Annual Top 50 Blues Albums

1. Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, Closer to the Bone, Alligator
2. Charlie Musselwhite, Look Out Highway, Forty Below
3. D.

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1. Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, The Hits Keep Coming, Alligator
2. Chris O’Leary, The Hard Line, Alligator
3. Shemekia Copeland,

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1. Cash Box Kings, Oscar’s Motel, Alligator
2. Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis Gruenling, Get Your Back Into It!,

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1.   Diunna Greenleaf, I Ain’t Playin’, Little Village Foundation

2.   Charlie Musselwhite, Mississippi Son, Alligator

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1. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, 662, Alligator
2. Chris Cain, Raisin’ Cain, Alligator
3. Curtis Salgado, Damage Control,

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1. Roomful of Blues, In a Roomful of Blues, Alligator
2. John Primer & Bob Corritore, The Gypsy Woman Told Me,

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1. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Kingfish, Alligator
2. Cash Box Kings, Hail to the Kings!, Alligator
3. Tommy Castro and the Painkillers,

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1. Buddy Guy, The Blues Is Alive and Well, Silvertone/RCA
2. Nick Moss Band, The High Cost of Low Living,

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1. Elvin Bishop,  Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio, Alligator
2. Cash Box Kings,  Royal Mint, Alligator
3. Monster Mike Welch And Mike Ledbetter, 

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1. Toronzo Cannon,  The Chicago Way, Alligator
2. Curtis Salgado,  The Beautiful Lowdown, Alligator
3. Janiva Magness, 

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