Slow Down (album)

Slow Down is the fourth studio album by the blues performer Keb' Mo' released in August 1998. In 1999, Slow Down won Keb' Mo' his second Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The album includes the song "Rainmaker" which shares its title with the album Rainmaker, made by Keb' Mo' under his birth name "Kevin Moore".

Slow Down
Studio album by Keb' Mo'
Released	August 25, 1998
Recorded	At House Of Blues, Los Angeles; Rumbo Recorders & Westlake Audio studios
Genre	Blues
Length	55:00
Label	Epic
Producer	Keb' Mo', John Lewis Parker
Keb' Mo' chronology
Just like You (1996) Slow Down (1998) The Door (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
George Graham (WVIA-FM)	(Review)[1]
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[3]

Track listing

Songs by Kevin Moore aka (Keb' Mo')

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Muddy Water"	Kevin Moore, Georgina Graper	4:21
2.	"I Was Wrong"	Moore, Anders Osborne	4:21
3.	"Everything I Need"	Moore, Charles Edward Streetman	3:56
4.	"Henry"	Moore, John Lewis Parker	5:20
5.	"Soon As I Get Paid"	Moore, Parker	4:38
6.	"A Better Man"	Moore, Osborne	5:16
7.	"I Don't Know"	Moore, Graper	4:12
8.	"A Letter to Tracy"	Moore, Parker	4:09
9.	"Slow Down"	Moore, Parker	4:52
10.	"Rainmaker"	Moore, Patrick Shepard	4:15
11.	"Love in Vain"	Robert Johnson	3:05
12.	"God Trying to Get Your Attention"	Moore, Colin Linden	4:09
13.	"I'm Telling You Now"	Moore, Bruce E. Fisher	2:35

Personnel

• John Lewis Parker and Keb' Mo' – producers
• Keb' Mo' – vocals, guitars, harmonica
• Laval Belle – drums
• Reggie McBride – bass guitar
• Joellen Friedkin – keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12), accordion, synthesizer (track 3)
• Munyungo Jackson – percussion (tracks 1, 3, 12)
• Colin Linden – guitars, mandolin
• John Lewis Parker – keyboards, sampling on "Slow Down"
• John Barnes – keyboards on "I Don't Know"
• Anders Osborne – guitars on "I Was Wrong"; guitars and background vocals on "A Better Man"; background vocals on "God Trying to Get Your Attention"
• Reggie Young – trombone on "Slow Down"
• Gerald Albright – tenor saxophone on "Slow Down"
• Sir Harry Bowens – background vocals on "I Was Wrong", "A Better Man", "God Trying to Get Your Attention"
• Sweet Pea Atkinson – background vocals on "I Was Wrong", "God Trying to Get Your Attention"
• Lisa Linson – background vocals on "God Trying to Get Your Attention"
• Chuck Trammell – producer on "Rainmaker"

Keb' Mo' uses Gibson & Epiphone Guitars, D'Addario Strings, National Resophonic Guitars, Moonshine Slides and Larry Pogreba Custom Guitars

Charts

Chart performance for Slow Down

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4]	89
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	38
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6]	6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7]	35
US Billboard 200[8]	109