''Shake Hands with Shorty'' is the debut studio album by American band

North Mississippi Allstars North Mississippi Allstars is an American blues and southern rock band from Hernando, Mississippi, founded in 1996. The band is currently composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, lowebow, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards, elec ...

. It was released on May 9, 2000, through Tone-Cool Records. It features contributions from

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and Garry Burnside,

Othar Turner Othar "Otha" Turner (June 2, 1907 – February 27, 2003) was one of the last well-known fife players in the vanishing American fife and drum blues tradition. His music was also part of the African-American genre known as Hill country blues. Ea ...

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, Jimmy Crosthwait, Richard "Hombre" Price,

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, Steve Selvidge,

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, Tate County Singers, Stu Cole and

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. Recording sessions took place in 1999 at Zebra Ranch Studios in

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, 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

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. The album won a

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for Best New Artist Debut at the 22nd W.C. Handy Blues Awards. It also was nominated for a

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at the

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, but lost to

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& The Phantom Blues Band's '' Shoutin' in Key''.

Track listing

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

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starting at 9:17 (total time: 6:58)

Personnel

* Cody Dickinson – drums, samplers, guitars (tracks: 1, 7, 10), vocals, producer, mixing *

– electric guitar, acoustic guitar,

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, vocals, producer, mixing, cover photo * Chris Crew –

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, vocals * Garry Burnside – bass (tracks: 6, 10) *

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– drums (tracks: 6, 10) *

– cane

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* 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) *

– harmony guitar (track 4), background vocals (track 7) * Tate County Singers – background vocals * Stu Cole – background vocals (track 7) *

– 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 –

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* Michael Lembo – management * Lisa Weeks – management

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 2000 debut albums North Mississippi Allstars albums Albums produced by Cody Dickinson Albums produced by Luther Dickinson