Smokestack Lightnin’s Top 25 Blues CDs for May 2010

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Smokestack Lightnin’s Top 25 Blues CDs for May 2010
Smokestack Lightnin' features the very best New Blues and newly reissued Classic Blues, Adult R&B, Adult Soul, Blues Rock, Zydeco Blues, and Gospel. Although the show is predominately music, hosts Paul Newnum, Tommy Thompson, Marvin Rooks and Rob McKinney frequently dispense brief gems of information about the music and these great musicians. The show is broadcast from the New Blues Capital of the American South, Orlando, Florida.

#25 Johnny Moeller/Raise Your Hands/Bloogaloo/Severn
#24 Heat/Let’s Live It Up/Let’s Live it Up/Delmark
#23 The Black Keys/Tighten Up/Brothers/Nonesuch
#22 Peter Parcek/ Me Baby/The Mathematics Of Love/Redstar
#21 Rocky Jackson/Stop Breakin’ Down/Testify!/High Life
#20 Nick Moss/Louise/Privileged/Blue Bella
#19 Otis Taylor & Moore/Lee & Arnez/Clovis People Vol. 3/Telarc
#18 Lucky Peterson/Brown Can’t Be Bad/Heart Of Pain/JSP
#17 Joe Bonamassa/Three Times A Fool/Black Rock/J&R Adventures
#16 Seasick Steve/Big Green & Yeller/Man From Another Time/Atlantic
#15 Nasty Ned/Money Can’t Buy You/Roots 52
#14 Harper/Weaker Man/Stand Together/Blind Pig
#13 Guitar Shorty/Get Off/Bare Knuckle/Alligator
#12 Josh Charles/Love Work & Money/Love Work & Money/CC Entertainment
#11 Magic Slim & The Teardrops/Sunny Road Blues/Raising The Bar/Blind Pig
#10 Nick Fletcher/Natural Anthem/My Turn/Eclecto Groove
#9 The Holmes Brothers/Pledging My Love/Feed My Soul/Alligator
#8 Solomon Burke/It Must Be Love/Nothing’s Impossible/E1
#7 Tad Robinson/On & On/Back In Style/Severn
#6 Michael Landau & Robben Ford/Who Do You Think You Are?/Renegade Creation/BBI
#5 John Nemeth/Home In Your Heart/Name The Day/Blind Pig
#4 Mark Hummel/Honey Bee Blues/Retro-Active/Electro Fi
#3 Pat Travers/Sittin’ On Top Of The World/Covering Clapton: From Cream and Beyond/BBI
#2 Janiva Magness/I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down/The Devil Is An Angel Too/Alligator
#1 Mannish Boys/Way Down South/Shake For Me/Delta Groove
Mannish Boys/Champagne & Reefer/Shake For Me/Delta Groove

Honorable Mentions for May 2010

Willie Buck/How Can I Be Nice To You?/The Life I Love/Delmark
Woodleg Odd/I Will Get By/One Step Ahead/self
Anders Osborne/On The Road To Charlie Parker/American Patchwork/Alligator
Shakura Saida/Gonna Tell My Baby/Brown Sugar/Ruf
Peter Carp & Sue Foley/Scared/He Said, She Said/Blind Pig
Cyril Neville/The Times They Are A’ Changin’/The Essential Cyril Neville 1994-2007/MC

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Matthew Stubbs/Tube Top Temptation/Medford & Main/Blue Bella