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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 we list our top records for the year 2000.

Top Blues Picks For 2000

Jeff Harris' Top New Releases (WITR Radio)
1)	ROBERT WARD/NEW ROLE SOUL/DELMARK
2	MOSLEY & JOHNSON/JUKE JOINT/MALACO
3)	BIG JACK JOHNSON/ROOTS STEW/MC RECORDS
4)	KID RAMOS/WEST COAST HOUSE PARTY/EVIDENCE
5)	JOE WEAVER/BABY I LOVE YOU SO/BLACK MAGIC
6)	PAUL OSCHER & STEVE GUYGER/LIVING LEGENDS/BLUES LEAF
7)	MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN/BLUES FOR THE SOUL/TELARC
8)	JO JO BENSON/REMINISCING IN THE JAM ZONE/GULF COAST
9)	JERRY MCCAIN/THIS STUFF JUST KILLS ME/JERICHO-CELLO
10)	KING ERNEST/BLUES GOT SOUL/FAT POSSUM
11)	CALVIN JACKSON/GOIN' DOWN SOUTH/BEATVILLE
12)	R.L. BURNSIDE/WISH I WAS IN HEAVEN SITTING DOWN/FAT POSSUM
13)	LARRY JOHNSON/BLUES FOR HARLEM/ARMADILLO
14	MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS/SNAKEBITE/BLIND PIG
15	SUPER CHIKAN/WHAT YOU SEE/FAT POSSUM
16)	ROY GAINES/NEW FRONTIER LOVER/SEVERN
17)	WILLIE COBBS/JUKIN'/BULLSEYE BLUES
18)	COREY HARRIS & HENRY BUTLER/VU DU MENZ/ALLIGATOR
19)	PETER GREEN AND THE NIGEL WATSON SPLINTER GROUP/HOT FOOT POWDER/ARTISAN
20)	FILLMORE SLIM/OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD/FEDORA

Jeff Harris' Top Reissues
1)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/AND THIS IS MAXWELL STREET/ROOSTER
2	ETTA JAMES/THE CHESS BOX/MCA
3)	JOHNNY OTIS/RHYTHM & BLUE CARAVAN/SAVOY
4)	MUDDY WATERS/ROLLING STONE: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION/MCA
5)	ARHOOLIE RECORDS 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION 1960-2000/ARHOOLIE
6)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/NEW ORLEANS 60'S WATCH RECORDS/MARDI GRAS
7)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/JUKE JOINT SATURDAY NIGHT & DALLAS ALLEY DRAG/YAZOO
8)	ROOSEVELT SYKES/RAINING IN MY HEART/DELMARK
9)	OTIS RUSH/THE CLASSIC COBRA RECORDINGS/FUEL 2000
10)	MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN/PAPA TRUE LOVE/SUNDAZED
11)	FONTELLA BASS/FREE/FUEL 2000
12)	HENRY THOMAS/COMPLETE RECORDED WORKS/DOCUMENT
13)	OTIS SPANN/GOOD MORNING MR. BLUES/APO
14	MAGIC SLIM /GRAND SLAM/ROOSTER
15	BIG MAMA THORNTON/THE COMPLETE VANGUARD RECORDINGS/VANGUARD
16)	MEMPHIS SLIM /THE FOLKWAYS YEARS/FOLKWAYS
17)	JUNIOR WELLS /CALLING ALL BLUES/FUEL 2000
18)	RUDY RAY MOORE/HULLY GULLY FEVER/NORTON
19)	MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT/COMPLETE VANGUARD RECORDINGS/VANGUARD
20)	JAMES HARMAN/MO'NAPKINS PLEASE/CANNONBALL RECORDS

Dave Moskal's Top New Releases (WGMC Radio)
1)	PAUL OSCHER & STEVE GUYGER/LIVING LEGENDS/BLUES LEAF
2)	MOSLEY & JOHNSON/JUKE JOINT/MALACO
3)	ROY GAINES/NEW FRONTIER LOVER/SEVERN
4)	JO JO BENSON/REMINISCING IN THE JAM ZONE/GULF COAST
5)	BIG JACK JOHNSON/ROOTS STEW/MC RECORDS
6)	JERRY MCCAIN/THIS STUFF JUST KILLS ME/JERICHO-CELLO
7)	PHIL GUY/SAY WHAT YOU MEAN/JSP
8)	KING ERNEST/BLUES GOT SOUL/FAT POSSUM
9)	BOO BOO DAVIS/EAST ST. LOUIS/BLACK & TAN
10)	MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN/BLUES FOR THE SOUL/TELARC
11)	R L BURNSIDE/WISH I WAS IN HEAVEN SITTING DOWN/FAT POSSUM
12)	BIG RHYTHM COMBO/TOO SMALL TO DANCE/PACIFIC BLUES
13)	KID RAMOS/WEST COAST HOUSE PARTY/EVIDENCE
14)	EUGENE "HIDEAWAY" BRIDGES/MAN WITHOUT A HOME/ARMADILLO
15)	ROBERT WARD/NEW ROLE SOUL/DELMARK
16)	VANCE KELLY/WHAT THREE OLD LADIES CAN DO/WOLF
17)	JOE WEAVER/BABY I LOVE YOU SO/BLACK MAGIC RECORDS
18)	WILLIE COBBS/JUKIN'/BULLSEYE BLUES
19)	COREY HARRIS & HENRY BUTLER/VU-DU MENZ/ALLIGATOR
20)	NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS/SHAKE HANDS WITH SHORTY/TONE COOL

Dave Moskal's Top Reissues
1)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/AND THIS IS MAXWELL STREET/ROOSTER BLUES
2)	JOHNNY OTIS/RHYTHM & BLUE CARAVAN/SAVOY
3)	JOHNNIE TAYLOR/LIFETIME/STAX
4)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/JUMP N' SHOUT/DELMARK
5)	MEMPHIS SLIM/BEST OF SMITHSONIAN/FOLKWAYS/SMITHSONIAN/FOLKWAYS
6)	METERS/CABBAGE ALLEY/SUNDAZED
7)	JUNIOR WELLS/CALLING ALL BLUES/FUEL
8)	RUDY RAY MOORE/HULLY GULLY FEVER/NORTON RECORDS
9)	MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT/THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS/VANGUARD
10)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/NEW ORLEANS SOUL 60'S WATCH RECORDS/MADRI GRAS RECORDS
11)	MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS/GRAND SLAM/ROOSTER BLUES RECORDS
12)	MUDDY WATERS/ROLLIN' STONE/MCA
13)	BIG MAMA THORNTON/THE COMPLETE VANGUARD RECORDINGS/VANGUARD
14)	WILLIAM CLARKE/TIP OF THE TOP/KING ACE MUSIC
15)	JAMES HARMAN/MO'NAPKINS PLEASE/CANNONBALL RECORDS
16)	THE PATTERSONAIRES/BOOK OF THE SEVEN SEALS/HIGH WATER/HMG
17)	VARIOUS ARTISTS/LONG MAN BLUES/DELMARK
18)	LOUSIANA RED/LIVE IN MONTREUX/LABOR RECORDS
19)	OTIS SPANN/GOOD MORNING MR. BLUES/ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS
20)	THE HOLLYWOOD ALL STARS/HARD HITTING BLUES FROM MEMPHIS/HIGH WATER/HMG

Notable Releases

-LATIMORE/YOU'RE WELCOME TO RIDE/MALACO

-ROBERT BELFOUR/WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU/FAT POSSUM

-ALBERTA ADAMS/SAY BABY SAY/CANNONBALL

-MAGIC SLIM/44 BLUES/WOLF

-DC BELLAMY/WATER TO WINE/ROOSTER

-B.B. KING/MAKING LOVE IS GOOD FOR YOU/MCA

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/HASTINGS STREET GREASE/BLUE SUIT

-SON SEALS/LETTING GO/TELARC

-WILLIE KING/FREEDOM CREEK/ROOSTER

-HARLEM SLIM/DELTA THUG/INDEPENDENT

-BILLY LEE RILEY/SHADE TREE BLUES/ICEHOUSE

-MEL BROWN/CAVIAR & NECKBONES/ELECTRO-FI

-HARMONICA SHAH/MOTOR CITY MOJO/BLUE SUIT

-TOMMY BANKHEAD/MESSAGE TO ST. LOUIS/FEDORA

-DARRELL NULISCH/I LIKE IT THAT WAY/SEVERN

-JAMES COTTON/FIRE DOWN UNDER THE HILL/TELARC

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/EXPRESSIN' THE BLUES/CELLO

-ROBERT LOWERY/RAININ' DOWN BLUES/WOLF

-JIMMY JOHNSON/PEPPER'S HANGOUT/DELMARK

-BUDDY GUY/COMPLETE VANGUARD RECORDINGS/VANGUARD

-JAY MCSHANN/WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/GROOVENOTE

-OTIS SPANN/THE VANGUARD YEARS/VANGUARD

-SON HOUSE/LIVE AT THE GASLIGHT 1965/DOCUMENT

-CHRIS ARDOIN & DOUBLE CLUTCHIN'/BEST KEPT SECRET/BULLSEYE

-JOE BEARD/DEALIN'/AUDIOQUEST

-PINETOP PERKINS/BACK ON TOP/TELARC

-SNOOKY & MEL BROWN/DOUBLE SHOT/ELECTRO-FI

-WILLIE NELSON/MILK COW BLUES/ISLAND

-MEMPHIS SLIM/I'LL JUST KEEP SINGING THE BLUES/32 BLUES

-VARIOUS ARTISTS/HARMONICA BLUES KINGS/DELMARK