Take Your Shoes Off
Studio album by Robert Cray
Released	April 27, 1999
Genre	Blues
Label	Rykodisc
Producer	Steve Jordan
Robert Cray chronology
Sweet Potato Pie (1997) Take Your Shoes Off (1999) Shoulda Been Home (2001)

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Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[2]

Take Your Shoes Off is a blues album by Robert Cray,^[3] winning the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000.^[4] It was released on April 27, 1999 through the Rykodisc label. The album won a Grammy Award not just for Cray, but also for drummer and composer Steve Jordan (who played on the album as well) as producer. Jordan, and his wife, Meegan Voss, also contributed to the album, with a composition they wrote together, entitled "It's All Gone".

Track listing

1. "Love Gone to Waste" (Tom Bingham, Willie Mitchell) – 4:39
2. "That Wasn't Me" (Cray) – 4:45
3. "All the Way" (Cray, Sue Turner-Cray) – 5:11
4. "There's Nothing Wrong" (Cray) – 4:54
5. "24-7 Man" (Mack Rice, Jon Tiven) – 3:22
6. "Pardon" (Cray) – 5:49
7. "Let Me Know" (Cray) – 4:25
8. "It's All Gone" (Steve Jordan, Meegan Voss) – 5:21
9. "Won't You Give Him (One More Chance)" (Joseph Martin, Winfield Scott) – 3:11
10. "Living Proof" (Jim Pugh) – 5:31
11. "What About Me" (Cray) – 6:47
12. "Tollin' Bells" (Willie Dixon) – 5:57

Personnel

• Robert Cray – vocals, guitar, bajo sexto
• Steve Jordan – guitar, bajo sexto, keyboards, bass, drums, snare drum, percussion, background vocals
• Jo-El Sonnier – accordion
• Jim Horn – tenor & baritone saxophones
• Bobby Keys, Jim Spake, Doug Moffet – tenor saxophone
• James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
• Scott Thompson – trumpet
• Jack Hale – trombone
• Jim Pugh – keyboards
• Karl Sevareid – bass
• Kevin Hayes – drums
• The Nashelles – background vocals
• The Memphis Horns – Andrew Love – tenor saxophone; Wayne Jackson – trumpet

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