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13-the pick of the years' best.
THE
BEST OF 2001
RODNEY CROWELL Houston Kid (Sugar Hill)
ROBBIE FULKS 13 Hillbilly Giants (Bloodshot)
MERLE HAGGARD Roots, Volume 1 (Anti)
RAY WYLIE HUBBARD Eternal & Lowdown (Philo)
BUDDY & JULIE MILLER Buddy & Julie Miller (Hightone)
TOM RUSSELL Borderland (Hightone)
SADDLE UP & BOOGIE Western Swing with a Zing! (Saddle Up & Boogie)
CHARLES SAWTELLE Music from Rancho deVille (Acoustic Disc)
SHAVER The Earth Rolls On (New West)
VARIOUS The Gals of the Big "D" Jamboree (Dragon Street)
DALLAS WAYNE Here I Am in Dallas (Hightone)
GILLIAN WELCH Time (The Revelator) (Acony)
BOB WILLS Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years (Mercury)THE BEST OF 2000
THE
BEST OF 2000
DAVE
ALVIN "Public Domain" Hightone (HCD 8122)
GREG BROWN "Covenant" Red House (RHR CD 148)
JIMMIE DALE GILMORE "One Endless Night" Rounder (11661-3173)
MERLE HAGGARD "If I Could Only Fly" Anti (86593)
EMMYLOU HARRIS "Red Dirt Girl" Nonesuch (79616)
DON RICH "Country Pickin': The Don Rich Anthology" Sundazed (SC
11091)
KATHY ROBERTSON "Hillbilly Down" Cowgirl (CRCD 101)
JODY STECHER & KATE BRISLIN "Songs of the Carter Family" Appleseed
(APR CD 1043)
VARIOUS "Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection 1960-2000: The
Journey of Chris Strachwitz" Arhoolie (CD 491)
VARIOUS "Big Mon" Skaggs Family (SKFR CD 1002)
VARIOUS "The I-10 Chronicles" Back Porch (72438-48991)
VARIOUS "Shuffle Town" Westside (WESF 111)
DWIGHT YOAKAM Tomorrow's Sounds Today" Reprise (47827)
THE
BEST OF 1999
REX ALLEN "The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys"
SOUNDIES/BLOODSHOT (SCD 4101/BS 801)
PEE WEE KING "Country Hoedown" SOUNDIES/BLOODSHOT (BS 804)
HANK THOMPSON '"Hank World" SOUNDIES/BLOODSHOT (BS 803)
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL "Ride With Bob" DREAMWORKS (DRMD 50117)
CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN "American Music, Texas Style"
BLUE THUMB (314 547 536)
GUY CLARK "Cold Dog Soup" SUGAR HILL (SUG-CD-1063)
DAVID DOUCET "1957" (Solo Cajun Guitar) ROUNDER (CD 6088)
ROSIE FLORES "Dance Hall Dreams" ROUNDER (11661-3150)
WAYNE HANCOCK "Wild, Free & Reckless" ARK 21 (186 810 043)
BUDDY MILLER "Cruel Moon" HIGHTONE (HCD 8111)
KATY MOFFATT "Loose Diamond" HIGHTONE (HCD 8109)
DOLLY PARTON "The Grass Is Blue" SUGAR HILL (SUG-CD-3900)
JOHN PRINE "In Spite of Ourselves" OH BOY (OBR-019)
JODY STECHER "Oh The Wind & Rain" APPLESEED (APR CD 1030)
VARIOUS "Return of the Grievous Angel" ALMO SOUNDS (AMSD-80024)
SPADE COOLEY & THE WESTERN SWING DANCE GANG "Shame On You" SOUNDIES/BLOODSHOT
(SCD 4102/BS 802)
The
Best of 1998, Compiled by Charlie Park & "GENIAL JOHNNY" Simmons
(THE
LIST IS ALPHABETICAL)
- BALFA TOUJOURS -
"La Pointe" ROUNDER (11661-6086)
- BILLY BRAGG & WILCO
- "Mermaid Avenue" ELEKTRA (62204)
- PAUL BURCH & THE
WPA BALLCLUB - "Wire To Wire" CHECKERED PAST (CPR 011)
- DICK CURLESS - "The
Drag 'Em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'Em Hits Of Dick Curless" RAZOR
& TIE (82163)
- STONEY EDWARDS -
"Poor Folks Stick Together" RAZOR & TIE ( 82169)
- SKEETER DAVIS -
"The Essential" RCA (66536)
- CONNIE SMITH - "The
Essential" RCA (66824)
- TOM T. HALL - "Home
Grown" MERCURY ( 314 536 316)
- LYLE LOVETT - "Step
Inside This House" MCA/CURB (MCAD2-11831)
- PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS
- "Salute The Majesty Of Bob Wills" BLOODSHOT (BS 029)
- HANK THOMPSON -
"And Friends" CURB (D2-77925)
- VARIOUS - "Uprooted"
SHANACHIE (6031)
- REDD VOLKAERT -
"Telewacker" HMG (3002)
- GILLIAN WELCH -
"Hell Among The Yearlings" ALMO SOUNDS (AMSD-80021)
- LUCINDA WILLIAMS
- "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" MERCURY (314 558 338)
BOX SETS:
- RAY CHARLES - "The
Complete Country & Western Recordings 1959-1986" RHINO (R2 75328)
- HANK WILLIAMS -
"The Complete" MERCURY (314 536 077)
The
Best of 1997 compiled by Charlie Park & "GENIAL JOHNNY" Simmons
- JIM CAMPILONGO
& THE 10 GALLON CATS, "Loose" (Blue Hen)
- CINDY CHURCH,
"Cindy Church" (Stony Plain)
- GUY CLARK, "Keepers"
(Sugar Hill)
- STEVE EARLE, "El
Corazon" (E Squared/WB)
- LEFTY FRIZZELL,
"Look What Thoughts Will Do" (Legacy)
- WAYNE HANCOCK,
"That's What Daddy Wants" (Ark 21)
- LAURIE LEWIS,
"Earth & Sky" (Rounder)
- JULIE MILLER,
"Blue Pony" (Hightone)
- UTAH PHILLIPS/ANI
DiFRANCO, "The Past Didn't Go Anywhere" (Righteous Babe)
- PLAYBOYS II, "San
Antonio Rose" (Glad Music)
- VARIOUS, "Anthology
of American Folk Music" (Smithsonian/Folkways)
- VARIOUS, "The
Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute" (Egyptian)
- DALE WATSON, "I
Hate These Songs" (Hightone)
(The
list is alphabetical)
1997
CONCERT FAVORITES-CHARLIE PARK
- RAY PRICE/TOM
MORRELL/PLAYBOYS II/JODY NIX - "Legends of Western Swing Reunion", June
18 - Snyder, TX.
- PETER ROWAN W/
JIM CAMPILONGO & THE 10 GALLON CATS - "Fall Fat Fry", September 27 -
Aptos, CA.
- STRING CHEESE
INCIDENT - "Fall Fat Fry", September 27 - Aptos, CA.
- LUCINDA WILLIAMS
- Catalyst, October 22 - Santa Cruz, CA.
1997
CONCERT FAVORITES-"GENIAL" JOHNNY SIMMONS
- GILLIAN WELCH
- "Spring Strawberry Music Festival", May 25 - Camp Mather, CA.
- DALE WATSON -
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, October 11 - Santa Cruz, CA.
- BILL KIRCHEN -
Old Princeton Landing, November 14 - Half Moon Bay, CA.
- BRAVE COMBO -
(Anyplace * Anytime) - Kuumbwa Jazz Center, June 8 - Santa Cruz, CA.
The
Best of 1996, Compiled by Charlie Park & "GENIAL JOHNNY" Simmons
- JERRY DOUGLAS
& PETER ROWAN, "Yonder" (Sugar Hill) SHCD 3847
- STEVE EARLE,
"I Feel Alright" (WB) 9 46201
- ROSIE FLORES,
"A Honky Tonk Reprise" (Rounder) CD 3136
- ROBBIE FULKS,
"Country Love Songs" (Bloodshot) BS 011
- MIKE HENDERSON,
"Edge of Night" (Dead Reckoning) 5 0004
- BILL KIRCHEN,
"Have Love, Will Travel" (Black Top) BT-1130
- LYLE LOVETT,
"The Road to Ensenada" (CURB/MCA) 11409
- WILLIE NELSON,
"Spirit" (Island) 314-524-242
- BOB NEUWIRTH,
"Look Up" (Watermelon) CD 1050
- MOLLIE O'BRIEN,
"Tell It True" (Sugar Hill) SHCD 3846
- JEAN SHEPARD,
"Honky-Tonk Heroine" (CMF) 521-18589
- IAN TYSON, "All
the Good 'Uns" (Vanguard) 79495
- GILLIAN WELCH,
"Revival" (Almo Sounds) AMSD-80006
The
Best of 1995
meticulously selected by the hosts with no thought
to objectivity. It was a wonderful year. The winners are:
- LOCO GRINGO'S
LAMENT - Ray Wylie Hubbard
- WRECKING BALL
- Emmy Lou Harris
- DECCA COUNTRY
CLASSICS - Various
- ARCHIVE SERIES,
VOL 2 - Don Walser
- ANTHOLOGY
- Merle Haggard
- YOUR LOVE
AND OTHER LIES - Buddy Miller
- LET THEM TALK
- Kate MacKenzie
- FRONTEJAS
- Tish Hinojosa
- THE BRONZE
BUCKAROO RIDES AGAIN - Herb Jeffries
- HILLBILLY
FEVER, VOL 2&4 - Various Artists
- RESTLESS -
Shelby Lynne
- LA TOUSSAINT
- Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
- UNSHAVEN -
Billy Joe Shaver
