What is Guitar Shorty?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Guitar Shorty | image = Guitar_Shorty_(blues_musician).jpg | caption = Guitar Shorty at the 2008 [[Ottawa Bluesfest]] | image_size = | landscape = yes | background = solo_singer | birth_name = David William Kearney | alias = | birth_place = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|9|8}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|4|20|1934|9|8}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | instrument = Guitar | genre = [[Blues]] | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1950s–2020 | label = [[Black Top Records|Black Top]], [[Alligator Records|Alligator]] | associated_acts = | website = http://www.guitarshorty.com }} '''David William Kearney''' (September 8, 1934 &ndash; April 20, 2022),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZNfAQAAQBAJ|title=Blues: A Regional Experience|first1=Bob L.|last1=Eagle|first2=Eric S.|last2=LeBlanc|page=323|date=May 1, 2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313344244|accessdate=November 10, 2020|via=Google Books}}</ref> known as '''Guitar Shorty''', was an American [[blues]] guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was known for his guitar style. He was inspired by [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Buddy Guy]]. Guitar Shorty recorded and toured from the 1950s until the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blueshighwayus61.com/biographies-2/guitar-shorty/|title=Guitar Shorty|date=January 6, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2020|archive-date=July 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714042010/https://www.blueshighwayus61.com/biographies-2/guitar-shorty/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-sep-18-ca-23847-story.html|title=The Flips Side of Success Bums Guitar Shorty|date=September 18, 1998|website=Los Angeles Times|accessda