H E A V Y

1 mike ireland & holler :learning how to live: 

  sub pop [c, gr]

2 don walser :down at the sky-vue drive in: 

  sire/watermelon [c, gr]

3 the gourds :stadium blitzer: watermelon/munich 

  usa [p/f, gr]

4 nick lowe :dig my mood: upstart [p/f, y]

5 the schramms :dizzy spell: checkered past [p, y]

6 jim roll :ready to hang: one man clapping [f/r, gr}

7 ost :the horse whisperer: mca [c/f, bg]

8 redd volkaert :telewacker: hmg/hightone [c/b, gr]



M E D I U M

9 cornell hurd band :texas fruit shack: behemoth [c, gr]

10 country gentlemen :early rebel recordings, 1962-1971: 

   rebel [bg, gr]

11 george jones :it donUt get any better than this: 

   mca nashville [c, gr]

12 johnny dowd :wrong side of memphis: checkered past 

   [f/b, gr]

13 chris buhalis :kenai dreams: thursday/one man clapping 

   [f/c, gr]

14 kate campbell :visions of plenty: compass [f/p, gr]

15 trailer bride :smelling salts: bloodshot [nd, y]

16 bap kennedy :domestic blues: e-sqared [f/r, gr]

17 jason & the scorchers :midnight roads & stages seen: 

   mammoth [r, y]

18 chris knight CD decca [c/p, gr]

19 chris mills :every night fight for your life: 

   sugar free [f/r, gr]

20 johnny bush :talk to my heart: watermelon [c, gr]

21 alejandro escovedo :more miles than money: 

   live 1994-96: bloodshot [p,y]

22 bill fox :transit byzantium: spinart/cherry pop [p, y]

23 sue foley :ten days in november: shanachie [b, gr]

24 gene vincent & his blue caps :the lost dallas sessions: 

   dragon street [rb, gr]

25 sara evans :three chords & the truth: rca nashville [c, gr]



LITE

26 cheri knight :the northeast kingdom: e-squared [nd/f/c,gr]

27 moonshine willy :bastard child: bloodshot [nd, gr]

28 kim lenz and her jaguars CD hmg [rb, gr]

29 paul burch & the wpa ball club :pan-american flash: 

   checkered past [c,gr]

30 sam bush :howlinU at the moon: sugar hill [f/bg, gr]

31 lee rocker :no cats: upright [rb, gr]

32 the hangdogs :east of yesterday:  crazyhead [c/r,gr]

33 chris whitley :dirt floor: messenger [p/b, y]

34 v/a :uprooted: the best of roots country singer-songwriters:

   shanachie [c/f, gr]

35 the original harmony ridge creek dippers CD ohrcd [p/f, gr]

36 roscoe holcomb :high lonesome sound: smithsonian folkways [f, gr]

37 pinetop seven :no breath in the bellows: self-help/atavistic [r, y]

38 IIIrd tyme out :live at the mac: rounder [bg, gr]

39 laurie lewis :seeing things: rounder [f/bg, gr]

40 josh rouse :dressed up like nebraska: rykodisc [r, y]



THE ADDS

ralph stanley & friends :clinch moutain country: rebel [bg/c, gr]

john hartford :the speed of the old long bow: rounder [f/ot, gr]

waylon jennings :closing in on the fire:  ark21 [c. gr]

the fly-rite boys :big sandy presents: hightone [c/ws, gr]

jerry douglass :restless on the farm: sugar hill [f, gr]



RE-CURRENT

li'l mo & the monicats CD townhouse [c/rb, gr]

jim lauderdale :whisper: rca nashville [c/p, gr]

the meat purveyors :sweet in the pants: bloodshot [c/bg,gr]