The 1990s The 1990s Thirty Of The Very Best Blues Albums Of The 1990s by Jim DeKoster
1. Luther Allison - Soul Fixin’ Man (Alligator) 2. Roosevelt Booba Barnes - The Heartbroken Man (Rooster Blues) 3. Carey Bell - Deep Down (Alligator) 4. Lurrie Bell - Mercurial Son (Delmark) 5. Charles Brown - All My Life (Bullseye Blues) 6. R.L. Burnside - Mr. Wizard (Fat Possum) 7. Shemekia Copeland - Turn The Heat Up (Alligator) 8. Robert Cray - Some Rainy Morning (Mercury) 9. Jimmy Dawkins - Kant Shek Dees Bluze (Earwig) 10. Larry Garner - Double Dues (JSP) 11. Corey Harris - Greens From The Garden (Alligator) 12. Alvin Youngblood Hart - Big Mama’s Door (Okeh) 13. Michael Hill - Bloodlines (Alligator) 14. Luther Guitar Junior Johnson - I Want To Groove With You (Bullseye Blues) 15. Syl Johnson - Back In The Game (Delmark) 16. Willie Kent - Too Hurt To Cry (Delmark) 17. Junior Kimbrough - All Night Long (Fat Possum) 18. B.B. King - Blues On The Bayou (MCA) 19. Latimore - Catchin’ Up (Malaco) 20. Lil’ Ed Williams - What You See Is What You Get (Alligator) 21. Bobby Parker - Bent Out Of Shape (Black Top) 22. Jimmy Rogers - Blue Bird (APO) 23. Bobby Rush - Handy Man (Urgent!) And Another 30 24. Otis Rush - Ain’t Enough Comin’ In (Mercury) 25. Lonnie Shields - Portrait (Rooster Blues) That You May Have Missed 26. Byther Smith - Mississippi Kid (Delmark) 1. Chico Banks - Candy Lickin’ Man (Evidence) 27. Big Bad Smitty - Mean Disposition (Black Magic) 2. Big James - Funkin’ Blues (Jamot) 28. Robert Ward - Fear No Evil (Black Top) 3. Burnin’ Chicago Blues Machine - Boogie Blues (GBW) 29. Lavelle White - Miss Lavelle (Antone’s) 4. Carter Brothers - Coming Back Singing The Blues (P-Vine) 30. Lee Shot Williams - Cold Shot (Black Magic) 5. Big Lucky Carter - Lucky 13 (Blueside) 6. Gary B.B. Coleman - Cocaine Annie (Boola Boo) 7. Maxwell St. Jimmy Davis - (Wolf) 8. Roy Gaines - I’ve Got The T-Bone Walker Blues (Groove Note) 9. John Dee Holeman - Bull Durham Blues (Music Maker) 10. Long John Hunter - Ride With Me (Spindletop) 11. Johnny Jenkins - Blessed Blues (Capricorn) 12. Paul Wine Jones - Mule (Fat Possum) 13. Johnny Yard Dog Jones - Ain’t Gonna Worry (Earwig) 14. Vance Kelly - Call Me (Wolf) 15. Mary Lane - Appointment With The Blues (Noir) 16. Clara McDaniel - Unwanted Child (HMG) 17. Mississippi Heat - Learned The Hard Way (Van der Linden) 18. Rawls & Luckett - Can’t Sleep At Night (Rooster Blues) 19. Mighty Mo Rodgers - Blues Is My Wailin’ Wall (North Star) 20. Freddie Roulette - Back In Chicago (Hi Horse) 21. Little Mack Simmons - High & Lonesome (St. George) 22. Paul Lil Buck Sinegal - The Buck Starts Here (NYNO) 23. The Soul Prophets - From The Old School (Have Mercy) 24. Percy Strother - A Good Woman Is Hard To Find (Blue Moon) 25. Abu Talib - The Real Thing At Last (Son Pat) 26. Luther Tucker - Sad Hours (Antone’s) 27. Othar Turner - Everybody Hollerin’ Goat (Birdman) 28. John Weston - So Doggone Blue (Fat Possum) 29. Chick Willis - Blue Class Blues (5 Star) 30. Jimmy Witherspoon - Spoon’s Blues (Stony Plain)
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