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The 2000s
The 2000s
Thirty Of The Very Best
Blues Albums Of The 2000s
by Jim DeKoster
1. Bernard Allison - Chills & Thrills (CC)
2. Lurrie Bell – Cuttin’ Heads (Vypyr)
3. Big James - If It Wasn’t 4 Da Blues (Jamot)
4. Bobby Blue Bland - Blues At Midnight (Malaco)
5. Big George Brock - Club Caravan (Cat Head)
6. R.L. Burnside - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum)
7. Theodis Ealey - Stand Up In It (IFGAM)
8. Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea (Silvertone)
9. Corey Harris - Mississippi To Mali (Rounder)
10. Alvin Youngblood Hart - Start With The Soul (Hannibal)
11. Shirley Johnson - Killer Diller (Delmark)
12. Andrew Junior Boy Jones – Getting’ Real (Electro-Fi)
13. B.B. King - One Kind Favor (Geffen)
14. Willie King - Freedom Creek (Rooster Blues)
15. Bette Lavette - A Woman Like Me (Blues Express)
16. Barbara Lynn - Hot Night Tonight (Antone’s)
17. Jerry Boogie McCain - This Stuff Just Kills Me (Jericho/Cello)
18. Johnny B. Moore – Rockin’ In The Same Old Boat (Delmark)
19. Mosley & Johnson - Juke Joint (Malaco)
20. John Primer - All Original (Blues House)
21. Bobby Rush - Raw (Deep Rush)
22. Koko Taylor - Old School (Alligator)
23. Otis Taylor - White African (Northern Blues)
24. James Blood Ulmer - Birthright (Hyena)
25. Joe Louis Walker - Between A Rock And The Blues (Stony Plain)
26. Phillip Walker - Going Back Home (Delta Groove)
27. Robert Ward - New Role Soul (Delmark)
28. Jody Williams - Return Of A Legend (Evidence)
29. Chick Willis - I Did It All! (CML)
30. Charles Wilson - If Heartaches Were Nickels (Delmark) 40 • LIVING BLUES • August 2010
...And Another 30 You May Have Missed
1. Afrissippi - Fulani Journey (Knock Down South)
2. Ricky Allen - Live (Jefferson)
3. Little Pink Anderson - Carolina Bluesman (Music Maker)
4. Adolphus Bell - One Man Band (Music Maker)
5. Nora Jean Bruso - Going Back To Mississippi (Severn)
6. Precious Bryant - Fool Me Good (Terminus)
7. Duwayne Burnside - Under Pressure (B.C.)
8. Burnside Exploration - The Record (Lucky 13)
9. Eddie Cotton - Extra (no label)
10. Tomcat Courtney - Downsville Blues (Blue Witch)
11. Johnny Drummer - Unleaded Blues (Earwig)
12. Mary Dukes - The Divine Ms Mary (South Side)
13. Fillmore Slim - The Legend Of Fillmore Slim (Mountain Top)
14. Earl Gilliam - Texas Doghouse Blues (Dialtone)
15. Joey Gilmore - Bluesman (Emancipation Media)
16. George Higgs - Tarboro Blues (Music Maker)
17. Jimmy Duck Holmes - Back To Bentonia (Broke & Hungry)
18. Big George Jackson - Big Shot (Black & Tan)
19. Vasti Jackson - No Borders To The Blues (VJM)
20. King Ernest - Blues Got Soul (Fat Possum)
21. Marquise Knox - Man Child (APO)
22. Larry LaDon - Living On Borrowed Time (Black Magic)
23. Lazy Lester - Blues Stop Knockin’ (Antone’s)
24. Rosie Ledet - Show Me Something (Maison de Soul)
25. Rico McFarland - Tired Of Being Alone (Evidence)
26. The Revelations - Deep Soul (Decision)
27. Iceman Robinson - I’ve Never Been Loved (Fedora)
28. Vera Taylor - You Better Be Careful (Wolf)
29. Texas Soul Sisters (Dialtone)
30. Tommy Thomas - You Put That Dog Ahead Of Me (Rock House)
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