Alabama Slim
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Tony Joe White
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The Record Company
Give It Back To You (Concord Music Group). Review by James Mann.
Aunt Mary
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The Record Company
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Little G. Weevil
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Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
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The Morlocks
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Eagle Twin
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Intodown
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Dwight Edwards
Heart of the Blues. Review by Kyrby Raine.
Walter Trout and Friends
Full Circle (Ruf Records). Review by Sean Slone.
John Lee Hooker, Jr.
Cold As Ice (Telarc). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Soledad Brothers
Voice of Treason (Sanctuary). Review by Jen Cray.
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