The 2000s The 2000s Thirty Of The Very Best Albums Of The 2000s by Jim DeKoster

1. Bernard Allison - Chills & Thrills (CC) 2. Lurrie Bell – Cuttin’ Heads (Vypyr) 3. Big James - If It Wasn’t 4 Da Blues (Jamot) 4. Bobby Blue Bland - Blues At Midnight (Malaco) 5. Big George Brock - Club Caravan (Cat Head) 6. R.L. Burnside - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum) 7. Theodis Ealey - Stand Up In It (IFGAM) 8. Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea (Silvertone) 9. Corey Harris - Mississippi To Mali (Rounder) 10. - Start With The Soul (Hannibal) 11. Shirley Johnson - Killer Diller (Delmark) 12. Andrew Junior Boy Jones – Getting’ Real (Electro-Fi) 13. B.B. King - One Kind Favor (Geffen) 14. Willie King - Freedom Creek (Rooster Blues) 15. Bette Lavette - A Woman Like Me (Blues Express) 16. Barbara Lynn - Hot Night Tonight (Antone’s) ...And Another 30 You May Have Missed 17. Jerry Boogie McCain - This Stuff Just Kills Me (Jericho/Cello) 1. Afrissippi - Fulani Journey (Knock Down South) 18. Johnny B. Moore – Rockin’ In The Same Old Boat (Delmark) 2. Ricky Allen - Live (Jefferson) 19. Mosley & Johnson - Juke Joint (Malaco) 3. Little Pink Anderson - Carolina Bluesman (Music Maker) 4. Adolphus Bell - One Man Band (Music Maker) 20. John Primer - All Original (Blues House) 5. Nora Jean Bruso - Going Back To Mississippi (Severn) 21. Bobby Rush - Raw (Deep Rush) 6. Precious Bryant - Fool Me Good (Terminus) 22. Koko Taylor - Old School (Alligator) 7. Duwayne Burnside - Under Pressure (B.C.) 23. Otis Taylor - White African (Northern Blues) 8. Burnside Exploration - The Record (Lucky 13) 24. James Blood Ulmer - Birthright (Hyena) 9. Eddie Cotton - Extra (no label) 25. Joe Louis Walker - Between A Rock And (Stony Plain) 10. Tomcat Courtney - Downsville Blues (Blue Witch) 11. Johnny Drummer - Unleaded Blues (Earwig) 26. Phillip Walker - Going Back Home (Delta Groove) 12. Mary Dukes - The Divine Ms Mary (South Side) 27. Robert Ward - New Role Soul (Delmark) 13. Fillmore Slim - The Legend Of Fillmore Slim (Mountain Top) 28. Jody Williams - Return Of A Legend (Evidence) 14. Earl Gilliam - Texas Doghouse Blues (Dialtone) 29. Chick Willis - I Did It All! (CML) 15. Joey Gilmore - Bluesman (Emancipation Media) 30. Charles Wilson - If Heartaches Were Nickels (Delmark) 16. George Higgs - Tarboro Blues (Music Maker) 17. Jimmy Duck Holmes - Back To Bentonia (Broke & Hungry) 18. Big George Jackson - Big Shot (Black & Tan) 19. - No Borders To The Blues (VJM) 20. King Ernest - Blues Got Soul (Fat Possum) 21. Marquise Knox - Man Child (APO) 22. Larry LaDon - Living On Borrowed Time (Black Magic) 23. Lazy Lester - Blues Stop Knockin’ (Antone’s) 24. Rosie Ledet - Show Me Something (Maison de Soul) 25. Rico McFarland - Tired Of Being Alone (Evidence) 26. The Revelations - Deep Soul (Decision) 27. Iceman Robinson - I’ve Never Been Loved (Fedora) 28. Vera Taylor - You Better Be Careful (Wolf) 29. Texas Soul Sisters (Dialtone) 30. Tommy Thomas - You Put That Dog Ahead Of Me (Rock House)

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