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GRITZ Best Albums of The Year

Lots of great music rocked my world in 2007. Here are my choices for the 15 best of the best. Feel free to log on and comment. Let me know if you agree or disagree.                                 

15. Magic  Bruce Springsteen  There were a couple of "non Southern" releases in 2007 that rocked my world. None more so that Bruce and The E-Street Band's return to their good old rocking sound. This one could have easily followed Born to Run.

14. Carolina Dreams Tour 1977  The Marshall Tucker Band  A fantastic live CD and DVD from the MTB archives featuring the Caldwell Brothers.

13. Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies  The classic album of Shel Silverstien tunes issued as a two CD set and every song is good.

12. Dylan (Box set) A 3 disc retrospective that covers Bob Dylan's entire career. Not Southern, but very, very important music.

11.  Reloaded  Point Blank  Texas rockers Point Blank reunite with a live set that is blistering. Rusty Burns smokes on the slide.

10. Some People Change  Montgomery Gentry  They are classified as country, but to me, Eddie and Troy are Southern rockers at heart. This one rocks.

9. Beautiful Door  Billy Bob Thornton  Great, introspective and meaningful lyrics set to an Americana/Country vibe.

8. My Kind of Country  Van Zant   Donnie and Johnny return with another country fried winner.

7. Mighty High   Gov't Mule   Warren Haynes and the boys just get better with age.

6. Deuces  The Charlie Daniels Band  A bunch of rockin' duets. I love this record!

5. The Next Adventure  The Marshall Tucker Band  Lots of great tracks and one beautiful duet called "I Love You That Way" that gets stuck in my head.

4. I Will Obey  Jo Jo Billingsley White   Totally awesome rocking gospel debut from one of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd Honkettes.

3. Build Your Own Fire   Jimmy Hall  Jimmy's soulful tribute to Eddie Hinton.

2. Raising Sand  Alison Krauss and Robert Plant  Unlikely duo of the year (maybe the decade?) these guys turned out one fine sounding record.

1. Brothers of the Southland Great new music from a legendary line up of musicians, includes: Jimmy Hall , Henry Paul, Steve Gorman, Dan Toler,  Steve Grisham, Jay Boy Adams, American Idol winner Bo Bice and others. One of the finest Southern Rock tributes in years.

Keep it Real. Keep it Southern.

Buffalo

 

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