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The 1990s The 1990sThirty Of The Very Best Blues Albums Of The 1990sby Jim DeKoster1. Luther Allison - Soul Fixin’ Man (Alligator)2. Roosevelt Booba Barnes - The Heartbroken Man (Rooster Blues)3. Carey Bell - Deep Down (Alligator)4. Lurrie Bell - Mercurial Son (Delmark)5. Charles Brown - All My Life (Bullseye Blues)6. R.L. Burnside - Mr. Wizard (Fat Possum)7. Shemekia Copeland - Turn The Heat Up (Alligator)8. Robert Cray - Some Rainy Morning (Mercury)9. Jimmy Dawkins - Kant Shek Dees Bluze (Earwig)10. Larry Garner - Double Dues (JSP)11. Corey Harris - Greens From The Garden (Alligator)12. Alvin Youngblood Hart - Big Mama’s Door (Okeh)13. Michael Hill - Bloodlines (Alligator)14. Luther Guitar Junior Johnson - I Want To Groove With You (Bullseye Blues)15. Syl Johnson - Back In The Game (Delmark)16. Willie Kent - Too Hurt To Cry (Delmark)17. Junior Kimbrough - All Night Long (Fat Possum)18. B.B. King - Blues On The Bayou (MCA)19. Latimore - Catchin’ Up (Malaco)20. Lil’ Ed Williams - What You See Is What You Get (Alligator)21. Bobby Parker - Bent Out Of Shape (Black Top)22. Jimmy Rogers - Blue Bird (APO)23. Bobby Rush - Handy Man (Urgent!)24. Otis Rush - Ain’t Enough Comin’ In (Mercury)25. Lonnie Shields - Portrait (Rooster Blues)26. Byther Smith - Mississippi Kid (Delmark)27. Big Bad Smitty - Mean Disposition (Black Magic)28. Robert Ward - Fear No Evil (Black Top)29. Lavelle White - Miss Lavelle (Antone’s)30. Lee Shot Williams - Cold Shot (Black Magic)
And Another 30That You May Have Missed1. Chico Banks - Candy Lickin’ Man (Evidence)2. Big James - Funkin’ Blues (Jamot)3. Burnin’ Chicago Blues Machine - Boogie Blues (GBW)4. Carter Brothers - Coming Back Singing The Blues (P-Vine)5. Big Lucky Carter - Lucky 13 (Blueside)6. Gary B.B. Coleman - Cocaine Annie (Boola Boo)7. Maxwell St. Jimmy Davis - (Wolf)8. Roy Gaines - I’ve Got The T-Bone Walker Blues (Groove Note)9. John Dee Holeman - Bull Durham Blues (Music Maker)10. Long John Hunter - Ride With Me (Spindletop)11. Johnny Jenkins - Blessed Blues (Capricorn)12. Paul Wine Jones - Mule (Fat Possum)13. Johnny Yard Dog Jones - Ain’t Gonna Worry (Earwig)14. Vance Kelly - Call Me (Wolf)15. Mary Lane - Appointment With The Blues (Noir)16. Clara McDaniel - Unwanted Child (HMG)17. Mississippi Heat - Learned The Hard Way (Van der Linden)18. Rawls & Luckett - Can’t Sleep At Night (Rooster Blues)19. Mighty Mo Rodgers - Blues Is My Wailin’ Wall (North Star)20. Freddie Roulette - Back In Chicago (Hi Horse)21. Little Mack Simmons - High & Lonesome (St. George)22. Paul Lil Buck Sinegal - The Buck Starts Here (NYNO)23. The Soul Prophets - From The Old School (Have Mercy)24. Percy Strother - A Good Woman Is Hard To Find (Blue Moon)25. Abu Talib - The Real Thing At Last (Son Pat)26. Luther Tucker - Sad Hours (Antone’s)27. Othar Turner - Everybody Hollerin’ Goat (Birdman)28. John Weston - So Doggone Blue (Fat Possum)29. Chick Willis - Blue Class Blues (5 Star)30. Jimmy Witherspoon - Spoon’s Blues (Stony Plain)
