August 5th, 2004 with Swee'Patata Bonnie Jean
ARTIST - song - album - label [host's commentary]

EDDIE HINTON - Build Your Own Fire - Dear Y'all: The Songwriter Sessions - Zane Productions
CANNED HEAT - Time Was - The Best Of... - EMI
DONNY HATHAWAY - Be There - self-titled - Rhino
JAMES BROWN w/ Loui Bellson Orchestra - It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World - Soul on Top - Verve

RAY CHARLES & BB KING - Sinner's Prayer - Genius Loves Company - self-produced, COncord Records
LITTLE SONNY JONES - I Wouls If I Could - New Orleans R&B Gems - Black Top Records
CHRISTINE KITTRELL - Sittin' Here Drinking - Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970
MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL - GotTo Move - A Taste of Tradition Vol 2 - Rykodisc

JOHN LEE HOOKER - Old Blind Barnabus - Jack O' Diamonds: 1949 Recordings - estate-produced on Eagle Records
LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS - Got to Move - Hello Central (the Best of...) - Sony (Roots & Blues series)
COACHMEN - Splash Day - Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol 2 (1964-1967) - Norton Records
JOE TEX - Show Me - Oh Boy Classics Presents...

WAR - Spill the Wine - Anthology Disc One (1970-1974) -Avenue Records
LOS MOCOSOS - El Gran Skalero - Shades of Brown - six degrees
CALEXICO - CLose BEhind - Feast of Wine - Quarterstick Records
NICHOLAS TREMULIS ORCHESTRA - Velvet Guitar - Por Vida - [tribute album & benefit for Alejandro Escovedo's medical expenses] - Or Music

TRES CHICAS - Am I Too Blue - Sweetwater - YepRoc
ALISON KRAUSS - I Will - Now That I've Found You: A Collection - Rounder
LAURA VEIRS - Black-Eyed Susan - The Triumphs & Travails of Orphan Mae - www.greencowgirl.com
VIC CHESTNUTT - Gravity of the Situation - Is the Actor Happy? - Texas Hotel
DAMIEN RICE - Cannonball - O - www.damienrice.com
JJ CALE - Cajun Moon - Rare on Air Vol. 2: live sessions from KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic - Mammoth Records

CASSANDRA WILSON - Death Letter - New Moon Daughter - Blue Note
KEB' MO' - One Friend - Keep It Simple - Sopny
MICHAEL FRANTI - Sometimes - Songs From the Front Porch: an accoustic collection - Boo Boo Wax
JOHN LISIS & DELTA FUNK - No Good Man - Funk: The Language of New Orleans Vol. 8 - Louisiana Red Hot Records
EARL THOMAS - Rather Go Blind - Soul'd! - ExRecords