Trouble Is...

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.

Trouble Is ...
Studio album by
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
ReleasedOctober 7, 1997
StudioDogma Studio, New York City
GenreBlues rock
Length56:28
LabelRevolution
ProducerJerry Harrison
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band chronology
Ledbetter Heights
(1995)		 Trouble Is ...
(1997)		 Live On
(1999)
Singles from Trouble Is...
  1. "Slow Ride"
    Released: October 1997
  2. "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway"
    Released: January 1998
  3. "Blue on Black"
    Released: April 7, 1998
  4. "Everything Is Broken"
    Released: December 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[2]

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.

The 25th anniversary anniversary edition of the album, Trouble is...25, was released in December 2022.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slow Ride"Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Danny Tate, Mark Selby3:49
2."True Lies"Shepherd, Tate5:48
3."Blue on Black"Shepherd, Tate, Tia Sillers5:30
4."Everything Is Broken" (Bob Dylan cover)Dylan3:48
5."I Don't Live Today" (Jimi Hendrix cover)Hendrix4:34
6."(Long) Gone"Shepherd, Tate, Selby5:24
7."Somehow, Somewhere, Someway"Shepherd, Tate5:34
8."I Found Love (When I Found You)"Shepherd, Tate4:01
9."King's Highway"Shepherd, Selby, Sillers4:17
10."Nothing to Do with Love" (Bonnie Tyler cover)Jerry Lynn Williams, Frankie Miller4:49
11."Chase the Rainbow"Shepherd, Steven M. Krikorian4:57
12."Trouble Is..."Shepherd, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Reese Wynans3:57
Japanese version bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Voodoo Child" (Jimi Hendrix cover)Hendrix9:32

Personnel

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.
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