Smokestack Lightnin's Top Sixty CDs For 2006!
Smokestack Lightnin’s Top 60 Blues CDs for 2006, Part 1 (# 60-#31 )
#60 Chicago Bob Nelson/Howlin’ For My Darlin’/Flyin’ Too High/North 95
#59 Bill Lupkin/Can’t Hide A Lie/Where I Come From/Blue Bella
#58 Big James/Angel Of Mercy/Now You Know/self
#57 Artie Blues Boy White/Truckload Of Lovin’/Package Deal/ Chill Town
#56 Zora Young/Two Trains Runnin’/Tore Up From The Floor Up/Delmark
#55 Derek Trucks/Crow Jane/Songlines/Legacy
#54 Dr. John/Lazy Bones/Mercernary/Blue Note
#53 Sugar Pie DeSanto/Don’t Care/Refined Sugar/Jasman
#52 Nick Moss & The Flip Tops/Just Like That/Live At Chan’s/Blue Bella
#51 Mitch Kashmar/You Dogged Me/Wake Up and Worry/Delta Groove
#50 Sherman Robertson/Out Of Sight Out Of Mind/Guitar Man Live/Movin’ Music
#49 Kilborn Alley Blues Band/Thousand Miles/Put It In The Alley/Blue Bella
#48 Tail Dragger/Prison Blues/My Head Is Bald/Delmark
#47 Carey Bell/Dirty Shame/Blues Harp Meltdown Vol. 3/Mountain Top
#46 Duke Robillard/Do The Memphis Grind/Guitar Groove.A.Rama/Stony Plain
#45 Watermellon Slim/Ash Tray/Watermmellon Slim & The Workers/Northern Blues
#44 Mississippi Heat/Cool Twist/One Eye Open/Delmark
#43 Frankie lee/Wish I Had A Dime/Standing At The Crossroads/Blues Express
#42 Tab Benoit/Why Are People Like That?/Brother To The Blues/Telarc
#41 Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials/Broken Promises/RattleShake/Alligator
#40 Mac Arnold/Nothin’ To Prove/Nothin’ To Prove/ Plantation
#39 Johnny Rawls/Damn Cocaine/Heart & Soul/Deep South Soul
#38 Phil Guy/Back To Louisiana/He’s My Blues Brother/Black Eyed
#37 Daddy Mack Blues Band/After Midnight/Slow Ride/Inside Sounds
#36 Jimmie Bratcher/I Love My Baby/Red/Ransom
#35 Imperial Crowns/Lil Death/Hymn Book/Triple J
#34 Eric Lindell/Give It Time/Change In The Weather/Alligator
#33 John Mayer Trio/Who Did You Think I Was?/Try!/ Colombia
#32 Chris Thomas King/ St. James Infirmary/Rise/21st Century
#31 Jackie Payne&Steve Edmonson/Sweet Landlady/Master Of The Game/Delta Groove
* #30 thru #1 will be webcast from 1/30/07 until 2/15/07
Some of the Best Single Cuts of 2006
Dennis Jones/I Just Want To Make Love To You/Passion For The Blues/Lenny’s Boy
Eddie Turner/Tore Down/The Turner Diaries/Northern Blues
James Hunter/All Through Cryin’/People Gonna Talk/Rounder
John Mooney/Louise McGhee/Big Ol’ FIYA/LML
Aynsley Lister/Quiet Boy/Everything I Need/Ruf
Stay tuned for the last of the list coming soon.