Keep It Simple (Keb' Mo' album)

Keep It Simple is the seventh studio album by blues artist Keb' Mo'. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2005.

Keep It Simple
Studio album by Keb' Mo'
Released	February 10, 2004
Studio	Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California) House of Blues Studio (Encino, California) Stu Stu Studio (Marina Del Rey, California) Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Blues
Label	Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Keb' Mo' chronology
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Keb' Mo' (2003) Keep It Simple (2004) Peace... Back by Popular Demand (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"France"	Keb' Mo'	2:53
2.	"Let Your Light Shine"	Jenny Yates Keb' Mo'	4:04
3.	"One Friend"	Zuriani Zonneveld Keb' Mo'	2:05
4.	"Shave Yo' Legs"	Jeff Paris Keb' Mo'	4:14
5.	"Prosperity Blues"	Keb' Mo'	3:25
6.	"Closer"	La Rombé Keb' Mo'	4:18
7.	"Keep It Simple"	Kevin McCormick	4:58
8.	"Riley B. King"	Robben Ford Keb' Mo'	5:16
9.	"House In California"	Gary Nicholson	2:41
10.	"Walk Back In"	Bill Medley	5:24
11.	"I'm Amazing"	Robbie Brooks	3:14
12.	"Proving You Wrong"	Darrell Scott	3:46

Personnel

• Keb' Mo' - Vocals, guitar (tr. 1-7, 9-12), Bass (tr. 2, 5, 6), Mandolin [Steel] (tr. 2, 4), Mandolin (tr. 6), Banjo [Bazuki] - (tr. 6), Banjo (tr. 9), Bouzouki [Bazuki] (tr. 12), synth (tr. 12), percussion (tr. 9)
• Reggie McBride- Bass (tr. 1, 7, 8, 9, 11)

• Nathan East - Bass (tr. 3, 4, 10)
• Willie Weeks - Bass (tr. 12)
• Ricky Lawson - Drums (tr. 1-3, 5,6, 10)
• Steve Ferrone - Drums (tr.7, 8, 9, 11)
• Chad Cromwell - Drums (tr. 12)
• Jeff Paris - Harmonica (tr. 1, 7), keyboards (tr. 8), organ (tr. 2, 10) piano (tr. 11), Mandolin (tr. 2)
• Greg Phillinganes - Piano (tr. 1, 2, 4, 5), electric piano (tr. 6, 10)
• John Hobbs - electric piano (tr. 11)
• Robert Cray - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals, 1st solo (tr. 8)
• Robben Ford - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals, 2nd solo (tr. 8)
• Paul Franklin - Dobro (tr. 9, 12)
• Sam Bush - Mandolin, Andrea Zonn – Backing Vocals, Violin (tr. 9)