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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 2006

Jeff Harris' Top New Releases

1) LEE GATES/BLACK LUCY'S DEUCE/MUSIC MAKER
2) WILLIE KING/ONE LOVE/FREEDOM CREEK
3) ROBIN ROGERS/CRAZY CRYIN' BLUES/95 NORTH
4) JOE DOUCET/HOUSTON'S THIRD WARD BLUES/DIALTONE
5) WILLIE POOCH/FUNK-N-BLUES/SUMMIT
6) WILLIE WALKER AND THE BUTANES/MEMPHISAPOLIS/HAUTE
7) JAMES HUNTER/PEOPLE GONNA TALK/ROUNDER
8) HARRISON KENNEDY/VOICE + STORY/BLACK & TAN
9) BARBARA MORRISON/LIVE AT THE DAKOTA/DL
10) BARRELHOUSE CHUCK/GOT MY EYES ON YOU/THE SIRENS
11) WILLIE "BIG EYES" SMITH/WAY BACK/HIGHTONE
12) ROOSEVELT DEAN/TOUCH SOMEBODY'S HAND/INDEPENDENT
13) JIMMY "DUCK" HOLMES/BACK TO BENTONIA/BROKE & HUNGRY
14) JOHN LONG/LOST & FOUND/DELTA GROOVE
15) JOHN MOONEY/BIG OL' FIYA/INDEPENDENT
16) CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE/DELTA HARDWARE/REAL WORLD
17) BILLY FLYNN/CHICAGO BLUES MANDOLIN/EASY BABY
18) CLEVELAND FATS/THE WAY THINGS GO/HONEYBEE
19) JACKIE PAYNE/STEVE EDMONSON BAND/MASTER OF THE GAME/DELTA GROOVE
20) TIME BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE... A FLOYD DIXON CELEBRATION/HIGHTJOHN
21) FRANKIE LEE/...STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS/BLUES EXPRESS
22) MARK HUMMEL/AIN'T EASY NO MORE/ELECTRO-FI
23) ARTIE "BLUES BOY" WHITE/PACKAGE DEAL/A CHILLTOWN RECORDS
24) HOWARD TATE/HOWARD TATE LIVE/SHOUT FACTORY
25) ODELL HARRIS/SEARCHING FOR ODELL HARRIS/BROKE & HUNGRY
26) MARVIN SEASE/LIVE WITH THE CANDY LICKER/MALACO
27) NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS/LIVE AT CHAN'S/BLUE BELLA
28) TEXAS SOUTHSIDE KINGS/DIALTONE
29) IKE TURNER/RISIN' WITH THE BLUES/ZOHO
30) BIG GEORGE BROCK/ROUND TWO/CAT HEAD

Jeff Harris' Top Reissues/Historical

1) VARIOUS ARTISTS/THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF/YAZOO
2) JUNIOR WELLS/LIVE AT THERESA'S 1975/DELMARK
3) BIG BILL BROONZY/AMSTERDAM LIVE CONCERTS 1953/MUNICH
4) BOB REIDY/CHICAGO BLUES SHOWS OF THE 70'S/CSR
5) PICKING THE BLUES: BOOGIE WOOGIE PIONEERS/DOCUMENT
6) WILLIAM CLARKE/THE EARLY YEARS VOL. 1 & 2/WATCH DOG
7) LIL' SON JACKSON/ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN' VOL. 1/DOCUMENT
8) MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT/D.C. BLUES VOL 2/FUEL 2000
9) VARIOUS ARTISTS/THE GREATEST BLUES SHOW ON EARTH!/FUEL 2000
10) OTIS RUSH/LIVE AND IN CONCERT FROM SAN FRANCISCO/BLUES EXPRESS

Gary Reinhard's Top New Releases

1) ROBIN ROGERS/CRAZY CRYIN' BLUES/95 NORTH
2) BARRELHOUSE CHUCK/GOT MY EYES ON YOU/THE SIRENS
3) JAMES HUNTER/PEOPLE GONNA TALK/ROUNDER
4) WILLIE & THE WOLVES/MOVE ME BABY/WEE WEE RECORDS
5) CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE/DELTA HARDWARE/REAL WORLD
6) MIGHTY LESTER BAND/WE ARE MIGHTY LESTER/MIGHTY LESTER
7) BARBARA MORRISON/LIVE AT THE DAKOTA/DL
8) WILLIE "BIG EYES" SMITH/WAY BACK/HIGHTONE
9) CLEVELAND FATS/THE WAY THINGS GO/HONEYBEE
10) MARK HUMMEL/AIN'T EASY NO MORE/ELECTRO-FI
11) TIME BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE... A FLOYD DIXON CELEBRATION/HIGHTJOHN
12) COOKIN' THE BLUES - TRIBUTE TO ALBERT KING/OLD SCHOOL
13) WILLIE POOCH/FUNK-N-BLUES/SUMMIT
14) NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS/LIVE AT CHAN'S/BLUE BELLA
15) JOHN LONG/LOST & FOUND/DELTA GROOVE
16) ROOSEVELT DEAN/DON'T LEAVE ME/Z-K RECORDS
17) WILLIE WALKER AND THE BUTANES/MEMPHISAPOLIS/HAUTE
18) ROBERT CRAY/LIVE ACROSS THE POND/VANGUARD
19) RORY BLOCK/THE LADY & MR. JOHNSON/RYKODISC
20) JIMMY "DUCK" HOLMES/BACK TO BENTONIA/BROKE & HUNGRY
21) BILLY FLYNN/CHICAGO BLUES MANDOLIN/EASY BABY
22) JOE DOUCET/HOUSTON'S THIRD WARD BLUES/DIALTONE
23) RICHARD RAY FARRELL & STEVE GUYGER/DOWN HOME OLD SCHOOL COUNTRY BLUES/BLUE BEET
24) LEE GATES/BLACK LUCY'S DEUCE/MUSIC MAKER
25) ROOSEVELT DEAN/TOUCH SOMEBODY'S HAND/INDEPENDENT
26) CHICAGO BOB NELSON/FLYIN' TOO HIGH/95 NORTH
27) CASHBOX KINGS/THE ROYAL TREATMENT/MIDNIGHT BLUE
28) JW BLUES BAND/KISSING IN 29 DAYS/NORTHERN BLUES
29) SUE FOLEY/NEW USED CAR/RUF
30) BILL LUPKIN & FRIENDS/WHERE I COME FROM/BLUE BELLA

Gary Reinhard's Top Reissues/Historical

1) BIG BILL BROONZY/AMSTERDAM LIVE CONCERTS 1953/MUNICH
2) HOLLYWOOD FATS BAND/LARGER THAN LIFE/DELTA GROOVE
3) WILLIAM CLARKE/THE EARLY YEARS VOL. 1 & 2/WATCH DOG
4) JUNIOR WELLS/LIVE AT THERESA'S 1975/DELMARK
5) BOB REIDY/CHICAGO BLUES SHOWS OF THE 70'S/CSR
6) VARIOUS ARTISTS/THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF/YAZOO
7) LIL' SON JACKSON/ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN' VOL. 1/DOCUMENT
8) MEMPHIS SLIM/MEMPHIS HEAT/SUNNYSIDE
9) DR. JOHN/RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME: LIVE AT TIPITINA'S/HYENA
10) PICKING THE BLUES: BOOGIE WOOGIE PIONEERS/DOCUMENT
11) CANNED HEAT/INSTRUMENTALS 1967-1996/RUF
12) VARIOUS ARTISTS/THE GREATEST BLUES SHOW ON EARTH!/FUEL 2000

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

1) JAMES HUNTER/PEOPLE GONNA TALK/ROUNDER
2) BIG GEORGE BROCK/CLUB CRAVAN/CAT HEAD
3) TAIL DRAGGER/MY HEAD IS BALD/DELMARK
4) WILLIE POOCH/FUNK-N-BLUES/SUMMIT
5) GUY DAVIS/SKUNKMELLO/RED HOUSE
6) THE MIGHTY IMPERIALS/THUNDER CHICKEN/DAP-TONE RECORDS
7) VARIOUS ARTISTS/OUR NEW ORLEANS/NONESUCH
8) JACKIE PAYNE/STEVE EDMONSON BAND/MASTER OF THE GAME/DELTA GROOVE
9) LITTLE RAY & THE BLUES SONICS/GOING BACK TO EUNICE/GREAT BLUES
10) JOE DOUCET/HOUSTON'S THIRD WARD BLUES/DIALTONE
11) CHICAGO BOB NELSON/FLYIN' TOO HIGH/95 NORTH
12) NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS/LIVE AT CHAN'S/BLUE BELLA
13) JIMMY "DUCK" HOLMES/BACK TO BENTONIA/BROKE & HUNGRY
14) C.J. CHENIER/THE DESPERATE KINGDOM OF LOVE/WORLD VILLAGE
15) LIL DAVE THOMPSON/GOT TO GET OVER/ELECTRO-FI
16) FRANKIE LEE/...STANDING AT THE CROSSROADS/BLUES EXPRESS
17) ARTIE "BLUES BOY" WHITE/PACKAGE DEAL/A CHILLTOWN RECORDS
18) LEE GATES/BLACK LUCY'S DEUCE/MUSIC MAKER
19) MEL WAITERS/THROW BACK DAYS/WALDOXY
20) SWEET BETTY/LIVE & LET LIVE/MUSIC MAKER

Dave Moskal's Top Reissues/Historical

1) RANCE ALLEN/STAX PROFILES/STAX
2) JUNIOR WELLS/LIVE AT THERESA'S 1975/DELMARK
3) VARIOUS ARTISTS/GOOD GOD! A GOSPEL FUNK HYMNAL/NUMERO GROUP
4) VARIOUS ARTISTS/NIGHT TRAIN TO NASHVILLE VOL. 2/LOST HIGHWAY
5) VARIOUS ARTISTS/GOSPEL MUSIC/HYENA
6) TED TAYLOR/AN INTRODUCTION/FUEL 2000
7) BOBBY PATTERSON/SOUL IS MY MUSIC/SUNDAZEDRECORDS
9) EDDIE HINTON/BEAUTIFUL DREAM/ZANE
10) OTIS RUSH/ALL YOUR LOVE I MISS LOVING/DELMARK

Notable Releases

-DION/BRONX IN BLUE/DIMENSIONAL MUSIC

-BILLY JONES/THA' BLUEZ/BLACK & TAN

-BISHOP JOE SIMON/TIME TO CHANGE/PARLIAMENT RECORDS

-ROOT DOCTOR/BEEN A LONG TIME COMING/BIG O

-HARD BARGAIN/MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR/THEBASSGUY

-KIM NALLEY/SHE PUT A SPELL ON ME/CE JAZZ & BLUES

-ANDREW "JR BOY" JONES/LIVE/43RD BIG IDEA

-JANIVA MAGNESS/DO I MOVE YOU/NORTHERN BLUES

-FRED VINE/CRYSTAL CITY BLUES/BLUEFISH

-RUSTY ZINN/ZINIDELITY/BAD DADDY

-ADOLPHUS BELL/ONE MAN BAND/MUSIC MAKER

-BLUESMAN WILLIE/SEXY BUTT RAGGEDY BLUES/ENERGY

-HARMONICA SHAH/LISTEN AT ME GOOD/ELECTRO-FI

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/BLUES HARP MELTDOWN VOL. 3/MOUNTAIN TOP

-IRMA THOMAS/AFTER RAIN/ROUNDER

-LEE "SHOT" WILLIAMS/STARTS WITH A P/ECKO

-SLICK BALLINGER/PRESENTS MISSISSIPPI SOUL/OHBOY

-PAUL ORTA WITH LAZY LESTER/SHUFFLE WITH LESTER/GREAT BLUES

-AL BASILE/GROOVIN' IN THE MOOD ROOM/SWEETSPOT

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/TEXAS HARMONICA RUMBLE/DIALTONE

-CEPHAS & WIGGINS/SHOULDER TO SHOULDER/ALLIGATOR

-JEREMY SPENCER/PRECIOUS LITTLE/BLIND PIG

-KATHERINE DAVIS/ROCK THIS HOUSE/THE SIRENS

-BILLY PRICE/EAST END AVE./BONE DOG

-STERLING WILLIAMS/BRAND NEW MAN/ECKO

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/THE TEXAS ALL-STAR BIG BAND BASH LIVE!/TOPCAT

-MITCH KASHMAR/WAKE UP & WORRY/DELTA GROOVE

-THE COUPE DE VILLES/BURNIN' LIVE AT WITR/INDEPENDENT

-JIMMY MCCRACKLIN/THIS IS JIMMY MCCRACKLIN/OAK CITY

-FIONA BOYES/LUCKY 13/YELLOW DOG

-PINEY BROWN/ONE OF THESE DAYS/BONEDOG

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/DRINK HOUSE TO CHURCH HOUSE/MUSIC MAKER