Trouble Is...

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Trouble Is ...
Studio album by Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
Released	October 7, 1997
Studio	Dogma Studio, New York City
Genre	Blues rock
Length	56:28
Label	Revolution
Producer	Jerry Harrison
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band chronology
Ledbetter Heights (1995) Trouble Is ... (1997) Live On (1999)
Singles from Trouble Is...
"Slow Ride" Released: October 1997 "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway" Released: January 1998 "Blue on Black" Released: April 7, 1998 "Everything Is Broken" Released: December 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[2]

Trouble Is ... is the second album by American blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd 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 Mainstream Rock hit "Blue on Black", 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 "Everything Is Broken", a Bob Dylan cover. It also features a cover of "I Don't Live Today" by Jimi Hendrix. Trouble Is ... was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1998 and certified Platinum in 1999. The track "Trouble Is..." appeared in the EA Sports video game NASCAR 2001.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Slow Ride"	Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Danny Tate, Mark Selby	3:49
2.	"True Lies"	Shepherd, Tate	5:48
3.	"Blue on Black"	Shepherd, Tate, Tia Sillers	5:30
4.	"Everything Is Broken" (Bob Dylan cover)	Dylan	3:48
5.	"I Don't Live Today" (Jimi Hendrix cover)	Hendrix	4:34
6.	"(Long) Gone"	Shepherd, Tate, Selby	5:24
7.	"Somehow, Somewhere, Someway"	Shepherd, Tate	5:34
8.	"I Found Love (When I Found You)"	Shepherd, Tate	4:01
9.	"King's Highway"	Shepherd, Selby, Sillers	4:17
10.	"Nothing to Do with Love" (Bonnie Tyler cover)	Jerry Lynn Williams, Frankie Miller	4:49
11.	"Chase the Rainbow"	Shepherd, Steven M. Krikorian	4:57
12.	"Trouble Is..."	Shepherd, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Reese Wynans	3:57

Japanese version bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Voodoo Child" (Jimi Hendrix cover)	Hendrix	9:32

Personnel

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Kenny Wayne Shepherd – lead guitar, vocals Noah Hunt – vocals Joe Nadeau – rhythm guitar Jimmy Wallace – keyboards Robby Emerson – bass Sam Bryant – drums

Guest musicians James Cotton – harmonica Chris Layton – drums Tommy Shannon – bass Reese Wynans – keyboards Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals Patricia Hodges – backing vocals Production Jerry Harrison – producer, arranger Bob Ludwig – mastering Tom Lord-Alge – mixing Joe Chiccarelli – mixing Larry Brewer – engineer Chris Collins – engineer

Charts

Chart performance for Trouble Is...

Chart (1997–1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]	57
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4]	36
US Billboard 200[5]	74
US Blues Albums (Billboard)[6]	1

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r315062
2. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 575. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 250.
4. "Charts.nz – Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – Trouble Is...". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
5. "Kenny Wayne Shepherd Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
6. "Kenny Wayne Shepherd Chart History: Blues Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2021.