Shine Eyed Mister Zen is the third album by American blues artist Kelly Joe Phelps, released in 1999.

[1] Writing for Allmusic, music critic Michael Gallucci called the album "an accomplished serving of country blues that combines the sweet and sour power of his guitar playing with the equally bittersweet charge of Phelps' wearied voice... A mystical and unaffected recording.

He also can take an old warhorse such as “Goodnight Irene” and strip away its tired reputation to reveal its underlying sense of quiet defeatism...

The dynamic range is decent, though some compression was applied which is audible in spots detracting from the subtleties of this all-acoustic performance.

"[4] Bill Frater of Freight Train Boogie wrote "This is peerless music that one hears with one's soul as much as with one's ears.