CONGRATS! Area Artists Shine in Blind Lemon Radio's Top 20 List

For the Canadian Blues community, Blind Lemon Blues Radio's Annual Top 20 Album List is a highlight of the year.  In January 2015, the results of public online voting were tallied and the favourites from 2014 were unveiled.

As always, many talented Blues musicians from our area were honoured.  Hamiltonians Andre Bisson (5), Jack de Keyzer (9) and Steve Strongman (15) all make appearances on the list.  Oshweken's Joel Johnson and Downchild (with members from the Niagara and Brant regions) earned the 17th and 18th spots respectively.

CONGRATULATIONS

Here is the full list as well as the honourable mentions

1. The MacKenzie Blues Band: Slam! Bam!
2. Bill Durst: Hard And Heavy
3. Wicked Grin: Shame On Me
4. Paul DesLauriers Band: Self Titled
5. Andre Bisson: Bad Scene
   
   
   
   Links: More Andre Bisson stories, Video above courtesy of Andre Bisson
   
   
6. Brian Cober: Austin Wired
7. Steve Hill: Solo Recordings Vol 2
8. Carolyn Fe Blues Collective: Bad Taboo
9. Jack de Keyzer: VooDoo Boogie
10. Angel Forrest: My Pleasure - Live Love
11. 24th Street Wailers: Wicked
12. MonkeyJunk: Tiger In Your Tank (Re-Issue)
13. Sunday Wilde: He Digs Me
14. Tim Bastmeyer and Jerome Tucker: Self Titled
15. Steve Strongman: Let Me Prove It To You
    
    
    
    Links: More Steve Strongman stories, Video above courtesy of Tasha Heart
    
16. Johnny Cox: Thin Blue Line
17. Joel Johnson: Blues Joose Vol. 2
18. Downchild: Can You Hear The Music
    
    
    
    Links: Downchild Blues Band, More Downchild Stories, Video above courtesy of Folk Roots and Blues Music
    
    
19. Jerome Godboo: Sanctuary City
20. JW Jones: Belmont Boulevard

Honourable Mentions

• Harpdog Brown: What It Is
• Terry Whalen Band: Two Steps Forward
• Highway 125: Off The Floor
• Joe Murphy and The Water Street Blues Band: Testifyin

Blast from the Past: 2013 Winners

Links: Blind Lemon Blues Radio, More Blind Lemon Stories

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De Keyzer and Daddy Long Legs on Blind Lemon Blues Best of 2013 List

Local musicians Daddy Long Legs and Jack De Keyzer made their way onto Blind Lemon Blues's top 20 Blues songs of 2013 list (numbers 12 and 16 respectively).  Jack also makes another appearance as part of James Boraski's album (#15).  The only other performer to be listed twice is Paul Deslauriers.  The popular radio show (on 93.5 CHMR in St. John's Newfoundland) has its listeners vote for their favourites every year.   CONGRATULATIONS!



Links: Jack de Keyzer, More Jack De Keyzer Stories, Above video courtesy of Marty Murray



Links: Daddy Long Legs, More Daddy Long Legs Stories, Above video courtesy of Hamilton Blues Lovers



Links: James Boraski, More James Boraski Stories, Video above courtesy of James Boraski

Here is the complete list (album is in parenthesis):

1. Steve Hill: Ever Changing World (Solo Recordings, Vol. 1)
2. Marshall Lawrence: Factory Closing Blues (House Call)
3. Highway 125: Key To The Highway (Payin' Dues)
4. Guy Belanger: People Get Crazy (Dusty Trails)
5. Bill Durst: Little Red Rooster (Live)
6. Layla Zoe: Gemini Heart (The Lily)
7. Sunday Wilde: Captured Me (He Gave Me A Blue Nightgown)
8. Angel Forrest: Blue Firegirl (Mother Tongue Blues)
9. MonkeyJunk: Why Do People Act Like That (All Frequencies)
10. 24th Street Wailers: Never Ending Day (Live in Halifax)
11. Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers: Southland of the Heart (Southland)
12. Daddy Long Legs: The Devil's In The Details (The Devil's in the Details)
13. Paul Deslauriers and Anwar Khushid: Nobody's Fault but Mine (Enter The Gate)
14. Kat Danser: Sun Goes Down (Baptized by the Mud)
15. Tie: James Boraski: Comin' Home (Comin' Home featuring Jack De Keyzer)/
    Anthony Gomes: Old Ten Wheeler (Before The Beginning)
16. Jack De Keyzer: Electric Love (Electric Love)
17. David Gogo: Bad 'n Ruin (Come On Down)
18. Tie: James "Buddy" Rogers: My Guitar's My Only Friend (My Guitar's My Only Friend)
    /Ben Racine Band: Shake a Hand (One of a Kind)
19. Fathead: Shame On Ya (Twenty Years Deep)
20. Denis Viel: Sunset Blues (Sunset Blues)

Blast from the Past: 2009 Blind Lemon Blues List

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Rita Chiarelli, Alfie Smith and others on Blind Lemon's Top 20

Congratulations to Hamiltonians Alfie Smith and Rita Chiarelli for making the top 20 of the Blind Lemon Blues list of the best Canadian Blues albums of 2011. They were numbers 13 and 9 respectively.

Here are the complete results:

20 - Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne - An Old Rock On A Roll
19 - Bill Durst - The Great Willy Mammoth
18 - Sabrina Weeks - Tales From Lenny's Diner
17 - Bill Johnson - Still Blue
16 - Fathead - Where's The Blues Taking Me?
15 - Al Wood & the Woodsmen - Mood Swingin' Blues
14 - Lou DeAdder - Headlights
13 - Alfie Smith - Sometimes The Rain
12 - Treasa Levasseur - Broad
11 - 24th Street Wailers - Dirty Little Young 'uns
10 - BC Read - 1,000 Miles
09 - Rita Chiarelli - Music from The Big House
08 - David Gogo - Soul Bender
07 - Jesse Roper - The Roper Show
06 - Suzie Vinnick - Me n Mabel
05 - Colin James - Take it from The Top
04 - Matt Andersen - Coal Mining Bues
03 - MonkeyJunk - To Behold
02 - Jeff Healey Band - Live at Grossmans in 1994
01 - Harpdog Brown - Naturally