#1   Buddy Guy     ”Skin Deep”         
Includes guests Eric Clapton, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks

#2  Marcia Ball     “Peace, Love & BBQ”   
Great piano!

#3  Elvin Bishop  “The Blues Rolls On” 
With guests like BB King, Warren Haynes and John Nemeth and more

#4  Roomful of Blues  “Raisin’ a Ruckus”  
A New England Tradition!

#5  Little Feat & Friends  “Join the Band”
The friends include Bob Seger, Emmy Lou Harris, Dave Matthews and more redoing Feat classics!

#6  Jeff Healey  “A Mess of Blues”  
Canadian powerhouse of a guitarist who passed away in March 2008.  Collection of live and studio tracks.

#7  Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater  ”West Side Strut”
Put on the warpaint - this is his best album yet.

#8  Joe Louis Walker  “Witness to the Blues”
This San Francisco blues vet releases his finest album. Includes a terrific duet witth Shemekia Copeland.

#9  Janiva Magness  “What Love Will Do”
Powerful pipes and a bluesy purr make this a winner.

#10  Tom Principato  “Raisin’ the Roof”
Lousiana guitarist with his gumbo/rock version of the blues. Includes the hilarious “They Called For Stormy Monday, But Mustang Sally is Just as Bad.”

Honorable Mentions:

Robert Cray  “Live at the BBC”
Michael Burks   “Iron Man”
James Hunter  “The Hard way”

Late Arrival:

Susan Tedeschi  “Back to the River”

  

  

      

From The Sunday Morning Blues countdown of The Top 50 Blues Albums…  feel free to leave your comments!

50. Johnny Johnson “Johnny B. Bad”

49. Hound Dog Taylor “Natural Boogie”

48. Gov’t Mule “The Deep End Volume 1”

47. Janis Joplin “Pearl” (Expanded 2-CD Edition)

46. Taj Mahal “The Essential Taj Mahal”

45. Johnny A “Sometime Tuesday Morning”

44. Boz Scaggs “Greatest Hits Live”

43. Stevie Ray Vaughan/Albert King “In Session”

42. Jimmy Reed “Bright Lights, Big City”

41. Rolling Stones “Beggar’s Banquet”

40. Gary Moore “After Hours”

39. James Montgomery Band “Bring it on Home”

38. Pinetop Perkins “Live at 85!”

37. George Thorogood “George Thorogood and the Destroyers”

36. Little Walter “The Best of Little Walter”

35. Paul Rodgers & Friends “Muddy Waters Blues”

34. Susan Tedeschi “Just Won’t Burn”

33. Elmore James “King of the Blues Guitar”

32. Roy Buchanan “Sweet Dreams Anthology”

31. Albert Cummings “True to Yourself”

30. Etta James “The Sweetest Peaches”

29. Johnny Winter “Johnny Winter And - Live”

28. Jimmy Vaughan “Do You Get the Blues?”

27. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells “Play the Blues”

26. Eric Clapton/BB King “Ridin’ with the King”

25. Little Milton “Welcome to Little Milton”

24. Johnny Lang “Lie to Me”

23. Jeff Beck Group “Truth”

22. Willie Dixon “I Am the Blues”

21. Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters “The Colour of Love”

20. Jimmy Roger’s All-Stars “Blues Blues Blues”

19. Savoy Brown “Street Corner Talking”

18. Koko Taylor “Deluxe Edition”

17. Kenny Wayne Shepherd “10 Days Out: Blues From the Backroads”

16. James Cotton Band “100% Cotton”

15. “Lightning in a Bottle” Soundtrack

14. John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers “70th Birthday Concert”

13. ZZ Top “One Foot in the Blues”

12. Robert Cray “Heavy Picks: The Robert Cray Collection”

11. Rolling Stones “Exile on Main Street”

10. Albert King “King of the Blues Guitar”

9. Stevie Ray Vaughan “Texas Flood”

8. John Lee Hooker/Canned Heat “Hooker n’ Heat”

7. Allman Brothers Band “Live at Fillmore East”

6. BB King “Singin the Blues/The Blues”

5. Joe Bonamassa “Blues Deluxe”

4. Butterfield Blues Band “East West”

3. Howlin’ Wolf “The London Howlin Wolf Sessions”

2. Derek & the Dominos “Layla”

1. Muddy Waters “Hard Again”