Rhythm & Blues is the order of the day. Join Dave Stroud for an entertaining blast of fresh sounds from the well of the past century. What’s old is always new if you haven’t heard it, right? The playlist this morning features songs about the night time from Ray Charles, honeydripper rocking from Big Joe Turner, doo wop serenades from the The Jive Bombers, bluesy torch sounds from Erma Franklin, and so much more. We’ll stretch the boundaries of R&B with Elvis, Lonnie Johnson, and a few more as we take on some saucy serenades and unruly pleas from performers from the thirties to the early sixties. All without malice of forethought, I assure you. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific.
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Tarheel Slim & Little Ann
Anything For You (W. Little Ann)
The Robin & Fire Years
3
Big Joe Turner
My Little Honeydripper
Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 3]
4
Elvis Presley
Dirty, Dirty Feeling
The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
5
Roy Hamilton
Crazy Feelin'
Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
6
The Larks
Ooh… It Feels So Good
The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
7
The Harlem Hamfats
Little Girl
Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
8
Lonnie Johnson
It Feels So Good Pt. 2 (w/Spencer Williams)
Complete Recordings Vol. 4
9
Blue Lu Barker
Don't You Make Me High
Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
10
Big Joe Turner
Don't You Make Me High
Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 3]
11
State Street Swingers
Don't Tear My Clothes No. 2 (C-1768)
State Street Swingers (1936-1937)
12
Irene Scruggs
Must Get Mine In Front (Pm 13023, L-499-2)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
13
Sam Cooke
Soothe Me
The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke
14
The Jive Bombers
Bad Boy
Cry-Baby
15
Ray Charles
Night Time Is the Right Time
The Birth of Soul Disc 3
16
Nappy Brown
I'm Getting Lonesome
Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]
17
Ruth Brown
I Want To Do More
Ruth Brown: The Definitive Soul Collection [[Disc 2]]
18
Julia Lee
The Curse Of An Aching Heart (06-13-47)
1947
19
Erma Franklin
Piece of My Heart
Something to Believe In
20
Miss Baker
You'd Better Find
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 5]
21
Billy Ward & The Dominoes
My Baby'S 3-D (10-12-53)
1953-1954
22
Rosco Gordon
Real Pretty Mama
Let's Get High (B)
23
Gladys Hill
Please Don't Touch My Bowl
Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
24
Lil Green
What's The Matter With Love
Romance In The Dark
25
Nellie Lutcher
He's a Real Gone Guy
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
On this most relevant of days, we’ll be digging through some of the important songs from the past century focusing on its meaning and significance. While the embodiment of the music could have touched on every genre because the influences are vast, we’ll settle on the inspirational sounds from every corner. Juneteenth is a jubilant, high energy celebration of a somber reality. First recognized in 1865 it is the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger led thousands of federal troops to Galveston, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended, and slaves had been freed. Our observation on Deeper Roots includes tracks from Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, and gospel sounds galore leading off with Mahalia Jackson.
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Mahalia Jackson
I'm On My Way
The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
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Morgan Freeman, Terence Blanchard
The South
The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
4
Southern Sons
Lift Every Voice & Sing
Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
5
The Clark Sisters
Is My Living In Vain
Is My Living In Vain
6
The Staple Singers
Wade In The Water
Freedom Highway
7
Bill Withers
Harlem
Best Of Bill Withers: Lean On Me
8
Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
9
The Sensational Nightingales
Freedom After a While
Great Gospel – People Get Ready
10
Aretha Franklin
Young, Gifted And Black
Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 3]
11
Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
12
Nina Simone
Feeling Good
Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends
13
Nina Simone
Mississippi Goddam
Anthology Disc 1
14
Little Esther & the Dominoes
The Deacon Moves In
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
15
Fatso Bently
Juneteenth Jamboree
Swing-O-Rama : Hepcats
16
SNCC Freedom Singers; Johnson, Bernice
Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom
Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
17
Coleman Brothers
Raise A Rukus Tonight
Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
18
Sam Cooke
A Change Is Gonna Come
Ain't That Good News
19
Gil Scott-Heron
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters
20
The Soul Stirrers
Free At Last
Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1]
21
The Holmes Brothers
Promised Land
Promised Land
22
Richie Havens
Freedom
Resume: The Best of Richie Havens
23
The Staple Singers
Swing Down, Chariot
Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
There have been some great Americana sounds released this year and there is no sense in ignoring them, certainly. In fact, you can tune into Sonoma County Community Radio each week for Blue Moon Americana, broadcasting Thursday mornings at 5am on KOWS and 9am on KWTF. We’ll be spending some time covering the covers of tradition and some from the contemporary well this week on Deeper Roots. Tune in for some great sounds…truly. Fun covers of blues, gospel, folk, country, and jazz from the likes of Whitehorse, Jesse Dayton, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson and Kristi Jean & Her Ne’er-Do-Wells. We’ll hear everything from Amazing Grace to Redneck Friend this week on Deeper Roots. Check it out this Saturday evening, a rebroadcast of a live show from the KOWS Cherry Street Historic District in Santa Rosa.
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Ben Winship
What's The Matter With the Well
Toolshed
3
Whitehorse
Baby, What You Want Me To Do
The Northern South, Vol. 2 [EP]
4
Whitehorse
Baby, Scratch My Back
The Northern South, Vol. 2 [EP]
5
Mercury Rev
Big Boss Man (feat. Hope Sandoval)
Bobbie Gentry's the Delta Sweete Revisited
6
Beth Wood
Slip Slidin Away
The Long Road
7
Bobtown
American Girl
Chasing the Sun
8
Jesse Dayton
Redneck Friend
Mixtape Volume
9
Chatham County Line
The Last Time
Sharing The Covers
10
Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson With The Tennessee Valentines Feat. Billy Swan And Rachael Davis
Lover Please (feat. Rachael Davis)
Amour
11
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Dublin Blues
Guy
12
Steve Earle & The Dukes
The Randall Knife
Guy
13
Willie Nelson
My Favorite Picture of You
Ride Me Back Home
14
Just Whiskey
O Death
Second Hand Songs
15
Guy Forsyth & Jeska Bailey
Amazing Grace/House of the Rising Sun
Conspirators
16
Jason Ringenberg
Farewell Angelina
Stand Tall
17
Davina & The Vagabonds
I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
We revisit the blues with some pairings of old and new. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classic delta, Chicago, and folk blues from the likes of Robert Wilkins, Elmore James, Magic Slim, and Bukka White. The original classics pair up with updated versions from contemporaries like Sonny Landreth, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers, and Rory Block. Blues is the big muddy and the the tributaries flow through vast expanses of cleansing and clarifying. But, unlike those wide rivers like the Mississippi, the tributaries explode into new, deeper channels in the heart of the American landscape.
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Turtle Island String Quartet
Crossroads
A Little on the CD Side
3
Muddy Waters
Trouble No More
Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959)
4
The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars
Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)
Blues Blues Blues
5
Black Cats And The Kitten
Step It Up And Go [Album Version]
Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
6
Warner Williams With Jay Summerour
Step It Up And Go
Blues Highway
7
Robert Wilkins
That's No Way to Get Along
Roots of Rock
8
The Rolling Stones
Prodigal Son
Beggars Banquet
9
Elmore James
One Way Out
The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1]
10
John Hiatt
One Way Out
All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
11
Howlin' Wolf
I Ain't Superstitious
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
12
Jeff Beck
I Ain't Superstitious
Truth
13
Big Joe Williams
Baby Please Don't Go
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14
Tom Rush
Baby Please Don't Go
Town and Country Blues
15
Elmore James
Dust My Broom
Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
16
Sonny Landreth
Dust My Broom
Bound by the Blues
17
Howlin' Wolf
Back Door Man
Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
18
John Hammond
Backdoor Man
The Best Of
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Koko Taylor
Wang Dang Doodle
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
20
Dr. John
Wang Dang Doodle
The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
21
Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie
When the Levee Breaks
People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
22
Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton
When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1
Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
23
Bukka White
Parchman Farm Blues
Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1]
24
Rory Block
Parchman Farm Blues
Keepin' Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White
25
Blind Willie McTell
Statesboro Blues
RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1]
Back to the bayou once more, but this time with less the rocking rhythms of the mid-to-late century and more with tradition. We pick on the sound of cajun music, celebrating a simple dance style born of early century French/Canadian, African Creole from the Caribbean, and American Country: the two-step. It’s music is full of accordion, fiddle, washboard, bass fiddle, triangle, and percussion of all kinds…giving it a consistently energetic and lively signature. And the dance which is our focus is a simple but expressive one similar to the western two-step…just without the fancy turns and spins. Our performances include some classics from the early century including Amede Ardoin and Jimmy Newman as well as contemporaries and mid-century legends like Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Al Berard, Michael Doucet, and Louisiana energy from the swamps to Lake Pontchartrain. Tune in!
It’s fun to cover the songwriters whether they be pop, country, blues, or in the wheelhouse of Broadway or Tin Pan Alley. This week, we drop by the sophisticated, cosmopolitan, and catchy sounds from the Great White Way. From Broadway to Hollywood, the music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II left a cultural watermark on the psyche of middle America in the heart of the 20th Century. From The Sound of Music to Oklahoma!; from Carousel to The King and I and South Pacific, the songs that were featured in these musicals were totems to their time and place. And catchy, too. Tune in for a romp through some of the most popular performances written by two giants of screen and stage musicals.
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Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
3
Oscar Hammerstein II
Act I: The Sound Of Music
The Sound Of Music: Original Broadway Cast
4
Mary Martin
My Favorite Things
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5
Blossom Dearie
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered)
6
Gertrude Lawrence
Getting To Know You
Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
7
Ella Fitzgerald
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
That's Amore [Prism]
8
Frank Sinatra
It Might As Well Be Spring
Sinatra & Strings
9
Ray Charles & Betty Carter
People Will Say We're In Love
Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
10
Jo Stafford
The Gentleman is a Dope
Yes Indeed! – [Disc 3] Haunted Heart
11
Bobby Darin
Hello, Young Lovers
Wild Cool & Swingin
12
Mary Martin
A Wonderful Guy
The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
13
Willie Nelson
Some Enchanted Evening
What A Wonderful World
14
Elvis Presley
You'll Never Walk Alone
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
It’s a holly, jolly, country Christmas on a Friday morning in West County. We’ll put our political blinders on this morning in search of the merriment that ’tis the season on Deeper Roots. This year’s Christmas special is a collection of country sounds, both new and old, that takes us down a path that mixes contemporary Americana, bluegrass, rockabilly, and classic country into a finely tuned blend of holiday cheer. We’ll be cooking from the Texas panhandle with Dale Watson, taking the high lonesome yule train with Jimmy Martin, spinning yarns with Johnny and Tommy Cash, and dropping by the Waffle House with Bill Anderson. Tune in knowing full well that the dinner’s in the oven and the stockings are all hung by the chimney with care. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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Gretchen Wilson
I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas
I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas
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Ernest Tubb
I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas
Christmas On the Country Side
4
Pee Wee King
Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus
Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
5
Buck Owens
Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Original Mono Single Version)
Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
6
Jimmy Martin
Daddy Will Santa Claus Ever Have to Die
To Mother At Christmas
7
Jimmy Martin
Old Fashioned Christmas
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
Yip Harburg was a songmaker. He was part of a select few in the early to mid-century who found their calling as lyricists, writing words that transformed music to story and story to film and Broadway spectacles. We could gloss over his contributions by simply saying “he’s the guy who wrote Over The Rainbow or April in Paris or Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”. But his career was more than that. It’s no secret that Yip’s politics were carefully crafted in song. The phrases “honky-tonk parade” and “Barnum and Bailey world” were veiled criticisms of the “phony as it can be” corporate and political leadership in America, written by a freethinking, socially conscious lyricist. Our show today will honor some of his best songs and include interview excerpts featuring both Yip and his son, Ernie.
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The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra
What Is There To Say
White Satin Black Satin
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Anita O'Day
Old Devil Moon
Anita Sings The Most
4
Frank Sinatra
It's Only A Paper Moon
Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra
5
Peggy Lee
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1
6
Martha Tilton
How Are Things In Glocca Morra?
The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 2]
7
Nellie Lutcher
April In Paris
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 2]
8
Lena Horne
Ain't It The Truth
Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
9
Lena Horne
Then I'll Be Tired of You
Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
10
Nat King Cole Trio
Then I'll Be Tired Of You
The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
11
Ella Logan
How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
12
Ray Bolger
If I Only Had A Brain
The Wizard Of Oz
13
Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby
Lydia The Tattooed Lady
The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
14
Ella Logan
When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich
Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
15
Judy Garland
Over The Rainbow
That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
To say that the year 2016 was a bummer year is an understatement. While entertainment would take a backseat to the social and political conflagrations of the year, it was a very tough year for music lovers, nonetheless. Deeper Roots will be sharing tracks from some of the great, both known and unknown, who left us. We’ll hear from both Prince as well as Dan Hicks; Natalie Cole and Lonnie Mack; Juan Gabriel and Paul Kantner. It does not end there and we’ll barely be able to cover them all. Tune into our last show of the year and help us remember what these performers brought us.
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Ralph Stanley
O Death
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
3
Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
Various Positions
4
Kay Starr
Wheel Of Fortune
Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
5
Debbie Reynolds
Tammy
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
6
Pete Fountain
A Closer Walk
Best of Pete Fountain
7
Toots Thielemans
Bluesette
100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
8
Mose Allison
Baby, Please Don't Go
Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
9
Billy Paul
Me And Mrs. Jones
Body & Soul Love Senerade [Disc 2]
10
Earth, Wind & Fire
Shining Star
The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
11
Natalie Cole
Song for You
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
12
Leon Russell
Tight Rope
Carney
13
Glenn Yarbrough
Baby The Rain Must Fall
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1
14
Dan Hicks
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away [Album Version]
The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
15
Oscar Brand
Talking Atom
Pie In The Sky
16
Sonny James
Young Love
Young Love
17
Al Caiola & His Orchestra
Bonanza
TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
18
Jean Shepard
A Dear John Letter
Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
19
Guy Clark
Blowin' Like a Bandit
Craftsman Disc 2
20
Merle Haggard
Workin' Man Blues
For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits (1 of 2)
21
Lonnie Mack
Memphis
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
22
Scotty Moore & Elvis Presley
How Do You Think I Feel
The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues
23
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
New Shoes
Soul Time!
24
Buckwheat Zydeco
Ya Ya
Buckwheat's Zydeco Party
25
Prince & the Revolution
I Would Die 4 U
The Very Best of Prince
26
Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship
Have You Seen The Stars Tonite
Blows Against The Empire
27
Thunderclap Newman
Something in the Air
Hollywood Dream
28
George Michael
Faith
Faith
29
Jim Lowe
Green Door
The London American Story Disc 1
30
Eagles
Take It Easy
The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
31
Bobby Vee With The Crickets
Someday
The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)
32
Juan Gabriel
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)
Quiero Creedence
33
Cassius Clay
Stand by Me
Golden Throats, Vol. 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities
34
Sugarloaf
Green-Eyed Lady
AM Gold – 1970
35
Holly Dunn
Are You Ever Gonna Love Me
Billboard's #1 Country Hits of the 80's
36
David Bowie
Changes
Rock Steady 1971: Celebrating Starbucks 35th Anniversary
We return to a free form collection of American music, featuring blues from Markus James, Blind Willie Johnson, and Dinah Washington; country from Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells, and Leroy Van Dyke; pop memories from Frank Sinatra, Cliff Edwards, and Rusty Draper. The show will feature an expanded eclectic blend of bluegrass, gospel, rockabilly, and gospel and, in addition to Markus James, we’ll also feature a other local musical luminaries to ensure we’re reminded that our Sonoma County musical talent is a rich aquifer.
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Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding
Drivin' Wheel
Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
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Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
One More Cowboy (w/Willie Nelson)
Selected Shorts
4
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
Donkey Town
All The Roadrunning
5
Joe Maphis & Rose Lee
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)
Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
6
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards
Somebody Loves Me
With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (Disc 2)
7
Sophie Tucker
He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday
Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
8
BR5-49
The Devil In Me
Dog Days
9
Laurie London
The Gospel Train
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
10
Rusty Draper
The Train With The Rhumba Beat
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
11
Leon Redbone
Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll
Any Time
12
Mississippi John Hurt
The Chicken
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
13
Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans
Shake Sugaree
Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
14
Kitty Wells
The Other Cheek
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
15
Leroy Van Dyke
Walk On By
Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 1]
16
Porter Wagoner
The Cold Hard Facts Of Life
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
17
Slim Gaillard
How High The Moon
Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
18
Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Orchestra
Repeal The Blues
Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
19
Erwin Lehn
Sentimental Journey
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
20
Frank Sinatra
Day In – Day Out
Come Dance with Me!
21
Jimmy Elledge
Funny How Time Slips Away
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
22
The Rhythm Rangers
I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels
Not Out of the Woods Yet
23
Kevin Russell
Solid Wrong
Plain Dirt Fashion
24
Wendy DeWitt
29 Ways
Getaway
25
Markus James
Head For The Hills
Head For The Hills
26
Markus James
On a Mississippi Porch
Head For The Hills
27
Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
28
Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
29
Lucinda Williams
God Don't Never Change
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
