Topsy Turvy is the second studio album released by blues guitarist Guitar Shorty. The album was released in 1993 on CD by the label Black Top. The tracks "I'm So Glad I Met You", "Mean Husband Blues", "The Bottom Line" and "Hard Life" would later appear on Shorty's compilation album, The Best of Guitar Shorty, in 2006.
Recorded in the U.S., unlike his previous album, My Way or the Highway, the album shows that "it [is] clear that Guitar Shorty was back to stay stateside." AllMusic praises the album, calling it "more impressive than My Way or the Highway... thanks to superior production values and a better handle on his past."
Contents
Track listing
"I'm So Glad I Met You" (Fran, Kearney) — 4:16
"I Just Can't Run Away from the Blues" (Fran, Kearney, Scott) — 4:25
"Mean Husband Blues" (Kearney, Pembroke) — 3:53
"The Bottom Line" (George Jackson, Wilie Mitchell, Earl Randle) — 3:52
"I Never Thought" (Kearney) — 2:36
"Hard Life" (Kearney) — 5:17
"Jody" (Kent Barker, Don Davis, James Skeet Wilson) — 4:43
"It All Went Down the Drain" (Earl King) — 4:49
"How Long Can It Last?" (Kearney) — 3:13
"Old Time Sake" (Kearney) — 4:16
"You Confuse Me" (Kearney) — 2:46
"More Than You'll Ever Know" (Al Kooper) — 6:02
Personnel
David Torkanowsky — organ
Ernest Youngblood, Jr. — saxophone
Clarence Hollimon, Derek O'Brien — guitar
Guitar Shorty — guitar, vocals
Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff — saxophone
Sarah Brown, Lee Allen Zeno — bass
Herman "Roscoe" Ernest III, George Rains — drums, percussion
Floyd Domino — piano
Carol Fran — vocals
The Kamikaze Horns — horns
Michael Mordecai — trombone
Keith Winking — trumpet