TOP BOOKS & DVD LISTS

Note: REAL BLUES ‘Top Releases’ charts are based on what Books and DVD’s we have received in the previous 12 Calendar months. Like our Top 100 CD List all have been graded as ‘Highly Recommended Purchases’ and all selections are based solely on Artistic/Spiritual Merit. Selections have already been reviewed or will be within the next issue. This list is a ‘Bribery-free’ listing so you can ‘take-it-to-the-bank’. (If you hope to have your Book/DVD on this list, the first step is to send us a review copy…)

TOP 10 BLUES BOOKS

1.  Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops by Tony Douglas (Routledge)

1. Queen: The Life And Music Of Dinah Washington by Nadine Cohodas (Pantheon)

2. You Can Make It If You Try by Ted Jarrett with Ruth White (Hillsboro Press)

2. With Billie by Julie Blackburn (Pantheon)

2. Dewey And Elvis: The Life And Times Of A Rock‘N’Roll DeeJay by Louis Cantor (University of Illinois Press)

3. Incurable Blues: The Troubles & Triumphs of Blues Legend Hubert Sumlin by Will Romano (BackBeat)

4. Get Your Ass In The Water And Swim Like Me by Bruce Jackson (Routledge)

3. Lost Delta Found by Robert Gordon and Bruce Nemerov (Vanderbilt University Press)

5. Between Midnight And Day/The Last Unpublished Blues Archive by Dick Waterman (Thunder’s Mouth)

6. 40 Years With The Blues Legends by Melvyn ‘Deacon’ Jones (Indie)

7. Blue’s Travelling/The Holy Sites Of Delta Blues by Steve Cheseborough (University Press of Mississippi)

7. Talkin’ To Myself: Blues Lyrics 1921-1942 by Michael Taft (Routledge)

8. Trumpet Records/Diamonds On Farish Street by Marc W. Ryan (University Press of Mississippi)

9. Ray Charles: Man And Music by Michael Lydon (Routledge)

10. B.B. King: There’s Always One More Time by David McGee (BackBeat Books)

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TOP BLUES/SOUL/GOSPEL DVDS

1. The!!!! Beat (Bear Family)

2. Wattstax (Warner Video)

3. Soul To Soul (Rhino Home Video/Reelin’ In The Years)

4. Gunsmoke Blues: Muddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton, George 'Harmonica’ Smith (Hip-O/Universal)

5. The Finger Pickin’ Blues of Etta Baker (Homespun)

6. Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson: In Concert (Inakustik/Music Video Distributors)

7. Festival (Eagle Eye/Eagle Rock)

8. Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble: Live At Montreaux 1982 & 1985 (Sony/Epic)

9. You See Me Laughin’: Hill Country Bluesman (Fat Possum Records)

10. Duke Robillard And Friends: Live At The Blackstone Theatre (Stony Plain)

10. Timothea: Time For A Change (Timothea’s Escapades/Terpsichore Movement)

11. American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969/Volume Three (Hip-O/Reelin’ In The Years)

12. Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson: Live In Europe (Hip-O/ Reelin’ In The Years)

13. Bobby Womack: Soul Seduction Supreme (Cherry Red/Music Video Distributors)

14. Sam Cooke: Legend (ABKCO)

15. The Gadd Gang/Roots: Salute to The Saxaphone (Eagle Eye/Eaglerock)

16. Los Lonely Boys: Texican Style (Sony/Epic)

17. Deacon John’s Jump Blues (Image/Vetter)

18. Dr. John: Live At Montreaux (Eagle Eye/Eagle Rock)

19. Jimi Hendrix: Live At Woodstock (Geffen/Universal Music Group)

19. Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack: Go Live (Angel Air Waves/Music Video Distributors)

20. Isaac Hayes "Ultimate Isaac Hayes (Can You Dig It?) 2 CD & DVD (Stax)

20. Chicago Blues Reunion: Buried Alive In The Blues CD & DVD (Out Of The Box Records)