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Crossroads Top 30 for December 2011

1. Levee Town - Pages of Paperwork (Levee Town)

2. Maria Mulduar - Steady Love (Stony Plain)

3. Cash Box Kings - Holler and Stomp (Blind Pig)

4. Samantha Fish - Runaway (Ruf)

5. Kay Kay and the Rays - Best of Kay Kay and the Rays (Catfood)

6. Diunna Greenleaf - Trying to Hold On (Blue Mercy)

7. Tab Benoit - Medicine (Telarc)

8. Marquise Knox - Here I Am (APO)

9. Mighty Sam McClain/Knut Reiersrud - One Drop Is Plenty (Valley)

10. C. J. Chenier - Can’t Sit Down (World Village)

11. Demetria Taylor - Bad Girl (Delmark)

12. Kilborn Alley - 4 (Blue Bella)

13. Josh Garrett Band - String of Problems (Josh Garrett Music)

14. Mr. B’s Joybox Express Quartet - Live! (Megawave)

15. Kenny Blues Boss Wayne - A Rock and A Hard Place (Stony Plain)

16. Mark T. Small - Blacks, Whites and the Blues (Lead Foot Music)

17. Barry Levenson - The Late Show (Rip Cat)

18. Terry Evans - Anthology (Terry Evans)

19. Sugar Ray and the Bluetones - Evening (Severn)

20. Jackie Johnson - Memphis Jewel (Catfood)

21. Carolyn Wonderland - Peace Meal (Bismeaux)

22. Earl Thomas - Introducing the Blues Ambassadors (Earl Thomas Music)

23. Tommy Castro - The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue (Alligator)

24. Duke Robillard Band - Low Down and Tore Up (Stony Plain)

25. Steve Cropper - Dedicated (429 Records)

26. Eugene Hideaway Bridges - Rock and a Hard Place (Armadillo Music)

27. Peter Novelli - Peter Novelli (Chalet Music)

28. Savoy Brown - Voodoo Moon (Ruf)

29. Revelations - Concrete Blues (Decision/NIA)

30. Nick Moss - Here I Am (Blue Bella)

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