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solo artist

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and the first to be released under the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band moniker. It is the first of several albums to feature Noah Hunt on vocals. It features the no. 1

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", which also reached no. 78 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album also spawned three further rock hits, including "Slow Ride", "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway", and "

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", a

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cover. It also features a cover of "

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. ''Trouble Is ...'' was certified Gold by the

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in 1998 and certified Platinum in 1999. The track "Trouble Is..." appeared in the

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Track listing

Personnel

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band *

– lead guitar, vocals * Noah Hunt – vocals * Joe Nadeau – rhythm guitar * Jimmy Wallace – keyboards * Robby Emerson – bass * Sam Bryant – drums Guest musicians *

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– harmonica *

Chris Layton Christopher Layton (born November 16, 1955), also known as "Whipper", is an American drummer who rose to fame as one of the founding members of Double Trouble, a blues rock band led by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Born and raised in Corpus Christi, T ...

– drums *

Tommy Shannon Tommy Shannon (born Thomas Lafitte Smedley; April 18, 1946) is an American bass guitarist, who is best known as a member of Double Trouble (band), Double Trouble, a blues rock band led by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Born in Tucson, Arizona, Shannon mov ...

– bass *

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– keyboards * Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals * Patricia Hodges – backing vocals Production *

Jerry Harrison Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the band the Modern Lovers, before becoming keyboardist and guitarist for ...

– producer, arranger *

Bob Ludwig Robert Carl Ludwig (born December 11, 1944), is a retired American mastering engineer. He mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists, including Led Zeppeli ...

– mastering *

Tom Lord-Alge Tom Lord-Alge (born January 17, 1962) is an American music engineer and mixer. He began his career at Unique Recording in New York. Subsequently, he was the resident mixer at what used to be known as "South Beach Studios", located on the ground ...

– mixing *

Joe Chiccarelli Joe Chiccarelli is an American record producer, mixer and engineer, who is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and has been active since the 1980s. He has produced albums by Julieta Venegas, Jason Mraz, Morrissey, Oingo Boingo, Spoon, Young the Gi ...

– mixing * Larry Brewer – engineer * Chris Collins – engineer

Charts

References

{{Authority control Kenny Wayne Shepherd albums 1997 albums Albums produced by Jerry Harrison Giant Records (Warner) albums