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TOP BLUES: AUGUST 2008

This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail 

Buddy Guy – Skin Deep – Silvertone/Zomba
Sean Costello – We Can Get Together – Delta Groove
Eli “Paperboy” Reed – Roll With You – Q Records
Al Green – Lay It Down – BlueNote
Black Diamond Heavies – A Touch of Someone Else’s Class – Alive
Marcia Ball – Peace, Love & BBQ – Alligator
Andre Williams & the New Orleans Hellhounds – Bloodshot
Cephas & Wiggins – Richmond Blues – Smithsonian Folkways
Various Artists – The George Mitchell Collection Box Set – Fat Possum
Kelley Hunt – Mercy – 88 Records
Byther Smith – Blues on the Moon – Delmark
Amos Garrett – Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield – Stony Plain
Henry Butler – Pianola Live – Basin Street
Satan and Adam – Word on the Street – Modern Blues Harmonica
Watermelon Slim and the Workers – No Paid Holidays – NorthernBlues
James Hunter – The Hard Way – Universal
Solomon Burke – Like a Fire – Shout! Factory
Kenny Wayne – Can’t Stop Now – Electro-Fi
Albert Collins – Live at Montreaux – Eagle
The Homemade Jamz Blues Band – Pay Me No Mind – NorthernBlues
Pinetop Perkins & Friends - Pinetop Perkins & Friends – Telarc
Little Arthur Duncan Live at Rosa's Blues Lounge - Delmark
*Little Miss Higgins Junction City - Festival

* Canadian artist