This document lists and reviews 30 of the best blues albums of the 2000s, as selected by Jim DeKoster. It provides the artist, album title, and record label for each selection. It then lists another 30 blues albums from the 2000s that the author thinks may have been missed. It similarly provides the artist, album title, and record label for each of these additional selections.
This document lists and reviews 30 of the best blues albums of the 2000s, as selected by Jim DeKoster. It provides the artist, album title, and record label for each selection. It then lists another 30 blues albums from the 2000s that the author thinks may have been missed. It similarly provides the artist, album title, and record label for each of these additional selections.
This document lists and reviews 30 of the best blues albums of the 2000s, as selected by Jim DeKoster. It provides the artist, album title, and record label for each selection. It then lists another 30 blues albums from the 2000s that the author thinks may have been missed. It similarly provides the artist, album title, and record label for each of these additional selections.
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) ...And Another 30 You May Have Missed 17. Jerry Boogie McCain - This Stuff Just Kills Me (Jericho/Cello) 1. Afrissippi - Fulani Journey (Knock Down South) 18. Johnny B. Moore – Rockin’ In The Same Old Boat (Delmark) 2. Ricky Allen - Live (Jefferson) 19. Mosley & Johnson - Juke Joint (Malaco) 3. Little Pink Anderson - Carolina Bluesman (Music Maker) 4. Adolphus Bell - One Man Band (Music Maker) 20. John Primer - All Original (Blues House) 5. Nora Jean Bruso - Going Back To Mississippi (Severn) 21. Bobby Rush - Raw (Deep Rush) 6. Precious Bryant - Fool Me Good (Terminus) 22. Koko Taylor - Old School (Alligator) 7. Duwayne Burnside - Under Pressure (B.C.) 23. Otis Taylor - White African (Northern Blues) 8. Burnside Exploration - The Record (Lucky 13) 24. James Blood Ulmer - Birthright (Hyena) 9. Eddie Cotton - Extra (no label) 25. Joe Louis Walker - Between A Rock And The Blues (Stony Plain) 10. Tomcat Courtney - Downsville Blues (Blue Witch) 11. Johnny Drummer - Unleaded Blues (Earwig) 26. Phillip Walker - Going Back Home (Delta Groove) 12. Mary Dukes - The Divine Ms Mary (South Side) 27. Robert Ward - New Role Soul (Delmark) 13. Fillmore Slim - The Legend Of Fillmore Slim (Mountain Top) 28. Jody Williams - Return Of A Legend (Evidence) 14. Earl Gilliam - Texas Doghouse Blues (Dialtone) 29. Chick Willis - I Did It All! (CML) 15. Joey Gilmore - Bluesman (Emancipation Media) 30. Charles Wilson - If Heartaches Were Nickels (Delmark) 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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