December 11, 2003 Host: Johnny Simmons

DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS, “Too Many Troubles” (Rounder)
ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST GOSPEL CHOIR, “You Can’t Make Me Doubt Him” (Columbia/Legacy)
TRACY NELSON, “Mother Earth” (Memphis International)

RODNEY CROWELL, “Preachin’ To The Choir” (DMZ/Epic)
LYNN AUGUST, “La Chanson du Pain Perdu” (Black Top)
ANGELA STREHLI, “Cut You Loose” (HOB)
B.B. KING, “Don’t Answer the Door” (MCA)
BLASTERS, “Help You Dream” (WB)
BETTYE LAVETTE, “Thinkin’ Bout You” (Blues Express)

RANDY NEWMAN, “It’s Lonely At the Top” (Nonesuch)
JUKE BOY BONNER, “The Animal Gap” (Arhoolie)
GILBERTO GIL, “Three Little Birds” (Warner Music Brazil)
JIMMY LaFAVE, “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” (Bohemia Beat)

PAUL BURCH, “Lovesick Blues Boy” (Bloodshot)
LYLE LOVETT, “The Truck Song” (Curb/Lost Highway)
KELLY WILLIS, “Too Much To Ask” (MCA)
JOHN HIATT, “Tennessee Plates” (A&M)
MERCY BROTHERS, “Night Train to Memphis” (Gibraltar)
PAUL BURCH, “Heart Like Railroad Steel” (Bloodshot)

PAUL BURCH, “Wire to Wire” (Checkered Past)
ALBERT LEE, “Bluebird Wine” (Sugar Hill)
LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS, “That’s Big” (Alligator)