Mr Reddy known as Pittsburgh's lady of the blue she prefers the style of classic boomers common to Koko Taylor and Etta James and she carries that torch extremely well her new album Lady of the blues is number 36 tonight and you heard these are my blues. Gregg Allman passed away in May of this past year his last record album is Southern blood on the rounder label and it's number 35 on the countdown tonight this is I love the life I live. Absolutely I can laugh at rock and blues on the idli brothers and Carlos Santana both of stablish their careers way back in the 19 sixties and have maintained headliners to head us throughout legacy records hit a home run with the cd power of peace and we have it at number 34 on the survey tonight you heard the Willie Dixon penned classic I just want to make love to you we'll be back with 33 of the best blues C.D.'s you'll ever hear right after we take a short breather go run off. If you're a fan of Smokestack Lightning you'll be happy to know that you'll never have to miss an episode just because you can't be by the radio when the show airs you can listen to smokestack light and write on your computer at home and at work any time you want at Smokestack Lightning dot com And remember we spell lightning without a g. That website again Smokestack Lightning dot com. This is magic and j. Geils with time you're listening to Smokestack Lightning. This is radio the way it was lived to be innovative smart and unpredictable this is smokestack light and blues radio and I'm your host Tommy Thompson as we work our way through the year and Top 100 Countdown tonight we have arrived at number 33 on the survey where we find Robert crazy and high rhythm Robert Crais has been blurring the lines between rock soul and r. And b. For the past 4 decades with 5 Grammy wins and over 20 highly acclaimed albums already in hand he traveled to Memphis this past year with the renowned a Grammy Award winning producer Steve Jordan to make a classic soul album with high rhythm the band that helped create that sound this is I'm with you. And case you want to know how I feel about Saddam and I just want to let you know. That I'm with. You. As a. I'm Well good Montoya's careers began in the mid 1970 s. When Albert Collins asked him to join the band as a drummer Collins took Montoya under his wing and taught him his icy hot guitar style the 2 remained friends even after Montoya left the band in the early 19 eighties John Mayall heard Koko playing guitar in a Los Angeles bar soon after Mayo asked him to join the newly reformed Blues Breakers where he remained a member for over 10 years hard truth is Coco's 10th solo album it's number 32 on tonight's countdown and you heard before the bullets fly. Arielle Boyce is a hill country blues band out of Como Mississippi although he's $62.00 this is only his 2nd album and his 1st since 2007 it was well worth the wait Believe me this is a radio edit of our Ellsberg from the cd roll and tumble number 31 on your or your in Countdown it's bumps that like. Kenny Wayne Shepherd is 40 years old we've been speaking of him as the latest greatest new fang in the blues for so long well we may have overlooked the fact that he just went and grew up his new album lay it on down leads off with the hot number baby got gone and it's number 30 on our 2017 survey now we need a minute or 2 here for a refreshment break we will be right back and we'll pick it all up at number 29. This is Mark Campbell singing with Jack Ma going to heart attack and from the new music capital of the American south you're listening to smoke stack lightning and yes you're right. Welcome back my friends to the show that never in this is smokestack live and get it right each and every night from Orlando Florida the new music capital of the American south I'm Tommy Thompson your host the same thing and if you've just joined us well we're about to roll out the top 29 new blue C.D.'s for this past year if you've missed number 30 through number 100 well check us out at smokestack lighted dot com You won't be sorry you did. Blackstone sherry came as a complete surprise it's some of the best hard edged blues rock we've heard since the stone foxes the new album is the last to blues and this is hoochie coochie band. Justice. And the know will. Kill. So. Good. Think she is a Sarasota based jam band that found itself in need of a guitarist for their new album blues veteran Larry McCray was available and the resulting record turned have to be one of the best of the entire year the cd title is a Livia it's number 28 on the countdown tonight and you heard I don't need it. Eric billed as an American acoustic blues artist who moved to Europe way back in the 1970 s. He has recorded 21 soul albums 17 collaboration's with other artists and 4 live albums migration blues is his most recent album and features fellow acoustic artist j.j. Belt and Michael Jerome Brown it's number 27 on our countdown and this is the title track. The boom boom boom. Boom. Boom boom. Boom. Boom of the chip pan company I'm writing and there's my costs. An. American blues scene magazine describes Eli Cooke as having a lean mean gritty demeanor and that describes of to a t. Quite frankly the new album high dollar gospel is number 26 on the survey and the track you heard was mixing my medicine. Chris Thomas King has the swan blues in his family tree his father tabby Thomas was a legendary blues icon from Baton Rouge Louisiana and Chris has on data Blake inherited the swampy gene from his dad his latest cd is hotel hoodoo it's number 25 tonight and the track we're going to play for you is child on Hell's Highway. And. Before George Thorogood became a blues rock pioneer with his band the destroyers he was a solo club performer who specialized in Robert Johnson and Elmore James covers this new album party of one revisits those days courtesy of Rounder Records at number 24 you heard the Willie Dixon classic Wang Dang doodle Let's take a short break give me 2 minutes and I'll be right back. From Arkansas State University this is k.s.u. Jones borrow your connection for news on Marketplace business and economic news for the rest of us weekday afternoons at 530. The Baker family will perform at k.s.u. Use next bluegrass Monday. All. 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