TOP DISCS

Third Coast Music Top Discs of 2009

1) VARIOUS "Keep Your Soul" (Vanguard)
2) BEAUSOLEIL "Alligator Purse" (Yep Roc)
3) LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS "Vermilionaire" (Bayou Perdu)
4) PINE LEAF BOYS "Homage au Passe" (Lions Gate)
5) DAVE ALVIN "Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women" (Yep Roc)
6) STEVE JAMES "Short Blue Stories" (Hobemian)
7) SUSAN TEDESCHI "Back To The River" (Verve)
8) BONSOIR CATIN "Vive L'Amour" (Valcour)
9) CHARLES THIBODEAUX "Hommage a' Andrew Cormier" (s/r)
10) WAYNE HANCOCK "Viper Of Melody" (Bloodshot)
11) JIMMY BREAUX "Live At Festival Acadiens" (Way Down In Louisiana)
12) RED STICK RAMBLERS "My Suitcase Is Always Packed" (Sugar Hill)
13) STEVE EARLE "Townes" (New West)
14) BAND OF HEATHENS "One Foot In The Ether" (BOH)
15) DEL MOROCCOS "Blue Black Hair" (Hi-Style)
16) BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO "Lay Your Burden Down" (Alligator)
17) KRAYOLAS "Long Leaf Pine" (Box)
18) LINZAY YOUNG & JOEL SAVOY "Linzay Young & Joel Savoy" (Valcour)
19) GEOFF MULDAUR & THE TEXAS SHEIKS "Texas Sheiks" (Moderne & Tradition)
20) JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE "Midnight At The Movies" (Bloodshot)
21) the MODERN SOUNDS "Hold It Fellas / Stomp Stomp" (Ventrella)
22) GUY CLARK "Someday's The Song Writes You" (Dualtone)
23) SHEMEKIA COPELAND "Never Going Back" (Telarc Blues)
24) IN & OUTLAWS "The In & Outlaws" (s/r)
25) RADNEY FOSTER "Revival" (Devil's River)
26) BETH MCKEE "I'm That Way" (s/r)
27) VARIOUS "Voices Of A Grateful Nation" (Welcome Home Project)
28) INSOMNIACS "At Least I'm Not With You" (Delta Groove)
29) BENNY HARP "Sold My Soul" (s/r)
30) FIONA BOYES "Blues Woman" (Yellow Dog)
31) EARL WASHBOARD SALLY "Home Grown" (Catfish Zydeco)
32) WILLIE NELSON & ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL "Willie & the Wheel" (Bismeaux)
33) EILEN JEWELL "Sea of Tears" (Signature Sounds)
34) PORTERDAVIS "Porterdavis" (s/r)
35) SAM BAKER "Cotton" (Music Road)
36) DADDY "For A Second Time" (Cedar Creek)
37) GUY DAVIS "Sweetheart Like You" (Red House)
38) VARIOUS "Oxford American 10th Anniversary Comp." (s/r)
39) DAVIS COEN "Magnolia Land" (Soundview)
40) SETH WALKER "Leap of Faith" (Hyena)

Third Coast Music Top Discs of 2008

1) MITCH WEBB & THE SWINDLES "Lonely Kind" (s/r)
2) OMAR DYKES & JIMMIE VAUGHAN "On The Jimmy Reed Highway" (RUF)
3) PAUL THORN " A Long Way From Tupelo" (Perpetual Obscurity)
4) GUY FORSYTH "Calico Girl" (Small & Nimble)
5) LOS FABULOCOS "Los Fabulocos featuring Kid Ramos" (Delta Groove)
6) JAMES MCMURTRY "Just Us Kids" (Lightning Rod)
7) DR. JOHN "City That Care Forgot" (429)
8) ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS "Raising Sand" (Rounder)
9) ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO "Real Animal" (Back Porch / Manhattan)
10) BAND OF HEATHENS "Band of Heathens" (BOH)
11) BELLEVILLE OUTFIT "Wanderin'" (s/r)
12) VARIOUS "Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway" (Music Road)
13) LOS #3 DINNERS "Loud" (s/r)
14) SAVOY FAMILY BAND "Turn Loose But Don't Let Go" (Arhoolie)
15) KYLE HUVAL & THE DIXIE CLUB RAMBLERS "The Corner Post" (Swallow)
16) VARIOUS "Putumayo Presents New Orleans Brass" (Putumayo)
17) BUDDY GUY "Skin Deep" (Silvertone)
18) JOHN FOGERTY "Revival" (Fantasy)
19) JESSE DAYTON & BRENNEN LEIGH "Holdin' Our Own" (Stag)
20) TEX MEX EXPERIENCE "Tex Mex Experience" (TMX)
21) HAYES CARLL "Trouble In Mind" (Lost Highway)
22) LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS "Live ala Blue Moon" (Swallow)
23) SISTERS MORALES "Talking To The River" (Luna)
24) JEFFREY BROUSSARD "Keeping The Tradition Alive" (Maison de Soul)
25) CEDRIC WATSON "Cedric Watson" (Valcour)
26) CHUBBY CARRIER "Live at Knuckleheads, KC" (Swampadellic)
27) RY COODER "I, Flathead" (Nonesuch)
28) BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA "Down In New Orleans" (Time Life)
29) JOE ELY & JOEL GUZMAN "Live Cactus" (Rack 'Em)
30) SACRED SHAKERS "The Sacred Shakers" (Signature Sounds)
31) CAROLYN WONDERLAND "Miss Understood" (Bismeaux)
32) JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE "The Good Life" (Bloodshot)
33) STEVE RILEY "The Best Of..." (Rounder)
34) LUCINDA WILLIAMS "Little Honey" (Lost Highway)
35) VARIOUS "Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show" (Columbia / Legacy)
36) DIGNEY FIGNUS "Talk Of The Town" (Figtone)
37) KEVIN NAQUIN "Call It What You Want" (Swallow)
38) PORTERDAVIS "Live At Eddie's Attic" (s/r)
39) FEUFOLLET "Cow Island Hop" (Valcour)
40) MARCIA BALL "Peace, Love & BBQ" (Alligator)

THIRD COAST MUSIC TOP DISCS OF 2007

1) VARIOUS "Goin' Home: Fats Domino Tribute" (Vanguard)
2) BLAZE FOLEY "Cold, Cold World" (Lost Art)
3) RODDIE ROMERO "The La Louisianne Sessions" (Octavia)
4) LOS STRAITJACKETS "Rock En Espanol Vol. 1" (Yep Roc)
5) STEVE EARLE "Washington Square Serenade" (New West)
6) MARTY STUART "Compadres" (Superlatone)
7) TERRI HENDRIX "The Spiritual Kind" (Wilory)
8) JOHNNY BUSH "Texas State Of Mind" (BGM)
9) PINE LEAF BOYS "Blues de Musicien" (Arhoolie)
10) EILEN JEWELL "Boundary County" (self)
11) TEXAS NORTHSIDE KINGS "Texas Northside Kings" (Dialtone)
12) LUCINDA WILLIAMS "West" (Lost Highway)
13) MAVIS STAPLES "We'll Never Turn Back" (Anti)
14) TEXAS SOUTHSIDE KINGS "Texas Southside Kings" (Dialtone)
15) SUBDUDES "Street Symphony" (Back Porch)
16) RED STICK RAMBLERS "Made In The Shade" (Sugar Hill)
17) LARRY LANGE & HIS LONELY KNIGHTS "Crazy, Crazy Baby" (Texas Jamboree)
18) LYLE LOVETT "It's Not Big It's Large" (Lost Highway)
19) BEAUSOLEIL "Live In Louisiana" (Way Down In Louisiana)
20) BLUERUNNERS "Live At The Triple Door" (self)
21) RED MEAT "We Never Close" (Ranchero)
22) JOEY ALLCORN "50 Years Too Late" (DJ Allcorn Music)
23) LIL BIT & THE CUSTOMATICS "Lone Star Girl" (Tomcattin' Round)
24) PATRICIA VONNE "Firebird" (Bandolera)
25) WILLIE NELSON "Songbird" (Lost Highway)
26) RUTHIE FOSTER "The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster" (Blue Corn Music)
27) EILEN JEWELL "Letters From Sinners & Strangers" (Signature Sounds)
28) GUY FORSYTH "Unrepentant Schizophrenic Americana" (Small & Nimble)
29) JEAN-PIERRE & THE ZYDECO ANGELS "Zydeco Alert" (self)
30) VARIOUS "Just One More: A Tribute To Larry Brown" (Bloodshot)
31) PINE LEAF BOYS "La Musique" (Arhoolie)
32) RY COODER "My Name Is Buddy" (Nonesuch)
33) ROBERT LIGHTHOUSE "Deep Down In The Mud" (Right On Rhythm)
34) BETTYE LAVETTE "The Scene Of The Crime" (Anti)
35) KOKO TAYLOR "Old School" (Alligator)
36) GURF MORLIX "Diamonds To Dust" (Blue Corn Music)
37) JIMMY LAFAVE "Cimarron Manifesto" (Red House)
38) LEE ROCKER "Black Cat Bone" (Alligator)
39) INSOMNIACS "Left Coast Blues" (Delta Groove)
40) ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS "Raising Sand" (Rounder)

THIRD COAST MUSIC TOP DISCS OF 2006

1) RAY WYLIE HUBBARD "Snake Farm" (Sustain)
2) LOS LOBOS "The Town & the City" (Hollywood)
3) SOLOMON BURKE "Nashville" (Shout Factory)
4) MCKAY BROTHERS "Cold Beer & Hot Tamales" (Medina River)
5) NEW ORLEANS SOCIAL CLUB "Sing Me Back Home" (Burgundy/Sony BMG)
6) SLAID CLEAVES "Unsung" (Rounder)
7) HANK WILLIAMS III "Straight To Hell" (Curb)
8) SETH WALKER "SETH WALKER" (Pacific Blues)
9) JERRY LEE LEWIS "Last Man Standing" (Artists First)
10) CHARIVARI "A Trip To The Holiday Lounge" (Rounder)
11) VARIOUS "Our New Orleans 2005" (Nonesuch)
12) NEKO CASE "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood" (Anti)
13) HACIENDA BROTHERS "What's Wrong With Right" (Proper)
14) SUBDUDES "Behind The Levee" (Back Porch)
15) GOURDS "Heavy Ornamentals" (Eleven Thirty)
16) BR549 "Dog Days" (Dualtone)
17) KANE WELCH & KAPLAN "Lost John Dean" (Compass)
18) VARIOUS "No Depression Vol. 2" (Dualtone)
19) JAMES HAND "The Truth Will Set You Free" (Rounder)
20) LITTLE WILLIES "The Little Willies" (Milking Bull)
21) FIONA BOYES "Lucky 13" (Yellow Dog)
22) OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW " Big Iron World" (Nettwerk)
23) VARIOUS "A Celebration of New Orleans Music" (Rounder)
24) MARTI BROM "Heartache Numbers" (Goofin)
25) WILLIE NELSON "You Don't Know Me" (Lost Highway)
26) ROSANNE CASH "Black Cadillac" (Capitol)
27) BOB DYLAN "Modern Times" (Columbia)
28) JERRY DOUGLAS "The Best Kept Secret" (Koch)
29) SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS "Doublewide & Live" (Yep Roc)
30) STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS "Dominos" (Rounder)
31) GRAYSON CAPPS "Wail & Ride" (Hyena)
32) MARY FLOWER "Bywater Dance" (Yellow Dog)
33) JOHNNY CASH "American V" (American Recordings/Lost Highway)
34) TOM RIGNEY & FLAMBEAU "Off The Hook" (Parhelion)
35) TODD SNIDER "The Devil You Know" (New Door)
36) PAUL BURCH "East To West" (Bloodshot)
37) DAN REEDER "Sweetheart" (Oh Boy)
38) WAYNE HANCOCK "Tulsa" (Bloodshot)
39) ERIC HISAW "The Crosses" (Saustex Media)
40) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "We Shall Overcome" (Columbia)

THIRD COAST MUSIC TOP DISCS OF 2005

1) VARIOUS "Hard Headed Woman" (Bloodshot)
2) LOS SUPER 7 "Heard It On The X" (Telarc)
3) GUY FORSYTH "Love Songs: For & Against" (Small & Nimble)
4) TWO TONS OF STEEL "Vegas" (Palo Duro)
5) RAY WYLIE HUBBARD "Delirium Tremelos" (Philo)
6) DELBERT MCCLINTON "Cost Of Living" (New West)
7) WILLIE NELSON "Countryman" (Lost Highway)
8) MAGNOLIA SISTERS "Apres Faire Le Boogie Woogie" (Rounder)
9) SARAH BORGES "Silver City" (Blue Corn Music)
10) JAMES MCMURTRY "Childish Things" (Compadre)
11) TOM RIGNEY "A Blue Thing" (Parhelion)
12) BUDDY GUY "Bring 'Em In" (Silvertone)
13) WILLIE NELSON "It Always Will Be" (Lost Highway)
14) VARIOUS "Texas Unplugged Vol. 1" (Palo Duro)
15) ROBBIE FULKS "Georgia Hard" (Yep Roc)
16) BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO "Jackpot" (Tomorrow Recordings)
17) CC ADCOCK "Lafayette Marquis" (Yep Roc)
18) ROSIE LEDET "Pick It Up" (Maison de Soul)
19) VARIOUS "Brewed In Texas Vol. 2" (Compadre)
20) STEVE EARLE "Live From Austin, TX" (New West)
21) RODNEY CROWELL "The Outsider" (Columbia)
22) DWIGHT YOAKAM "Blame The Vain" (New West)
23) NEKO CASE "The Tigers Have Spoken" (Anti)
24) ELIZABETH MCQUEEN "Happy Doing What We're Doing" (Freedom)
25) BLUERUNNER "Honey Slides" (Bayou Vista)
26) RECKLESS KELLY "Wicked Twisted Road" (Sugar Hill)
27) SHANNON MCNALLY "Geronimo" (Back Porch)
28) MISSISSIPPI HIPPIES "Mississippi Hippies" (Big Smoke)
29) LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS "Believe" (Yep Roc)
30) PATRICIA VONNE "Guitars & Castanets" (Bandolera)
31) BOB DYLAN "No Direction Home" (Columbia/Legacy)
32) KNITTERS "The Modern Sounds of the Knitters" (Zoe)
33) TOM RUSSELL BAND "Raw Vision" (Philo)
34) JESSE DAYTON "Country Soul Brother" (Stag)
35) KERMIT RUFFINS & THE REBIRTH BRASS BAND "Throwback" (Basin Street)
36) GRAYSON CAPPS "If You Knew My Mind" (Hyena)
37) RAY CHARLES "Ray Soundtrack" (Warner)
38) BEL AIRS "Got Love" (Hightone)
39) FORTY TWENTY (Sober & Stupid" (Slack Jaw)
40) GREENCARDS "Weather & Water" (Dualtone)

THIRD COAST MUSIC TOP DISCS OF 2004

1) STEVE EARLE "The Revolution Is Now" (Artemis)
2) VARIOUS "Por Vida" (OR)
3) JAMES MCMURTRY "Live In Aught Three" (Compadre)
4) DAN REEDER "Dan Reeder" (Oh Boy)
5) JOHNNY BUSH "Honkytonic" (BGM)
6) DAVE ALVIN "Ashgrove" (Yep Roc)
7) VARIOUS "Creole Bred" (Vanguard)
8) LIL' BIT & THE CUSTOMATICS "Headin' On" (Lil Bit O' Trouble)
9) NEAL BLACK & THE HEALERS "Dreams Are For Losers" (Dixie Frog)
10) SLAID CLEAVES "Wishbones" (Philo)
11) TONY JOE WHITE "The Heroines" (Sanctuary)
12) TOM RIGNEY "Happy To Be Here" (Parhelion)
13) JESSE DAYTON "Tall Texas Tales" (Stag)
14) JEFF PLANKENHORN "Plank" (Blue Corn Music)
15) VARIOUS "Hard Headed Woman" (Bloodshot)
16) LOS LOBOS "The Ride" (Hollywood)
17) CINDY CASHDOLLAR "Slide Show" (Silver Shot)
18) BELTON RICHARD "The Older The Wine The Finer The Taste" (Swallow)
19) OTIS GIBBS "One Day Our Whispers" (Benchmark)
20) CARLOS GUITARLOS "Straight From My Heart" (Nomad)
21) RESENTMENTS "The Resentments" (Freedom)
22) RAILBENDERS "Segundo" (Big Bender)
23) LORETTA LYNN "Van Lear Rose" (Interscope)
24) ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS "Bandwagon" (Palo Duro)
25) PAUL BURCH "Fool For Love" (Bloodshot)
26) CORNELL HURD BAND "Cen-Tex Serenade" (Behemoth)
27) GURF MORLIX "Cut n Shoot" (Blue Corn Music)
28) JON RAUHOUSE "Steel Guitar Rodeo" (Bloodshot)
29) DALE WATSON "Dreamland" (Koch)
30) VARIOUS "Live From the WC Handy Blues Awards" (Tone-Cool)
31) SAVOY FAMILY BAND "Cajun Album" (Arhoolie)
32) MERLE HAGGARD & WILLIE NELSON "Pancho & Lefty" (Epic/Legacy)
33) RENEE AUSTIN "Sweet Talk" (Blind Pig)
34) GOURDS "Growin' A Beard" (Aspyr)
35) BILLER & HORTON "Texotica" (Vinylux)
36) BEAUSOLEIL "Gitane Cajun" (Vanguard)
37) LOS TEXMANIACS "A Tex-Mex Groove" (Maniax)
38) SCARECROWS "Rattlesnake Law" (Hayden's Ferry)
39) TERRI HENDRIX "The Art Of Removing Wallpaper" (Wilory)
40) VARIOUS "Touch My Heart" (Sugar Hill)