Top 25 Blues-September 2002

by Marlee Walker-KEXP 90.3FM

This list is compiled from all the new Blues CD's we received at the Blues To Do offices (or at KEXP) during the previous month, and compiled by our Music Director, Tony Engelhart and Publisher/Blues Host, Marlee Walker. Please send two(2) copies for review & airplay consideration. Our CD reviews, written by various NW blues DJ's and fans, are quoted in the printed publication, and then posted entirely, along with this Top 25 list, each month at this website.

1. Shemekia Copeland: Talking to Strangers - Alligator
2. Willie King & The Liberators: Living In A New World - Rooster
3. Etta James and the Roots Band: Burnin' Down The House - Private
4. Blind Boys of Alabama:Higher Ground - Realworld
5. Various: When The Sun Goes Down: Vol 1-4 - Bluebird/RCA/Victor
6. Magic Slim & The Teardrops: Blue Magic - Blind Pig
7. Rick Holmstrom: Hydraulic Groove - Tone-Cool
8. John & Phil Cephas & Wiggins: Somebody Told The Truth - Alligator
9. Coco Montoya: Can't Look Back - Alligator
10. Tab Benoit & Jimmy Thackery: Whiskey Store - Telarc
11. T-Model Ford: Bad Man - Fat Possum
12. John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Fattening Frogs For Snakes: The
Delta Sound Okra-Tone
13. Various: A Cellar Full of Motown! - Motown
14. Junior Kimbrough: You better Run - Fat Possum
15. Gary Primich: Dog House Music - Antone's
16. Sue Foley: Where The Action Is... - Shanachie
17. Delbert McClinton: Room To Breathe - New West
18. CeDell Davis & Friends: When Lightnin' Struck The Pine - Fast Horse
19. Various: Hey Bo Diddley - A Tribute! - Evidence
20. Alice Stuart: Can't Find No Heaven - Burnside
21. Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo: Roots of Our Nature - Blind Pig
22. Phillip Walker Big Band: Live at Biscuits & Blues - MC Records
23. Marva Wright: Marva - AIM
24. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: Dap-Dippin' With... - Daptone
25. Various: Live at Second Sacred Steel Convention - Arhoolie