Suitcase (Keb' Mo' album)

Suitcase
Studio album by Keb' Mo'
Released	June 13, 2006 (2006-06-13)
Studio	Shangri La Studio (Malibu, CA) Stu Stu Studio (West Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Blues
Length	53:27
Label	Epic
Producer	John Porter
Keb' Mo' chronology
Peace...Back by Popular Demand (2004) Suitcase (2006) Live and Mo' (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
PopMatters	6/10 [2]

Suitcase is the ninth studio album by American musician Keb' Mo'. It was released on June 13, 2006, via Epic Records. Recording sessions took place at Shangri La Studio in Malibu and Stu Stu Studio in West Los Angeles. Production was handled by John Porter, who previously produced Mo's 1994 Keb' Mo' and 1996 Just Like You .

The album debuted at number 176 on the Billboard 200 and atop the Blues Albums charts in the United States. It received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to Irma Thomas' After the Rain .

The song "I See Love" off of the album was used as the theme song to the CBS television comedy series Mike & Molly , which aired from 2010 to 2016.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Your Love"	Kevin R. Moore	4:18
2.	"The Itch"	Moore Jeff Paris	4:55
3.	"Eileen"	Moore	6:31
4.	"Remain Silent"	Moore Allan Rich	4:42
5.	"Still There for Me"	Moore	3:10
6.	"Rita"	Moore	4:52
7.	"I'm a Hero"	Moore James Ingram	4:45
8.	"Suitcase"	Moore Jenny Yates	4:50
9.	"Whole 'Nutha Thang"	Moore Mac Davis	3:55
10.	"I See Love"	Moore Josh Kelley	3:59
11.	"I'll Be Your Water"	Moore	3:14
12.	"Life Is Beautiful"	Moore Colin Linden	4:16
Total length:			53:27

Personnel

• Kevin "Keb' Mo'" Moore – lead vocals, electric guitar (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 9, 10), National steel guitar (track 1), Pogreba resonator guitar (tracks: 2, 4), rhythm guitar (track 2), guitar & steel dobro (track 3), acoustic guitar (tracks: 5, 11, 12), National resonator guitar (track 8), banjo (track 10)
• Harry Bowens – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 10)
• Vincent Bonham – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 10)
• Hillard "Sweet Pea" Atkinson – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 10)
• Vida Simon – backing vocals (track 3)
• James Ingram – backing vocals (track 7)
• Fran Banish – electric guitar (tracks: 1, 4–7, 9), Volume Swells guitar (track 3), National resonator guitar (track 8), acoustic guitar (tracks: 10, 12)
• Kathleen Dyson – Leslie guitar (track 2)
• Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (tracks: 4, 6, 7)
• Terry Wollman – baritone electric guitar (track 5)
• Mike Finnigan – Hammond B3 organ (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 10), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 7)
• Jon Cleary – Hammond B3 organ (tracks: 2, 4), piano (track 2), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 6)
• Jeff Paris – Wurlitzer electric piano (tracks: 2, 4, 9), mandolin (tracks: 8, 12)
• Reggie McBride – bass (tracks: 1–7, 9, 10, 12), upright bass (track 8)
• Sergio Gonzalez – drums (tracks: 1–7, 10)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (tracks: 2, 8, 9, 12)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (tracks: 2–7, 10)
• Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone (tracks: 4, 6, 9)
• Darrell Leonard – trumpet (tracks: 4, 6, 9), trombone (track 4), trombonium (track 6)
• Paul Oscher – harp (track 8)
• Gregory Tardy – clarinet (track 10)
• John Porter – mandolin solo (track 12), producer, recording, mixing
• JoAnn Tominaga – contractor, production coordinator
• Rik Pekkonen – recording
• Mark Johnson – additional engineering
• Pete Strobl – engineering assistant
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• David Bett – art direction
• Jeff Dunas – photography
• Michael Caplan – A&R direction

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position US Billboard 200 [3] 176 US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [4] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [5] 7

References

1. Leggett, Steve. "Suitcase - Keb' Mo' | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved June 29, 2025.
2. Cibula, Matt (August 16, 2006). "Keb Mo: Suitcase » PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved June 29, 2025.
3. "Keb Mo Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
4. "Keb Mo Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
5. "Blues Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard . Vol. 118, no. 51. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 23, 2006. p. YE-83. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved June 29, 2025.

External links

• Keb' Mo' – Suitcase at Discogs (list of releases)