1. Boz Scaggs - Memphis (429 Records)
2. Tom Jones - Spirit in the Room (Rounder)
3. Robin Trower - Roots and Branches (V12)
4. Southern Hospitality - Easy Livin’ (Blind Pig)
5. Al ‘Carnival Time’ Johnson - Beyond Carnival (Rabadash)6. Cash Box Kings - Black Toppin' (Blind Pig)
7. Hadden Sayers - Rolling Stone (Blue Corn)
8. James Hunter Six - Minute by Minute (Fantasy)
9. Ann Rabson/Bob Margolin - Not Alone (Vizztone)
10. James Cotton - Cotton Mouth Man (Alligator)
11. Teeny Tucker - Voodoo To Do You (Tebo Records)
12. Duke Robillard Band - independently Blue (Stony Plain)
13. Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters - Just for Today (Stony Plain)
14. Dynamites w/ Charles Walker - Love Is Only Everything (Gemco)
15. Willie Buck - Cell Phone Man (Delmark)
16. Mike Wheeler - Self Made Man (Delmark)
17. Swingadelic - Toussaintville (Zoho)
18. James 'Buddy Rogers - My Guitar's My Only Friend (Blue Wave)
19. Fabulous Thunderbirds - On the Verge (Severn)
20. Harry Manx - Om Suite Ohm (Dog My Cat)
21. Andy T/Nick Nixon Band - Drink Drank Drunk (Delta Groove)
22. Joanne Shaw Taylor - Almost Always Never (Ruf)
23. Mike Eldred Trio - 61/49 (Rip Cat)
24. Dennis Gruenling - Rockin’ All Day (Vizztone)
25. Tinsley Ellis - Get It! (Heartfixer Music)
26. Otis Taylor - My World Is Gone (Telarc)
27. Jesse Dee - On My Mind/In My Heart (Alligator)
28. Ron Dziubla - Nasty Habit (Rip Cat)
29. Detroit Memphis Experience - Detroit Memphis Experience (DMEX)
30. Lisa Biales - Singing in My Soul (Big Song Music)
31. Joe Krown/Walter Wolfman Washington/Russell Batiste Jr. - Soul Understanding (JK)
32. (Various) - Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective (Rounder)
33. Mighty Mojo Prophets - Flyin' Home from Memphis (Delta Groove)
34. Slide Brothers - Robert Randolph Presents the Slide Brothers (Concord)
35. Ruff Kutt Blues Band - That's When the Blues Begins (VizzTone)
36. Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (Stax)
37. Grady Champion - Tough Times Don't Last (Grady Shady Music)
38. John Primer/ Bob Corritore - Knockin' Around These Blues (Delta Groove)
39. Ben Harper/Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up! (Stax)
40. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Sunny Road (Delmark)
Chris Heim produces and hosts Global Village, a nationally and internationally distributed world music show; the nightly jazz show Night Train, and Crossroads, KMUW’s twice-weekly blues and R&B show. Chris is also a critic and freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, and Option, among others.