4.75/5
Umphreys McGee- From The Hip: A Set of Improvasation
White Denim- Stiff
Ibrahim Maalouf- Kalthoum
Richard Davis Trio- Song For Wounded Knee
4.5/5
David Bowie-Blackstar
Tedeschi Trucks Band- Let Me Get By
Sierra Hull- Weighted Mind
Drive By Truckers- American Band
Greensky Bluegrass- Shouted, Written Down & Quoted
Waco Brothers- Going Down In History
Electric Eye- Different Sun
Sultans of String- Subcontinental Drift
Birds of Chicago- Real Midnight
Steve Kimock- Last Danger of Frost
Nolatet- Dogs
Lukas Nelson & Promise of Real- Something Real
Corey Henry- The Revival
Marco Benevento- The Story of Fred Short
The Lippies- The Lippies
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals- Call It What It Is
Hayes Carll- Lovers & Leavers
Allison Miller- Otis Was A Polar Bear
4.25/5
Bob Weir- Blue Mountain
The Suffers- The Suffers
Megadeath- Dystopia
Luther Dickinson- Blues and Ballads: A Folksinger's Songbook, Vol. 1 & 2
Burnell Pines- Till The Day I Die
Ray Lamontange- Ouroboros
The Brothers Comatose- City Painted Gold
Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression
Glenn Jones- Fleeting
Robbie Fulks- Upland Stories
4/5
The Record Company- Give It Back To You
Dr.Dog- The Pyschadelic Swamp
Infamous Stringdisters- Ladies & Gentleman
Mavis Staples- Livin on a High Note
Dead Weather Carpenters- Washoe
Bonnie Raitt- Dig In Deep
Aly Keita- Kalo Yele
Esperanza Spalding- Emily's D+Evolution
Last in Line- Heavy Crown
Sean Watkins- What to Fear
Anders Osborne- Spacedust & Ocean Views
Matt Sowell- North Winds Blowin
Lake Street Dive- Side Pony
Weezer- Weezer (White Album)
The Crane Wives- Foxlore
Working For A Nuclear Free City- What Do People Do All Day
Cha Wa- Funk Feathers
Woods- City Sun Eater In The River Of Light-
Elephant Revival- Petals
Hiromi- Spark
Fela Ransome Kuti & His Koola Lobitos- High Life Jazz & Afro Soul (1963-1969)
My Top 10 For 2016 (in a ever changing running order):
01. Dewolff – Roux- Ga-Roux
02. Drive-by Truckers – American Band
03. The Tibbs – Takin’ Over
04. The Grand East – Movano Camerata
05. The Tedeschi Trucks Band – Let Me Get By (Deluxe Edition met bonus-CD)
06. Crossroads Guitar Festival - Selections from......3CD Compilation
07. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
08. The Record Company – Give It Back To You
09. Eric Clapton Ft. JJ Cale – Live in San Diego
10. Gov’t Mule – The Tel-Star Sessions
The William Bell and Emitt Rhodes records were by far the best things I heard this year. The rest are so good and consistent, you could throw a blanket over them. That said, if you haven't heard Joanne Shaw Taylor, she's a killer
This is Where I Live-William Bell
Rainbow Ends-Emitt Rhodes
American Band, Drive By Truckers
Keep Me Singing, Van Morrison
Swimming Pools, Movie Stars, Dwight Yoakum
Wild, Joanne Shaw Taylor
Things We Are Made Of, Mary Chapin Carpenter
Sailors Guide to Earth-Sturgill Simpson
Let Me Get By-TTB
My Piece of Land-Amanda Shires
I Am the Rain, Cheley Wright
Exodus of Venus-Elizabeth Cook
Couchville Sessions, Darrell Scott
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I don't buy as many as I used to
Favorites from this year
TTB - Let Me Get By
Rich Robinson - Flux
DiJohnette, Coltrane, Garrison - Movement
Marquis Hill - The Way We Play
Joey Alexander - Countdown
Nice lists - will check out some of those.
Notable record 2016 Sarah Jarosz - Undercurrent.
Other than the # 1, these are in no particular order.
1. Eric Clapton - Live In San Diego
TTB - Let Me Get By
Brian Fallon - Painkillers
Marc Ford - The Vulture
Rich Robinson - Flux
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now
Ben Harper - Call It What It Is
Jimi Hendrix - Fillmore East 1st show
Rolling Stones- Blue & Lonesome
Record Company - Give It Back To You
Amos Lee - Spirit
Butch Walker - Stay Gold
Luther Dickinson- Blues and Ballads
Led Zeppelin - Complete BBC
Bob Dylan - Complete 1966 Live Recordings
Sturgill Simpson - A Sailors Guide
Lukas Nelson & Promise of Real- Something Real
Greensky Bluegrass- Shouted, Written Down & Quoted
Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks vol 18.
Just got The Wood Brothers - Live At The Barn. I have only listened to it once, but it likely will be on the list.
I might be missing some, but that probably covers up what I thought was a stellar year of music.
Childish Gambino - Awaken My Love
The Struts - Everybody Wants
Blackberry Smoke - Like An Arrow
Govt Mule- Telstar Sessions
Nice lists - will check out some of those.
Notable record 2016 Sarah Jarosz - Undercurrent.
My wife and I are fans of her's (my wife probably more than me). I bought this one for her birthday, and I have had a hard time getting into it. It feels more like contemporary style of music and she has kinda moved away from the stylings of her prior releases. My wife loves it, I just cant seem to take to it.
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
Thanks for all the ideas. Great time to spend a lot of my vacation to listen to these.
Tedeschi Trucks Band - "Let Me Get By"
Luther Dickinson - "Blues and Ballads"
Radiohead - "A Moon Shaped Pool"
Wilco - "Schmilco"
Alejandro Escovedo's Burn Something Beautiful
