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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 our picks for top records of the year.

Top Blues Picks 2005

Jeff Harris' Top New Releases

1) CHICK WILLIS/I DID IT ALL!/CML
2) SHOR'TY BILLUPS/SHOR'TY'S GOT THE BLUES/SOLID GOLD
3) EARL GILLIAM/TEXAS DOGHOUSE BLUES /DIALTONE
4) ROY C/HEY MISTA' GOT SOMETHIN' TO TELL U/THREE GEMS
5) BIG GEORGE BROCK/CLUB CARAVAN/CAT HEAD
6) WILLIE WALKER AND THE BUTANES/RIGHT WHERE I BELONG/ONE ON ONE
7) LOUISIANA RED/NO TURN ON RED/HMG
8) GUITAR SLIM/ALL NIGHT LONG/MONKEY BIZNESS MUSIC
9) BARRELHOUSE CHUCK/SLOWDOWN SUNDOWN/VIOLA RECORDS
10) VARIOUS ARTISTS/OUR NEW ORLEANS 2005/NONESUCH
11) CHARLES (BIG DADDY) STALLINGS/ONE NIGHT LOVER/B-TOWN RECORDS
12) JIMMY "T99" NELSON/LEGEND/NETTIE MARIE
13) WILLIE KING/JUKIN' AT BETTIE'S/FREEDOM CREEK
14) BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO/JAKPOT!/TOMMORROW
15) NATHANIEL MAYER/I JUST WANT TO BE HELD/FAT POSSUM
16) HELGE TALLQVIST & GROOVY EYES/PLAYS GEORGE "HARMONICA" SMITH/Q-RECORDS
17) RONNIE EARL & DUKE ROBILLARD/THE DUKE MEETS THE EARL/STONY PLAIN
18) MARIA MULDAUR/LOVIN' OL' SOUL/STONY PLAIN
19) EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES/COMING HOME/ARMADILLO
20) ROD PIAZZA & THE MIGHTY FLYERS/FOR THE CHOSEN WHO/DELTA GROOVE
21) SOLOMON BURKE/MAKE DUE WITH WHAT YOU GOT/SHOUT! FACTORY
22) DENISE LASALLE/WANTED/ECKO
23) LOU PRIDE/KEEP ON BELIEVING/SEVERN
24) GEORGE HUGHLEY/NOTHING BUT THE BLUES/ROYA RECORDS
25) ROOMFUL OF BLUES/ASTANDING ROOM ONLY/ALLIGATOR
26) KERMIT RUFFINS &THE REBIRTH BRASS BAND/THROWBACK/BASIN STREET
27) PAUL OSCHER/DOWN IN THE DELTA/BLUES FIDELITY
28) TAILDRAGGER/MY HEAD IS BALD/DELMARK
29) NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS/SADIE MAE/BLUE BELLA
30) RYAN HARTT & THE BLUES HEARTS/YEAH MAN!/FAR-TONE

Jeff Harris' Top Reissues/Historical

1) BLIND ARVELLA GRAY/SINGING DRIFTER/CONJUROO
2) OTIS RUSH/LIVE AT THE WISE FOOL'S PUB, CHICAGO/DELMARK
3) WILLIE HIGHTOWER/WILLIE HIGHTOWER/HONEST JONS
4) THE CARTER BROTHERS/THE ESSENTIAL CARTER BROTHERS/FUEL 2000
5) RUFUS THOMAS/JUST BECAUSE I'M LEAVING... /SEGUE
6) EDDIE HINTON/BEAUTIFUL DREAM/ZANE
7) THE FIELDSTONES/MUD ISLAND BLUES/HMG
8) JAMES HARMAN/LIVE IN '85 PLUS/PACIFIC BLUES
9) JOHNNY ADAMS/THE GREAT JOHNNY ADAMS BLUES ALBUM/ROUNDER
10) SOLOMON BURKE/SOUL OF THE BLUES/SHOUT! FACTORY

Gary Reinhard's Top New Releases

1) GUITAR SLIM/ALL NIGHT LONG/MONKEY BIZNESS MUSIC
2) SHOR'TY BILLUPS/SHOR'TY'S GOT THE BLUES/SOLID GOLD
3) JIMMY "T99" NELSON/LEGEND/NETTIE MARIE
4) CHICK WILLIS/I DID IT ALL!/CML
5) BARRELHOUSE CHUCK/SLOWDOWN SUNDOWN/VIOLA RECORDS
6) EARL GILLIAM/TEXAS DOGHOUSE BLUES /DIALTONE
7) CHARLES (BIG DADDY) STALLINGS/ONE NIGHT LOVER/B-TOWN RECORDS
8) NATHANIEL MAYER/I JUST WANT TO BE HELD/FAT POSSUM
9) RONNIE EARL & DUKE ROBILLARD/THE DUKE MEETS THE EARL/STONY PLAIN
10) ROY C/HEY MISTA' GOT SOMETHIN' TO TELL U/THREE GEMS
11) ROOMFUL OF BLUES/ASTANDING ROOM ONLY/ALLIGATOR
12) BIG GEORGE BROCK/CLUB CARAVAN/CAT HEAD
13) ROD PIAZZA & THE MIGHTY FLYERS/FOR THE CHOSEN WHO/DELTA GROOVE
14) NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS/SADIE MAE/BLUE BELLA
15) JOHN HAMMOND/IN YOUR ARMS AGAIN/BACK PORCH
16) LOUISIANA RED/NO TURN ON RED/HMG
17) BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO/JAKPOT!/TOMMORROW
18) MARIA MULDAUR/LOVIN' OL' SOUL/STONY PLAIN
19) TROELS JENSEN & THE HEALERS/LOOK THIS WAY/RAINBOW
20) HELGE TALLQVIST & GROOVY EYES/PLAYS GEORGE "HARMONICA" SMITH/Q-RECORDS
21) DEBBIE DAVIS/ALL I FOUND/TELARC
22) CHRIS ZALEZ/TEXAS CANTINA/PACIFIC BLUES
23) GEORGE HUGHLEY/NOTHING BUT THE BLUES/ROYA RECORDS
24) EASY BILL & THE BIG BEAT/STAY TUNED!/RHYTHM & ROLL
25) RICHARD RAY FARRELL/ACOUSTIC ROOTS/BLUE BEET
26) RYAN HARTT & THE BLUES HEARTS/YEAH MAN!/FAR-TONE
27) MARY FLOWER/BYWATER DANCE/YELLOW DOG
28) LOU PRIDE/KEEP ON BELIEVING/SEVERN
29) WILLIE WALKER AND THE BUTANES/RIGHT WHERE I BELONG/ONE ON ONE
30) RICH DELGROSSO/GET YOUR NOSE OUTTA MY BIZNESS!/INDEPENDENT

Gary Reinhard's Top Reissues/Historical

1) JAMES HARMAN/LIVE IN '85 PLUS/PACIFIC BLUES
2) JOHNNY ADAMS/THE GREAT JOHNNY ADAMS BLUES ALBUM/ROUNDER
3) CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE/DELUXE EDITION/ALLIGATOR
4) SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK/SERVED UP TEXAS STYLE: THE BEST OF THE SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK BAND/BULLSEYE BLUES
5) THE CARTER BROTHERS/THE ESSENTIAL CARTER BROTHERS/FUEL 2000
6) MUDDY WATERS/ALL NIGHT LONG/VARESE SARABANDE
7) JOHHNY NICHOLAS/THRILL ON THE HILL/TOPCAT
8) EDDIE HINTON/BEAUTIFUL DREAM/ZANE
9) SOLOMON BURKE/SOUL OF THE BLUES/SHOUT! FACTORY
10) OTIS RUSH/LIVE AT THE WISE FOOL'S PUB, CHICAGO/DELMARK

Dave Moskal's Top New Releases
(Dave Moskal Hosts "Muskie's Juke Joint" On WGMC Radio 90.1)

1) BARRELHOUSE CHUCK/SLOWDOWN SUNDOWN/VIOLA RECORDS
2) EARL GILLIAM/TEXAS DOGHOUSE BLUES /DIALTONE
3) NATHANIEL MAYER/I JUST WANT TO BE HELD/FAT POSSUM
4) HARRISON KENNEDY/VOICE STORY/BLACK & TAN
5) THE LEE BOYS/SAY YES/ARHOOLIE
6) WILLIE WALKER AND THE BUTANES/RIGHT WHERE I BELONG/ONE ON ONE
7) EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES/COMING HOME/ARMADILLO
8) MARVIN SEASE/PLAYA HATER/MALACO
9) SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS/NATURALLY/DAPTONE RECORDS
10) SOLOMON BURKE/MAKE DUE WITH WHAT YOU GOT/SHOUT! FACTORY
11) CAMPBELL BROTHERS/CAN YOU FEEL IT?/ROPEADOPE
12) LOU PRIDE/KEEP ON BELIEVING/SEVERN
13) JULIAN FAUTH/SONGS OF VICE AND SORROW/ELECTRO-FI
14) CHICAGO BLUES HARMONICA PROJECT/DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH/SEVERN
15) SHIRLEY BROWN/WOMAN ENOUGH/MALACO
16) CARLOS GUITARLOS/HELL CAN WAIT/NOMAD RECORDS
17) MARIA MULDAUR/LOVIN' OL' SOUL/STONY PLAIN
18) FABULOUS THUNDERBIRS/PAINTED ON/TONE-COOL
19) REVEREND AL GREEN/EVERYTHING'S OK/BLUE NOTE
20) CANDYE KANE/WHITE TRASH GIRL/RUF

Dave Moskal's Top Reissues/Historical

1) BOBBY PATTERSON/SOUL OF THE MAN/FUEL 2000
2) THE FIELDSTONES/MUD ISLAND BLUES/HMG
3) THE CARTER BROTHERS/THE ESSENTIAL CARTER BROTHERS/FUEL 2000
4) RUFUS THOMAS/JUST BECAUSE I'M LEAVING... /SEGUE
5) DAVID ALLEN COE/PENITENTARY BLUES/HACKTONE RECORDS
6) HUBERT SUMLIN/HEALING FEELING/SHOUT FACTORY
7) JAMES HARMAN/LIVE IN '85 PLUS/PACIFIC BLUES
8) DR. JOHN/LIVE IN MONTREUX 1995/EAGLE RECORDS
9) DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND/COLLECTION/SHOUT FACTORY
10) JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON/THE FUNK ANTHOLOGY/SHOUT FACTORY

Notable Releases

-PRECIOUS BRYANT/THE TRUTH/TERMINUS

-BEAUTIFUL BOBBY BLACKMON/TRAVELIN' HOME/INDEPENDENT

-THE HOLLYWOOD BLUE FLAMES/SOUL SANCTUARY/DELTA GROOVE

-MITCH KASHMAR/NICKEL & DIMES/DELTA GROOVE

-OTIS CLAY/RESPECT YOURSELF/BLIND PIG

-LEO KEY/UNLOCKED/LK

-SEAN COSTELLO/SEAN COSTELLO/TONE-COOL-ARTEMIS

-TAL BASILE/BLUE INK/SWEETSPOT

-JIM BOTT/LIVE VOLUME 1 - CHEAP THRILLS/ROSELEAF

-THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA/ATOM BOMB/REALWORLD

-LI'L RONNIE & THE GRAND DUKES/DO WHAT' CHA DO/TRUST ME BABY

-MARCIA BALL/LIVE! DOWN THE ROAD/ALLIGATOR

-FINIS TASBY/WHAT MY BLUES ARE ALL ABOUT/ELECTRO-FI

-CHRIS BEARD/LIVE WIRE/NORTHERNBLUES

-THOMAS "BIG HAT" FIELDS/BIG HAT ZYDECO MIX/MAISON DE SOUL

-HEAVEN DAVIS/STEAMY/WILDCHILD DAVIS RECORDS

-LITTLE FREDDIE KING/YOU DON'T KNOW LIKE I KNOW/FAT POSSUM

-CHICAGO BLUES HARMONICA PROJECT/DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH/SEVERN

-FLOYD DIXON/FINE! FINE ! THINGS!/HIGH JOHN

-ROSIE LEDET/PICK IT UP/MAISON DE SOUL

-JOHNNY NICHOLAS/LIVIN' WITH THE BLUES 2005/TOP CAT

-ELVIN BISHOP/GETTIN' MY GROOVE/BLIND PIG

-DELBERT MCCLINTON/COST OF LIVING/NEW WEST

-DOC BLAKLEY/THE BLUES NEVER HURT SO GOOD/IFGAM

-BILLY BOY ARNOLD/CONSOLIDATED MOJO/ELECTRO-FI

-THE MANNISH BOYS/LIVE & IN DEMAND/DELTA GROOVE

-A MONTEREY TRIBUTE TO RAY CHARLES: FOR THE LOVE OF RAY/KIDDO

-EDDIE BURNS/SECOND DEGREE BURNS/BLUE SUIT

-MAGIC SLIM/ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN/BLIND PIG