ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL
1.TINSLEY ELLIS / WINNING HAND / ALLIGATOR RECORDS
2.REX GRANITE BAND FEAT. SARAH BENCK / SPRIT MATTER TRUTH LIES / SELF
3.HEATHER NEWMAN / BURN ME ALIVE / VIZZTONE
4.CURTIS SALGADO & ALAN HAGER / ROUGH CUT / ALLIGATOR
5.POPA CHUBBY / TWO DOGS / ABSOLUTE MARKETING
6.ALBERT CUMMINGS / LIVE AT '62 CENTER / IVY MUSIC
7.SAMANTHA FISH / BELLE OF THE WEST / RUF
8.VARIOUS ARTISTS / HOWLIN' AT GREASELAND / WEST TONE
9.ERIN HARPE & THE DELTA SWINGERS / BIG ROAD / VIZZTONE-JUICY JUJU
10.ROBERT FINLEY / GOIN' PLATINUM / EASY EYE
11.BILLY WALTON BAND / SOUL OF A MAN / NO FRET
12.GREG SOVER / JUBILEE / GROUNDED SOUL
13.CHARLES PONDER / IN THE SPOTLIGHT / INSIDE SOUNDS
14.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / THE LUCKIEST MAN / STONY PLAIN
15.TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS / STOMPIN' GROUND / ALLIGATOR
16.FREEWORLD / WHAT IT IS / SWIRLDISC
17.ILYA PORTNOV / STRONG BREW / SELF
18.DOWNCHILD / SOMETHING I'VE DONE / LINUS
19.CAROLYN GAINES / BEWARE OF MY DOG / POLKA DOT
20.MITCH WOODS / FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY / EONE
21.TYLER MORRIS BAND / NEXT IN LINE / VIZZTONE
22.JIM SHANEBERGER BAND / ABOVE & BELOW / SELF
23.JOHN OATES / ARKANSAS / THIRTY TIGERS
24.CHRIS SMITHER / CALL ME LUCKY / SIGNATURE SOUNDS
25.BERNARD ALLISON / LET IT GO / RUF
26.JOHNNY FINK & THE INTRUSION / JFI / SELF
27.GEORGE THOROGODD / PARTY OF ONE / ROUNDER
28.MINDI ABAIR & THE BONESHAKERS / THE EAST WEST SESSIONS / PRETTY GOOD FOR A GIRL
29.GHALIA & MAMA'S BOYS / LET THE DEMONS OUT / RUF
30.BLACK STONE CHERRY / BLACK TO BLUES / MASCOT
THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR INCLUSION IN
THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2018