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Each month Bad Dog Blues takes a look at essential blues, those artists whose music stands the test of time. Each month we'll pick an artist or two or discuss a slice of blues history that we feel is important. We'll make sure to list all essential records. This month the hosts of Bad Dog Blues and one of our regular writers pick their top records for the year 2001.

Top Blues Picks For 2001

Jeff Harris' Top New Releases
1)	LUCKY PETERSON/DOUBLE DEALIN/BLUE THUMB
2	KENNY "BLUE" RAY FEATURING JACKIE PAINE/SOULFUL BLUES/TONE KING
3)	ERIC BIBB/PAINTING SIGNS/EARTHBEAT
4)	HENRY GRAY/PLAYS CHICAGO BLUES/HIGHTONE
5)	MARCIA BALL/PRESUMED INNOCENT/ALLIGATOR
6)	MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN/SWEET DREAMS/TELARC
7)	OSCAR TONEY JR./GUILTY OF LOVING YOU/BGR
8)	KID RAMOS/GREASY KID STUFF/EVIDENCE
9)	SHAKIN SMITH/WIZARD OF THE HARMONICA/INDEPENDENT
10)	LITTLE MILTON/FEEL IT/MALACO
11)	JOHNNY NICHOLAS/ROCKIN' MY BLUES TO SLEEP/HILL TOP
12)	GATEMOUTH BROWN/BACK TO BOGALUSA/BLUE THUMB
13)	MARIA MULDAUR/RICHLAND WOMAN BLUES/STONY PLAIN
14	CHRIS CAIN/CAIN DOES KING/BLUE ROCK'IT
15	CLEVELAND FATS/PRETTY POISON/BLUESWAYED
16)	STEVE FREUND/I'LL BE YOUR MULE/DELMARK
17)	BOOZOO CHAVIS/DOWN HOME ON DOG HILL/ROUNDER
18)	THE WORD/THE WORD/ROPEADOPE RECORDS
19)	HARMONICA SHAH/DEEP DETROIT/SOUTH SIDE RECORDS
20)	BIG GEORGE JACKSON/BIG SHOT/BLACK & TAN
21)	OTIS TAYLOR/WHITE AFRICAN/NORTHERNBLUES MUSIC
22)	BOB KIRKPATRICK/DRIVE ACROSS TEXAS/TOPCAT
23)	CHICK WILLIS/FROM THE HEART & SOUL/ROCK HOUSE
24)	IKE TURNER & THE KINGS OF RHYTHM/HERE AND NOW/IKON
25)	SIR MACK RICE/THIS WHAT I DO/INFI MUSIC

Jeff Harris' Top Reissues
1)	SCREAMIN' AND HOLLERIN' THE BLUES: THE WORLDS OF CHARLIE PATTON/REVENANT
2	WYNONIE HARRIS/ROCKIN' THE BLUES/PROPER RECORDS
3)	SCRAPPER BLACKWELL/MR. SCRAPPER'S BLUES/BLUESVILLE
4)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/FOLKS, HE SURE DO PULL SOME BOW/OLD HAT!
5)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/GET LOW DOWN- THE SOUL OF NEW ORLEANS/SUNDAZED
6)	ETTA JAMES/TELL MAMA: THE COMPLETE MUSCLE SHOALS SESSIONS/MCA
7)	BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND/THE ANTHOLOGY/MCA
8)	EDDIE HINTON/DEAR Y'ALL/ZANE
9)	BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON/THE BEST OF/YAZOO
10)	LUTHER ALLISON/LUTHER'S BLUES/UNI-MOTOWN
11)	BLIND BLAKE/THE BEST OF/YAZOO
12)	LARRY DAVIS/FUNNY STUFF/ROOSTER
13)	MEMPHIS JUG BAND /BEST OF/YAZOO
14)	J.C. BURRIS/BLUES PROFESSOR/ARHOOLIE
15)	ARBEE STIDHAM/TIRED OF WANDERING/BLUESVILLE
16)	LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS/LIGHTNIN' AND THE BLUES- THE HERALD SESSIONS/BUDDHA
17)	SMOKY BABE/HOTTEST BRAND GOIN'/BLUESVILLE
18)	CANNON'S JUG STOMPERS/THE BEST OF/YAZOO
19)	MUDDY WATERS/FATHERS AND SONS/MCA
20)	SNOOKS EAGLIN/THE CRESCENT CITY COLLECTION/FUEL 2000
21)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL: BEST OF THE BLUES/VANGUARD
22)	JOHNNY SHINES/TOO WET TO PLOW/LABOR
23)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/THE EBB RECORDS STORY VOL. 1 & 2/SPECIALTY
24)	HONEYBOY EDWARDS/MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUESMAN/SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
25)	R.L. BURNSIDE/MISSISSIPPI HILL COUNTRY BLUES/FAT POSSUM

Gary Reinhard's Top New Releases
1)	KID RAMOS/GREASY KID STUFF/EVIDENCE
2)	CLEVELAND FATS/PRETTY POISON/BLUESWAYED
3)	SHAKIN SMITH/WIZARD OF THE HARMONICA/INDEPENDENT
4)	JOHNNY NICHOLAS/ROCKIN' MY BLUES TO SLEEP/HILL TOP
5)	ROSCOE GORDON/MEMPHIS TENNESSEE/STONY PLAIN
6)	CHRIS CAIN/CAIN DOES KING/BLUE ROCK'IT
7)	HENRY GRAY/PLAYS CHICAGO BLUES/HIGHTONE
8)	MARCIA BALL/PRESUMED INNOCENT/ALLIGATOR
9)	JIMMY PREACHER ELLIS/THAT'S WHY WE ALL HAVE THE BLUES/VICTORIA UNDERGROUND
10)	STEVE FREUND/I'LL BE YOUR MULE/DELMARK
11)	LUCKY PETERSON/DOUBLE DEALIN/BLUE THUMB
12)	LAZY LESTER/BLUES STOP KNOCKIN'/ANTONES
13)	BIG BILL MORGANFIELD/RAMBLIN'MIND/BLIND PIG
14)	ERIC BIBB/PAINTING SIGNS/EARTHBEAT
15)	GATEMOUTH BROWN/BACK TO BOGALUSA/BLUE THUMB
16)	RICHARD BOALS/THAT'S THE TRUTH/JSP
17)	IKE TURNER & THE KINGS OF RHYTHM/HERE AND NOW/IKON
18)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/RHYTHM ROOM BLUES/HIGHTONE
19)	LITTLE MAC SIMMONS/BEST OF: THE ELECTRO-FI YEARS/ELECTRO-FI
20)	JIMMIE LEE ROBINSON/ALL MY LIFE/APO
21)	JIMMY MORELLO/WEST COAST REDEMPTION/JSP
22)	OSCAR TONEY JR./GUILTY OF LOVING YOU/BGR
23)	MARIA MULDAUR/RICHLAND WOMAN BLUES/STONY PLAIN
24)	KENNY "BLUE" RAY FEATURING JACKIE PAINE/SOULFUL BLUES/TONE KING
25)	ROD PIAZZA & THE MIGHTY FLYERS/KBEYOND THE SOURCE/TONE-COOL
26)	JANIVA MAGNESS/BLUES AIN'T PRETTY/BLUES LEAF
27)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/ALLIGATOR RECORDS- 30TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION/ALLIGATOR
28)	ROY ROBERTS/BURNIN' LOVE/ROCKHOUSE
29)	MITCH WOODS & HIS ROCKET 88'S/JUMP FOR JOY/BLIND PIG
30)	JIMMIE VAUGHN/DO YOU GET THE BLUES?/ARTEMIS

Gary Reinhard's Top Reissues
1)	MUDDY WATERS/FATHERS AND SONS/MCA
2)	JOHN MAYALL'S BLUESBREAKERS WITH ERIC CLAPTON/DERAM
3)	ROBERT CRAY BAND/WHO'S BEEN TALKIN'/MERCURY
4)	MUDDY WATERS/THE ANTHOLOGY/MCA
5)	SCRAPPER BLACKWELL/MR. SCRAPPER'S BLUES/BLUESVILLE
6)	FREDDIE KING/ULTIMATE COLLECTION/HIP-O
7)	LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS & THE BLUES SUMMIT/FUEL 2000
8)	ETTA JAMES/TELL MAMA: THE COMPLETE MUSCLE SHOALS SESSIONS/MCA
9)	BOBBY BLUE BLAND/THE ANTHOLOGY/MCA
10)	LUTHER ALLISON/LUTHER'S BLUES/MOTOWN-UNIVERSAL
11)	LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS/LIGHTNIN' AND THE BLUES- THE HERALD SESSIONS/BUDDHA
12)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/ANY WOMAN'S BLUES/ROUNDER
13)	SMOKY BABE/HOTTEST BRAND GOIN'/BLUESVILLE
14)	MEMPHIS JUG BAND /BEST OF/YAZOO
15)	JOHNNY WINTER/DELUXE EDITION/ALLIGATOR
16)	EDDIE CLEARWATER/FILMDOOZIE/ROOSTER
17)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/KEEP IT ROLLIN'/ROUNDER
18)	LUTHER ALLISON/BAD NEWS IS COMING/MOTOWN-UNIVERSAL
19)	ARBEE STIDHAM/TIRED OF WANDERING/BLUESVILLE
20)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/DEVIL'S BLUES/FUEL 2000
21)	BLIND BLAKE/THE BEST OF/YAZOO
22)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL: BEST OF THE BLUES/VANGUARD
23)	BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO/BUCKWHEAT'S ZYDECO PARTY/ROUNDER
24)	MUDDY WATERS/LIVE AT NEWPORT/MCA
25)	B.B. KING/HERE & THERE: THE UNCOLLECTED B.B. KING/MCA

Dave Moskal's Top New Releases (Dave Moskal Hosts "Muskie's Juke Joint" On WGMC Radio)
1)	OTIS TAYLOR/WHITE AFRICAN/NORTHERNBLUES MUSIC
2	THE WORD/THE WORD/ROPEADOPE RECORDS
3)	THE HOLMES BROTHERS /SPEAKING IN TONGUES/ALLIGATOR
4)	LITTLE MILTON/FEEL IT/MALACO
5)	CHICK WILLIS/FROM THE HEART & SOUL/ROCK HOUSE
6)	IKE TURNER & THE KINGS OF RHYTHM/HERE AND NOW/IKON
7)	BOOZOO CHAVIS/DOWN HOME ON DOG HILL/ROUNDER
8)	JOHNNY NICHOLAS/ROCKIN' MY BLUES TO SLEEP/HILL TOP
9)	LUCKY PETERSON/DOUBLE DEALIN/BLUE THUMB
10)	HENRY GRAY/PLAYS CHICAGO BLUES/HIGHTONE
11)	MARCIA BALL/PRESUMED INNOCENT/ALLIGATOR
12)	HARMONICA SHAH/DEEP DETROIT/SOUTH SIDE RECORDS
13)	VARIOUS ARTISTS /AVALON BLUES/VANGUARD
14	GATEMOUTH BROWN/BACK TO BOGALUSA/BLUE THUMB
15	SEAN ARDOIN & ZYDEKOLL/PULLIN'/TOMORROW
16)	JOE "GUITAR" HUGHES/STUFF LIKE THAT/BLUES EXPRESS
17)	DOUG JAMES/BLOW MR. LOW/STONY PLAIN
18)	JIMMIE VAUGHN/DO YOU GET THE BLUES?/ARTEMIS
19)	ERIC BIBB/PAINTING SIGNS/EARTHBEAT
20)	ETTA JAMES/MATRIARCH OF THE BLUES/PRIVATE MUSIC
21)	JOHNNY JONES/BLUES IS IN THE HOUSE/NORTHERNBLUES MUSIC

Dave Moskal's Top Reissues
1)	ETTA JAMES/TELL MAMA: THE COMPLETE MUSCLE SHOALS SESSIONS/MCA
2	VARIOUS ARTISTS/ABSOLUTLEY THE BEST GOSPEL/FUEL 2000
3)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/GET LOW DOWN- THE SOUL OF NEW ORLEANS/SUNDAZED
4)	JOHNNY SHINES/TOO WET TO PLOW/LABOR
5)	LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS/LIGHTNIN' AND THE BLUES- THE HERALD SESSIONS/BUDDHA
6)	LARRY DAVIS/FUNNY STUFF/ROOSTER
7)	BILLY BRANCH & LURRIE BELL/CHICAGO'S YOUNG BLUES GENERATION/EVIDENCE
8)	ARBEE STIDHAM/TIRED OF WANDERING/BLUESVILLE
9)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/ALLIGATOR RECORDS- 30TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION/ALLIGATOR
10)	BEAU JOCQUE & THE ZYDECO HIGH ROLLERS/BEST OF/ROUNDER

Notable Releases

-JOHNNIE MAE DUNSON/BIG BOSS LADY/LAKADA MUSIC

-JOHNNY MOELLER/JOHNNY'S BLUES AGGREGATION/DALLAS BLUES SOCIETY

-JOHN BRIM/JAKE'S BLUES/ANNA BEA

-DELBERT MCCLINTON/NOTHING PERSONAL/NEW WEST

-BYTHER SMITH/SMITTY'S BLUES/BLACK & TAN

-MEM SHANNON/MEMPHIS IN THE MORNING/SHANACHIE

-MAURICE DAVIS/FOOL FOR YOU/MARDI GRAS RECORDS

-THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA/SPIRIT OF THE CENTURY/REAL WORLD

-ROBERT CRAY/SHOULDA BEEN HOME/RYKODISC

-SUPER CHIKAN /SHOOT THAT THANG!/ROOSTER

-JOHNNY DRUMMER/UNLEADED BLUES/EARWIG

-RICO MCFARLAND/TIRED OF BEING ALONE/EVIDENCE

-FRANCINE REED/I GOT A RIGHT!/CMO

-GEORGE HIGGS/TARBORO BLUES/MUSIC MAKER

-CORA MAE BRYANT/BORN WITH THE BLUES/MUSIC MAKER

-MAURICE JOHN VAUGHN/DANGEROUS ROAD/BLUE SUIT

-CAMPBELL BROTHERS/ON TOUR/ARHOOLIE

-CURLEY BRIDGES/MR. ROCK & SOUL/ELECTRO-FI

-R.L. BURNSIDE/BURNSIDE ON BURNSIDE/FAT POSSUM

-ERSKINE OGLESBY/HONKIN' & SHOUTIN/BLACK & TAN

-HARRY HYPOLITE /LOUISIANA COUNTRY BOY/APO

-ANTHONY PAULE/HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT/BLUE DOT

-FLOYD MILES/ANOTHER MAN WILL/ROCKHOUSE

-HENRY TOWNSEND/MY STORY/APO

-MARK DUFRESNE/THERE'S A SONG THERE/JEROMED RECORDS

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRAIN DON'T LEAVE ME/ARHOOLIE

-ICEMAN ROBINSON/I'VE NEVER BEEN LOVED/FEDORA