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1	10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads) (2007) more music like this by Kenny Wayne Shepherd add to wishlist 10 Days Out may well be Kenny Wayne Shepherd's most important and intriguing album, even though the guitarist is hardly the featured artist on any of these tracks, working instead more as a sideman and facilitator for the impressive cast of venerable blues players who get a chance to shine here. Make no mistake about it, this recording belongs to ... see all copies from $11.25! new only from $11.25!
2	Leave the Light On (2006) more music like this by Chris Smither add to wishlist Chris Smither doesn't do much here that he hasn't done throughout his long career, but there's no crime in consistent excellence. That career, launched during the Boston folk revival of the late '60s, has now encompassed a dozen albums, with a lengthy hiatus throughout most of the '70s and '80s as Smither battled the demons of alcoholism and ... see all copies from $8.90! new only from $14.58!
3	People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938 (2007) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist This three-disc, 70-track (30 of them new to the CD era) collection of murder ballads and disaster songs originally released on commercial 78s between 1913 and 1938 is, in spite of the archaic song structures and often crude sonic qualities on display, strangely contemporary in tone and feel, maybe because we've always been drawn to the scene of ... see all copies from $36.92! new only from $36.92!
4	Lightning in a Bottle (2004) more music like this by Original Soundtrack add to wishlist Lightning in a Bottle is the double-disc soundtrack to the documentary film of the same title directed by Antoine Fuqua and shot at a February 7, 2003, concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Billed as a "Salute to the Blues," the show featured veteran blues musicians as well as a younger generation of players and artists either ... see all copies from $10.24! new only from $12.97!
5	The Best of Taj Mahal [Sony Remaster] (2000) more music like this by Taj Mahal add to wishlist Columbia/Legacy's 2000 collection The Best of Taj Mahal is a first-rate overview of Taj Mahal's classic late-'60s/early-'70s work for Columbia. Spanning 17 tracks, including a previously unreleased cut "Sweet Mama Janisse" from 1970, this hits many of the key points from the records he released between 1967 and 1974, including "Statesboro Blues," ... see all copies from $4.66! new only from $6.06!
6	The Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie (1972) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist A two-record set released on one CD, this collection of great Woody Guthrie songs performed by some of Guthrie's apostles, as well as by Guthrie himself, serves as a nice overview of his music. From the opening notes of "This Land Is Your Land" and a composite arrangement that starts with Guthrie and his guitar, then folds into the Weavers ... see all copies from $10.79! new only from $10.79!
7	Hot Flash (1991) more music like this by Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women add to wishlist In many ways, Hot Flash is the definitive Saffire album. Racy and sassy -- and to some tastes cutesy -- the album is a fun, free-thinking update of classic female blues, performed with gusto and verve. The instrumentation is sparse -- a piano, guitar, bass, harmonica, and kazoo provide the foundation of the music -- but the focus of these songs is ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $2.49!
8	Deluxe Edition (2006) more music like this by Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women add to wishlist There is plenty of fire in Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women, a trio of feisty multiracial middle-aged acoustic blues femmes who, rather surprisingly, were one of the top sellers from Alligator's male-dominated, plugged-in roster. This generous 20-track, 75-minute compilation collects highlights from the threesome's previous seven Alligator albums ... see all copies from $13.03! new only from $14.61!
9	Daddy-O Daddy!: Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie (2001) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist As passionate as dust bowl troubadour Woody Guthrie was about politics and inequality, he was even more passionate about children, particularly his own. It has been long known that Guthrie left behind a wealth of unrecorded and half completed songs while he was living in New York near the end of his life, the most famous of these appearing as ... see all copies from $7.25! new only from $13.80!
10	Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home (1969) more music like this by Taj Mahal add to wishlist In less than 24 months, Taj Mahal (guitars/vocals/banjo/harmonica) had issued the equivalent of four respective long-players. The electric Giant Step (1968) was released alongside the acoustic and decidedly rural De Ole Folks at Home (1968). The nine cuts on Giant Step feature support from the instrumental trio of Jesse Ed Davis (guitar/keyboards) ... see all copies from $4.87! new only from $6.06!
11	Shine Eyed Mister Zen (1999) more music like this by Kelly Joe Phelps add to wishlist Phelps' third album is an accomplished serving of country blues that combines the sweet and sour power of his guitar playing with the equally bittersweet charge of Phelps' wearied voice. Shine Eyed Mister Zen features a lot of singing, but most importantly it spotlights the singing of Phelps' slide guitar, which integrates a humid and natural ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $9.83!
12	Watermelon Slim & the Workers (2006) more music like this by Watermelon Slim & the Workers add to wishlist You could see this one coming. Watermelon Slim's last album, 2004's sparse and arresting Up Close & Personal, revealed a contemporary bluesman with a scholar's understanding of the genre and a truly skewed, passionate approach to performing it that hinted at even deeper possibilities. Watermelon Slim & the Workers is the payoff. The sound on this ... see all copies from $8.72! new only from $10.44!
13	The Best of the Vanguard Years (1999) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist Though only encompassing two albums, The Yellow Princess and Requia and Other Compositions for Guitar Solo, the latter of which appears almost in its entirety, Best of the Vanguard Years is an excellent overview of Fahey's tenure on the Vanguard label and also documents an impressively innovative period for the experimental guitarist. Mysterious, ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $12.15!
14	At the Gate of Horn (1957) more music like this by Odetta add to wishlist Recorded in 1957, At the Gate of Horn is Odetta's sophomore effort and the first showcase of her extraordinary ability to interpret the American folk song. Her debut, Sings Ballads and Blues, wasn't a bad album, but it lacked the depth and fullness of the latter work. One notable difference, and a clue that Odetta wouldn't always toe the company ... see all copies from $7.30! new only from $10.08!
15	John Fahey/Peter Lang/Leo Kottke (1974) more music like this by Leo Kottke add to wishlist see all copies from $10.44! new only from $10.44!
16	Ain't Gonna Hush (2001) more music like this by Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women add to wishlist The first studio album in five years from the band finds them for the most part, having a rocking good time and placing an emphasis on the boogie-woogie end of the blues. Instrumentally and vocally they keep getting better and better, with pianist Ann Rabson a particular standout for her vibrant keyboard work. While they live up to their image of ... see all copies from $7.70! new only from $13.00!
17	Odetta Sings Dylan (1965) more music like this by Odetta add to wishlist From 1965, Odetta Sings Dylan was one of the first albums entirely devoted to Bob Dylan interpretations, and one of the best. In part that's because the concept was still actually fresh then; in fact, other than an obscure 1964 album by Linda Mason, it was the very first album of Dylan covers. And in part it was because, unlike most of the artists ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $10.99!
18	Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (1996) more music like this by Leadbelly add to wishlist The bulk of the best performances by Leadbelly -- whose influence on the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s cannot be overstated -- were recorded during the '40s for Folkways Records founder Moses Asch. Inferior copies and re-recordings of these tunes have appeared over the years, but the original masters have sat in the vaults of Folkways. The ... see all copies from $9.55! new only from $11.58!
19	Tunesmith Retrofit (2006) more music like this by Kelly Joe Phelps add to wishlist A year and a half after his remarkable live album, Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind, Kelly Joe Phelps returns to the studio with his restless, searing, intimate vision and remarkable skills as both an instrumentalist and a songwriter. While Phelps employs several musicians from his past, such as guitarist Steve Dawson, fiddler Jesse Zubot, and ... see all copies from $11.70! new only from $11.70!
20	The Wheel Man (2007) more music like this by Watermelon Slim and the Workers add to wishlist The blues has always been an enigma. A music that expresses deeply personal emotions, it does so with a well-worn collection of repeated phrases, rhymes, and floating verses that are nothing short of community property. It is also a music of constriction, with a conservative set of stock progressions and riffs that make innovations to the genre ... see all copies from $10.44! new only from $10.44!
21	The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death (1965) more music like this by John Fahey add to wishlist A strange man, John Fahey, with an unusual set of guitar styles. This album, originally released on Riverboat Records and later reissued by Fahey's own Takoma label, has a lot of rough edges in terms of the recording but a tremendous amount of power when it comes to the music. Fahey was at the top of his game, alternately playful and dark, so ... see all copies from $12.51! new only from $12.51!
22	Live Gypsy (2003) more music like this by Tony Furtado & The American Gypsies add to wishlist Slide guitar and banjo whiz Tony Furtado's fourth album in four years (for his fourth label) is a perfect encapsulation of how his sound has grown. Encompassing folk, blues, funk, and jazz, the disc kicks off with a seven-minute jam on "False Hearted Lover" featuring Paul McCandless on reeds (a recent addition to the American Gypsies). The ex ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
23	Backwater Blues (1999) more music like this by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee add to wishlist Songs of whiskey, women, and money -- nothing was more important to the repertoire of this classic acoustic blues duo. Good relations on stage were not, but during this 18-tune club date at Sugar Hill in San Francisco, Terry and McGhee are in good spirits. The former's fingerpicking, good-time guitar strummin', and even-keeled singing, joined by ... see all copies from $10.35! new only from $10.35!
24	Diamond Days (2006) more music like this by Eric Bibb add to wishlist Calm, wise, hushed, and elegant, Diamond Days is in many ways the perfect Eric Bibb album. It features his fine acoustic guitar playing and his soothing, nuanced singing, and it shows an increasingly improving songwriter as well, and the whole affair is all wrapped up with a patient, quietly joyous, and ultimately positive vibe. Bibb's version of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.54!
25	The Essential Taj Mahal (2005) more music like this by Taj Mahal add to wishlist The Essential Taj Mahal pulls together the bluesman's Columbia, Warner, Gramavision Private Music, and Hannibal labels' recordings, making it the first truly cross-licensed compilation of his work. Given the depth and breadth of this set (it covers four decades), the listener gets not only a cross-sectional view of the artist, but also his ... see all copies from $12.72! new only from $12.72!

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