixing, sequencing *Blake Thompson — production assistant *Rick Olivier — photography *Hammond Scott — producer, editing, mixing, sequencing *Nauman S. Scott — executive producer *Diane Wanek — design *Heather West — production coordination

Reception

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says that "Guitar Shorty keeps it lean, mean and direct on this outing" and that the album "showcases the guitarist's wide-ranging chops and skills."

References

1998 albums Guitar Shorty albums {{Blues-album-stub