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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 2002.

Top Blues Picks For 2002

Jeff Harris' Top New Releases

1) W.C. CLARK/FROM AUSTIN WITH SOUL/ALLIGATOR
2) PRECIOUS BRYANT/FOOL ME GOOD/TERMINUS
3) ARTIE "BLUESBOY" WHITE/CAN'T GET ENOUGH/ACHILLTOWN RECORDING
4) TAB BENOIT/WETLANDS/TELARC
5) JODY WILLIAMS/THE RETURN OF A LEGEND/EVIDENCE
6) TRAVIS HADDIX/MILK & BREAD/WANN-SONN
7) JIMMY THACKERY/WE GOT IT/TELARC
8) JOE LOUIS WALKER/IN THE MORNING/TELARC
9) T-MODEL FORD/BAD MAN/FAT POSSUM
10) SNOOKY PRYOR & HIS MISSISSIPPI WRECKING CREW/ELECTRO-FI
11) MYRA TAYLOR/MY NIGHT TO DREAM/APO
12) LEE MCBEE/SOUL DEEP/PACIFIC BLUES
13) LITTLE PINK ANDERSON/CAROLINA BLUESMAN/MUSIC MAKER
14) SOLOMON BURKE/DON'T GIVE UP ON ME/FAT POSSUM
15) JOE LOUIS WALKER/GUITAR BROTHERS/JSP
16) BRYAN LEE/SIX STRING THERAPY/JUSTIN TIME
17) THE FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA/HIGHER GROUND/REAL WORLD
18) SUE FOLEY/WHERE THE ACTION IS/SHANACHIE
19) MAGIC SLIM/BLUE MAGIC/BLIND PIG
20) LOUISIANA RED/A DIFFERENT SHADE OF RED- THE WOODSTOCK SESSIONS/ SEVERN
21) THE JOHN COLE BLUES BAND/THE SECRET IS OUT/SELF PRODUCED
22) SAM MOORE/PLENTY GOOD LOVIN'/2KSOUNDS
23) BOO BOO DAVIS/CAN MAN/BLACK & TAN
24) ISAAC FREEMAN & THE BLUEBLOODS/BEAUTIFUL STARS/LOST HIGHWAY
23) WILLIE KING/LIVING IN A NEW WORLD/ROOSTER

Jeff Harris' Top Reissues

1) VARIOUS ARTISTS/WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN VOL. 1-4
2) HOLLYWOOD FATS BAND/HOLLYWOOD FATS BAND/CROSSCUT
3) ROBERT MCCOY/BYE BYE BLUES/DELMARK
4) JOHN LITTLEJOHN/SLIDIN' HOME/ARHOOLIE
5) VARIOUS ARTISTS/TWENTY FIRST ST. STOMP: THE PIANO BLUES OF ST. LOUIS/YAZOO
6) VARIOUS ARTISTS/MIDNITE BLUES PARTY/ELECTRO-FI
7) DREAMING THE BLUES/THE BEST OF CHARLIE SPAND/YAZOO
8) ROSCO GORDON/I'M GONNA SHAKE IT!/VARÉSE SARABANDE
9) VARIOUS ARTISTS/HOOT AND HOLLER SATURDAY NIGHT!/DELMARK
10) LITTLE MILTON/ANTHOLOGY 1953-1961/VARÉSE SARABANDE
11) EDDIE "CLEANHEAD" VINSON WITH THE CANNONBALL ADDERLEY QUINTET/CLEANHEAD & CANNONBALL/MILESTONE
12) VARIOUS ARTISTS/FROM CHICAGO TO SHREVEPORT: DEEP SOUL/FUEL 2000
13) FRED MCDOWELL & JOHNNY WOODS/MAMA SAYS I'M CRAZY/FAT POSSUM
15) JOSH WHITE & THE GOLDEN GATE QUARTET/FREEDOM/BRIDGE

Gary Reinhard's Top New Releases

1) JODY WILLIAMS/THE RETURN OF A LEGEND/EVIDENCE
2) JOE LOUIS WALKER/GUITAR BROTHERS/JSP
3) W.C. CLARK/FROM AUSTIN WITH SOUL/ALLIGATOR
4) CRUDP BROTHERS/FRANKTOWN BLUES/WHAREHOUSE CREEK
5) BRYAN LEE/SIX STRING THERAPY/JUSTIN TIME
6) TEXAS JOHNNY BROWN/BLUES DEFENDER/CHOCTAW CREEK
7) NELSON ADELARD/JACK OF ALL TRADES/HOT ROD
8) PRECIOUS BRYANT/FOOL ME GOOD/TERMINUS
9) SNOOKY PRYOR & HIS MISSISSIPPI WRECKING CREW/ELECTRO-FI
10) NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS/GOT A NEW PLAN/BLUE BELLA
11) GARY PRIMICH/GOG HOUSE MUSIC/ANTONES
12) JIMMY THACKERY/WE GOT IT/TELARC
13) T-MODEL FORD/BAD MAN/FAT POSSUM
14) FLOYD LEE/MEAN BLUES/AMOGLA
15) MYRA TAYLOR/MY NIGHT TO DREAM/APO
16) JOE LOUIS WALKER/IN THE MORNING/TELAR
17) JOHNNY JONES/BLUES IS IN THE HOUSE/NORTHERN BLUES
18) FRED VINE/MISTER FREDDIE BLUES/BLUEFISH RECORDS
19) MATTHEW ROBINSON & THE TEXAS BLUES BAND/DIALTONE
20) LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS/THAT'S BIG/ALLIGATOR
21) LISA BOURNE/BLUESHIPNOTIK/JSP
22) LEE MCBEE/SOUL DEEP/PACIFIC BLUES
23) MARK HUMMEL/GOLDEN STATE BLUES/ELECTRO-FI
24) EARNEST DAVIS/REAL SOUL/SIMS
25) SOLOMON BURKE/DON'T GIVE UP ON ME/FAT POSSUM
26) BILL PERRY/CRAZY KIND OF LIFE/BLIND PIG
27) COSMO ST CLAIR/NOW BLUES FOR NOW PEOPLE/ANALOGY
28) ALFIE FACTION/FACE 2 FACE LIE/MARDI GRAS
29) DOUG DEMING & THE JEWEL TONESS/DOUBLE DOWN/MIGHTY TIGER
30) EARNEST DAVIS/REAL SOUL/SIMS

Gary Reinhard's Top Reissues

1) VARIOUS ARTISTS/WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN VOL. 1-4
2) HOLLYWOOD FATS BAND/HOLLYWOOD FATS BAND/CROSSCUT
3) LITTLE MILTON/ANTHOLOGY 1953-1961/VARÉSE SARABANDE
4) JOHN LITTLEJOHN/SLIDIN' HOME/ARHOOLIE
5) VARIOUS ARTISTS/HOOT AND HOLLER SATURDAY NIGHT!/DELMARK
6) JOHNNY 'GUITAR' WATSON/THE ESSENTIAL/FUEL 2000
7) ROSCO GORDON/I'M GONNA SHAKE IT!/VARÉSE SARABANDE
8) MEMPHIS SLIM/THE COMEBACK/DELMARK
9) VARIOUS ARTISTS/HONKERS & BAR WALKERS VOL. 3/DELMARK
10) VARIOUS ARTISTS/SUN RECORDS: 25 MORE BLUES CLASSICS/VARÉSE SARABANDE
11) JOE LOUIS WALKER/IN THE MORNING/TELARC
12) ROBERT MCCOY/BYE BYE BABY/DELMARK

Dave Moskal's Top New Releases
(Dave Moskal Hosts "Muskie's Juke Joint" On WGMC Radio)

1) W.C. CLARK/FROM AUSTIN WITH SOUL/ALLIGATOR
2) SOLOMON BURKE/DON'T GIVE UP ON ME/FAT POSSUM
3) RORY BLOCK/I'M EVERY WOMAN/ROUNDER
4) JODY WILLIAMS/RETURN OF A LEGEND/EVIDENCE
5) THE JOHN COLE BLUES BAND/THE SECRET IS OUT/SELF PRODUCED
6) PRECIOUS BRYANT/FOOL ME GOOD/TERMINUS RECORDS
7) BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA/HIGHER GROUND/REAL WORLD
8) JOE LOUIS WALKER/IN THE MORNING/TELARC
9) DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND/MEDICATED MAGIC/ROPEADOPE
10) ARTIE BLUESBOY WHITE/CAN'T GET ENOUGH/ACHILLTOWN RECORDING
11) BO DOLLIS & THE WILD MAGNOLIAS/30 YEARS..AND STILL WILD/AIM
12) SAM MOORE/PLENTY GOOD LOVIN'/2KSOUNDS
13) JIMMY DAWKINS/WEST SIDE GUITAR HEREO/FEDORA
14) SYL & JIMMY JOHNSON/TWO JOHNSONS ARE BETTER THAN ONE/EVIDENCE
15) MAD DOG LESTER DAVENPORT/I SMELL A RAT/DELMARK
16) MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS/BLUE MAGIC/BLIND PIG
17) NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS/GOT A NEW PLAN/BLUE BELLA
18) SUE FOLEY/WHERE THE ACTION IS/SHANACHIE
19) JOE LOUIS WALKER- OTIS GRAND/GUITAR BROTHERS/JSP
20) LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS/THAT'S BIG/ALLIGATOR

Dave Moskal's Top Reissues

1) MIGHTY JOE YOUNG/MIGHTY JOE YOUNG/BLIND PIG
2) ROBERT MCCOY/BYE BYE BABY/DELMARK
3) VARIOUS ARTISTS/MIDNITE BLUES PARTY/ELECTRO-FI
4) VARIOUS ARTISTS/HOOT AND HOLLER SATURDAY NIGHT!/DELMARK
5) SOLOMON BURKE/SOUL ALIVE/ROUNDER
6) JOHN LEE HOOKER/LIVE @ SUGAR HILL VOL 2/FANTASY
7) VARIOUS ARTISTS/FROM CHICAGO TO SHREVEPORT/FUEL 2000
8) FRED MCDOWELL & JOHNNY WOODS/MAMA SAYS I'M CRAZY/FAT POSSUM
9) ALBERT KING/BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN/STAX
10) HOLLYWOOD FATS BAND/HOLLYWOOD FATS BAND/CROSSCUT RECORDS

Notable Releases

-JERRY PORTNOY/IN THE MOOD ROOM/TINYTOWN

-WALLACE COLEMAN/LIVE AT JOE'S/BLUE PINTO

-TOM TOWNSLEY & THE BACKSLIDERS/TWICE TOO MUCH!/POVERTY

-GEORGIE BONDS & THE BLUESKEEPERS/SOMETIMES I WONDER/BGB PRODUCTIONS

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/LOWDOWN, DIRTY, MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES/STAND ON THE OCEAN RECORDS

-COREY HARRIS/DOWNHOME SOPHISTICATE/ROUNDER

-ERWIN HELFER/I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I LIKE TO EAT- BLUES!/THE SIRENS

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/E. RODNEY JONES: THE WORLD'S GREATEST DISC JOCKEY VOL. 1/SDEG

-WILSON WILLIAMS/EATING AIN'T CHEATING/SDEG

-JOHN MOONEY/ALL I WANT/BLIND PIG

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/SECOND ANNUAL SACRED STEEL CONVENTION/ARHOOLIE

-EDDIE VAAN SHAW JR./ASS WHOOPIN!!/EDS

-JON CLEARY & THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMAN/BASIN STREETE

-LIL' ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS/HEADS UP/ALLIGATOR

-JAMES COTTON BLUES BAND/35TH ANNIVERSARY JAM/TELARC

-SHIRLEY JOHNSON/KILLER DILLER/DELMARK

-BEAUTIFUL BOBBY BLACKMON/I'M DIALIN' 911/SP RECORDS

-JORMA KAUKONEN/BLUE COUNTRY HEART/COLUMBIA

-BARRELHOUSE CHUCK/PRESCRIPTION FOR THE BLUES/THE SIRENS

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/8 HANDS ON 88 KEYS/THE SIRENS

-JIMMY "T99" NELSON/TAKE YOUR PICK/NETTY MARIE

-THE GRISWOLDS/THE LATER IT GETS, THE BETTER I FEEL/TOUT BLUE

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/HARMONICA BLUES ORGY/RANDOM CHANCE

-SWAMP DOGG/IF I EVER KISS IT....HE CAN KISS IT GOODBYE!/S.D.E.G.

-TOMMY THOMAS/YOU PUT THAT DOG AHEAD OF ME/ROCK HOUSE

-BERNARD ALLISON/STORMS OF LIFE/TONE-COOL

-LITTLE MILTON/GUITAR MAN/MALACO

-PHILLIP WALKER/LIVE AT BISCUIT & BLUES/M.C. RECORDS

-CEDELL DAVIS/LIGHTNIN' STRUCK THE PINE/FAST HORSE

-KERMIT RUFFINS/BIG EASY/BASIN STREET

-NAP TURNER/LIVE AT CADA VEZ/RIGHT ON RHYTHM

-WEST SIDE HORNS/SAN QUILMAS/DIALTONE

-BIG BOY HENRY/BEAUFORT BLUES/MUSIC MAKER

-JOE LOUIS WALKER/PASA TIEMPO/EVIDENCE

-LARRY JOHNSON/TWO GUN GREEN/ARMADILLO

-DUKE ROBILLARD/LIVING WITH THE BLUES/STONY PLAIN