Porgy (album)

Porgy
Porgy
Studio album by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
Released	1991
Recorded	Noise New York; (New York City, NY)
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	52:43
Label	Shimmy Disc
Producer	Kramer
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water chronology

Porgy is the second studio album by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, released in 1991 by Shimmy Disc.^[1]^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward; all music is composed by George Gershwin

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro/Summertime"	4:18
2.	"Roll Dem Bones"	1:21
3.	"A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"	3:09
4.	"Happy Dust"	1:47
5.	"Gone, Gone, Gone"	2:05
6.	"My Man's Gone Now"	2:18
7.	"It Takes a Long Pull to Get There"	3:01
8.	"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'"	1:34
9.	"I Hates Yo' Guts"	1:00
10.	"Buzzard Song"	2:32
11.	"Bess, You Is My Woman Now"	2:46
12.	"Oh, I Can't Sit Down"	1:13
13.	"Plenty (Reprise)"	0:39
14.	"I Ain't Got No Shame"	0:55
15.	"It Ain't Necessarily So"	2:05
16.	"The Rape"	2:14
17.	"Serena's Prayer"	3:49
18.	"Strawberry Woman"	0:34
19.	"Honey Man"	1:08
20.	"Crab Man"	0:35
21.	"I Loves You Porgy"	2:15
22.	"Somebody Knockin' on de Door"	1:12
23.	"Red Headed Woman"	1:35
24.	"Summertime (Reprise)"	1:41
25.	"There's a Boat Dat's Leaving Soon for New York"	3:34
26.	"Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!"	3:23

Adapted from Bobby liner notes.^[3]

David Licht – drums
Robert Meetsma – guitar, banjo, fiddle, cornet, saxophone, tambourine, percussion, vocals
Kim Rancourt – vocals, flute
David Raymer – guitar, vocals
Dave Rick – bass guitar

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1991	Shimmy Disc	CD, CS, LP	shimmy 044

^ "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water: Porgy > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
^ Greenberger, David; Schinder, Scott (2007). "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
^ Bobby (booklet). When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water. New York City, New York: Shimmy Disc. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)