BUCK'S BEST-OF LISTS
Note: Why
do I think anyone cares about my opinion
of what's
best? Actually I don't. It's just that I have a
terrible
memory, and several years from now this should
help me
remember some of the things that I liked.
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| 1. Billy Strings - Highway Prayer |
1. Bender Jamboree (The String Cheese Incident, Umphrey's McGee, The Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams (solo and Grateful Grass featuring The HillBenders), George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners, Ivan Neville & Friends, Big Richard, Dogs In A Pile, Neighbor, The Sweet Lillies, Grateful Dub, Roots of Creation and more) - Westgate Las Vegas, NV, 9/12-15/24 | 1. Poor Things |
| 2. Kitchen Dwellers - Seven Devils |
2. Jam Cruise (moe., Galactic, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Medeski Martin & Porter, Lettuce, Steel Pulse, Dumpstaphunk, Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country, Eggy, Magic Beans,The New Mastersounds, Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew, Keller Williams, Ivan Neville & Friends, TAUK Moore, Cory Wong, and more) - MSC Divina, 2/25-3/1/24
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2. Love Lies Bleeding |
| 3. Old 97s - American Primitive |
3. Billy Strings - ACL Live, 12/13/24 and Moody Center, 12/14/24 |
3. The Taste of Things |
| 4. Anders Osborne - Picasso's Villa |
4. Mojo's Final Mayhem (The Toad Liquors, The Knitters, Dan Baird & Homemade Sin,The Beat Farmers, James McMurtry, Folk Uke, The Waco Brothers, John Dee Graham, and Allen Oldies Band, with guest appearances by Steve Earle, Jello Biafra, and Rosie Flores) - Continental Club, 3/16/24 |
4. Anora |
| 5. The Dead South - Chains & Stakes |
5. Los Super 7 (David Hidalgo, Cesar Rojas, Steve Berlin, Ricky Trevino, Reuben Ramos, and Max and Josh Baca, with Los Texmaniacs, Money Chicha, Rosie Flores, John Doe, Carrie Rodriguez, and The Tiarras) - Radio/East, 5/24/24 |
5. Longlegs |
| 6. X - Smoke & Fiction |
6. Peter Rowen with Fennario Flats - Radio/East, 10/2/24 | 6. Dune 2 |
| 7. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Day in Time |
7. The Third Mind with J. Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed - 04 Center, 3/2/24 |
7. I Saw the TV Glow |
| 8. Sarah Jarosz - Polaroid Lovers |
8. The Dead South with with Jake Vaadeland & the Sturgeon River Boys and The Hooten Hallers - ACL Live, 2/21/24 |
8. Hit Man |
| 9. Honey Island Swamp Band - Custom Deluxe |
9. Larry Reunion with Flounders Without Eyes, Gators, and Twenty Hounds - Rancho Relaxo (Dale, TX), 11/8-9/24 |
9. Thelma |
| 10. Amethyst Kiah - Still + Bright |
10. Eminence Ensemble with Scott Page of Pink Floyd - Parish, 12/20/24 |
10. The Substance |
| Live Albums:
- Billy Strings - Live Vol. 1 - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Fu##in' Up |
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| 1. Galactic - Tchompitoulas |
1. Dead & Company - Folsom Field (Boulder), 7/1-3/23 | 1. Asteroid City |
| 2. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - City of Gold |
2. The String Cheese Incident - Stubb's, 11/2-4/23 |
2. Oppenheimer |
| 3. The String Cheese Incident - Lend Me a Hand |
3. Billy Strings - Moody Center, 6/2/23 |
3. Cocaine Bear |
| 4. Leftover Salmon - Grass Roots |
4. Old Settler's Music Festival (Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway,
Tommy Emmanuel, Shovels & Rope, Elephant Revival, Shinyribs, The Wood Brothers, Twisted Pine, Big Richard and more) - Tilmon, TX, 4/21-22/23 |
4. Sisu |
| 5. Jackie Venson - Evolution of Joy |
5. moe. - Paramount Theatre, 4/28/23 |
5. Barbie |
| 6. Iris Dement - Workin' On a World |
6. Widespread Panic - ACL Live, 4/16,18,19/23 | 6. Tar |
| 7. Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Altitude |
7. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with Dogs in a Pile - Scoot Inn, 10/31/23 |
7. The Fabelmans |
| 8. Grace Potter - Mother Road |
8. Austin Blues Festival (Los Lobos, Booker T's Stax Revue, Robert Randolph Band, Adrian Quesada's Jaguar Sound, BLK ODDYSY, CJ Chenier and more) - Moody Amphitheater, 4/29/23 |
8. Where the Crawdads Sing |
| 9. The Record Company - The 4th Album |
9. Luck Reunion (Willie Nelson and Family, Terry Allen &
The Panhandle Mystery Band, Spoon, Margo Price and Band of Heathens, Sierra Ferrell, The War and Treaty, The Heavy Heavy, Devon Gilfillian,
and more) - Spicewood, TX, 3/17/23 |
9. Apollo 10 1/2 |
| 10. Greyhounds and T-Bird and the Breaks - Greybird |
10. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Moody Center, 2/16/23 |
10. Dumb Money |
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| 1. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Crooked Tree |
1. Billy Strings - Stubb's, 10/13/22 | 1. Banshees of Inisherin |
| 2. Ghost Light - The Healing |
2. Skull & Roses Festival (Phil Lesh and Friends, Circles Around
the Sun, Dark Star Orchestra, Melvin Seals & JGB, Oteil & Friends, Keller Williams' Grateful Grass, and more) - Ventura County, CA Fairgrounds,
4/7-10/22 |
2. The French Dispatch |
| 3. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Perspective |
3. Luck Reunion (Chuck Prophet, Jason Isbell, Willie Nelson,
Neal Francis, Charlie Crockett, Lost Gonzo Band, and more) - Spicewood, TX, 3/17/22 |
3. The Menu |
| 4. Railroad Earth - All For the Song |
4. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic's "One Nation Under
a Groove" tour, with Pimps of Joytime, Soul Rebels, and The Motet - The Haute Spot in Cedar Park, 7/23/22 |
4. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent |
| 5. Gogol Bordello - Solidaritine |
5. Roger Waters "This is Not a Drill" - The Moody Center, 10/6/22,
and Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets - Bass Concert Hall, 10/18/22 |
5. Glass Onion - A Knives Out Mystery |
| 6. John Fullbright - The Liar |
6. Little Feat "Waiting For Columbus 45th Anniversary Tour" -
Paramount Theatre, 12/4/22 | 6. Everything Everywhere All At Once |
| 7. John Doe - Fables in a Foreign Land |
7. Old Settler's Music Festival (Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon,
The Del McCoury Band, Peter Rowen & Flaco Jimenez, Sierra Hull, Galactic, JJ Grey & Mofro, and more) - Tilmon, TX, 4/22-23/22 |
7. The Power of the Dog |
| 8. Fantastic Negrito - White Jesus Black Problems |
8. Spafford - Antone's, 11/10/22 |
8. Pig |
| 9. Spafford - Simple Mysteries |
9. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with Karina Rykman - Emo's, 3/5/22 |
9. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande |
| 10. The Deer - The Beautiful Undead |
10. Flogging Molly, with Vandoliers and Russkaja - Stubb's, 3/13/22 |
10. Operation Mincemeat |
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| 1. Billy Strings - Renewal |
1. Billy Strings - ACL Live, 12/3/21 | 1. Nobody |
| 2. Carolyn Wonderland - Tempting Fate |
2. Dr. Dog (Last Tour) - Stubb's, 11/11&13/21 |
2. In and of Itself |
| 3. The High Hawks |
3. Los Lobos - Antone's, 10/21/21 |
3. Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time |
| 4. Highway Butterfly - The Songs of Neal Casal |
4. Widespread Panic - ACL Live, 10/8,9,10/21 |
4. Nomadland |
| 5. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Layla Revisited |
5. String Cheese Incident - Stubb's, 11/4&5/21 |
5. Lapsis |
| 6. Mighty Fine: An Austin City Limits Tribute To Walter Hyatt |
6. Dead & Company - Dos Equis Pavilion (Dallas), 10/14/21 & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (Houston), 10/15/21 | 6. Dune |
| 7. Shannon McNally - The Waylon Sessions |
7. The Rolling Stones - Circuit of the Americas, 11/20/21 |
7. Summer of Soul |
| 8. Allison Krauss & Robert Plant - Raise the Roof |
8. The Dead South - Scoot Inn, 9/13/21 |
8. A Most Beautiful Thing |
| 9. Gov't Mule - Heavy Load Blues |
9. Old Settler's Music Festival (Travelin' McCourys, Jackie Venson, Carolyn Wonderland & Shelly King, Sam Bush, and more) - Tilmon, TX, 10/23/21 |
9. Promising Young Woman |
| 10. Tony Kamel - Back Down Home |
10. Dragon Smoke, with Flyjack - 7/29/21 |
10. The Courier |
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| 1. The Third Mind (self titled) |
1. Lettuce - Stubb's, 1/24/20 | 1. First Cow |
| 2. On The Road: A Tribute To John Hartford |
2. Marco Benevento with Matt Dillon Band - The Parish, 1/16/20 | 2. Boy's State |
| 3. Ghost Light - A Night in Asbury Park (Live 05.17.19) |
3. Voices For Justice with Gary Clark Jr. and The Dixie Chicks - ACL Live, 2/6/20 |
3. Mank |
| 4. Waco Brothers - Resist! |
4. The Lone Bellow - Half Moon Light Tour with Early James - Scoot Inn, 2/27/20 |
4. Just Mercy |
| 5. John "Papa" Gros - Central City |
5. The Devil Make Three - Emo's, 2/8/20 |
5. Da 5 Bloods |
| 6. Wood & Wire - No Matter Where It Goes from Here |
6. Grace Potter with Devon Gilfillian - ACL Live, 2/15/20 | 6. ZAPPA |
| 7. Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon - Noon |
7. Shinyribs with Jon Dee Graham - Paramount Theater, 2/29/20 |
7. An Octopus Teacher |
| 8. The Magnificent Seven - Live at Tipitina's |
8. Doug Kershaw - Antone's, 1/10/20 |
8. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm |
| 9. Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets - Live At Haw River Ballroom |
9. Down Under Benefit with Mobley, Los Coast, Jackie Venson, Walker Lukens, Abram Shook, and Teddy Glass - The Barracuda, 1/30/20 |
9. Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan |
| 10. Koodookoo - Alive N' Thrivin': Vol I |
10. DeadEye, HeartByrne, and Koodookoo - One-2-One Bar and Rancho Relaxo, multiple dates |
10. Frackers |
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| 1. Misc.-If You're Going to the City (A Tribute to Mose Allison |
1. Billy Strings - The Mohawk, 5/04/19 and Scoot Inn, 10/18/19 | 1. Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
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| 2. Billy Strings - Home |
2. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with Thumpasaurus - Emo's, 11/22/19 | 2. The Irishman |
| 3. The Deer - Do No Harm |
3. Railroad Earth with The Deer - Emo's , 4/06/19 |
3. Parasite |
| 4. The Dead South - Sugar & Joy |
4. Ghost Light with Josh Pearson - Antone's , 4/04/19 |
4. Knives Out |
| 5. Beat Root Revival - UP |
5. Dead & Company - Folsom Field (Boulder, CO), 7/05-6/19 |
5. Marriage Story |
| 6. Steve Earle - Guy |
6. Day of the Deadhead (Dark Hallow (featuring George Porter Jr., Steve Kimock, Papa Mali, Matt Hubbard, and Terrence Houston), Circles Around the Sun, Nicki Bluhm with Scott Law and Ross James, Roots of Creation, The New Bohemians, and DeadEye) - Carson Creek Ranch, 11/02/19 | 6. Booksmart |
| 7. David Wax Museum - Line of Light |
7. Eric Krasno Trio (with Billy Strings and Sue Foley) and Shaws of Awe & Medicine Man Revival - Empire Garage, 10/5/19 |
7. Late Night |
| 8. Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Servants of the Sun |
8. The M&Ms (featuring John Medeski, Papa Mali, Stanton Moore, and Robert Mercurio) - Tipitinas, New Orleans , 4/26/19 |
8. Fantastic Fungi |
| 9. Warren Storm - Taking the World by Storm |
9. Melvin Seals with JGB (Jerry Garcia Band) - Mohawk, 8/2-3/19 |
9. Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub |
| 10. Shelley King - Kick Up Your Heels |
10. Donna the Buffalo with Steel Betty - 3Ten Live, 1/12/19 |
10. Vice |
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| 1. Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Downey to Lubbock |
1. Old Settlers Music Fest (Railroad Earth, Donna the Buffalo, Travelin' McCourys, Jeff Austin Band, We Banjo 3, The Deer, Greensky Bluegrass, I'm With Her, Calexico, Billy Strings, JD McPherson, Balsam Range, The California Honeydrops, The War & Treaty, and more) - Tilmon, TX, 4/19-21/18 | 1. Sorry to Bother You |
| 2. Wood & Wire - North of Dispair |
2. Waterloo Music Festival 2018 (String Cheese Incident, Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon, Oteil & Friends, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Tauk, Perpetual Groove, Everyone Orchestra, Marco Benevento, Los Coast, Hard Proof, DeadEye, Mamafesta, and more) - Carson Creek Ranch, 9/7-9/18 |
2. Mandy |
| 3. Steve Forbert - The Magic Tree |
3. ACL Music Festival (Paul McCartney, David Byrne, The National, Duncan Fellows, Alice Merton, Trampled By Turtles, Brandi Carlile, The Breeders, Curtis Harding, Ikebe Shakedown, Mamafesta, Arctic Monkeys, St. Vincent, Shakey Graves, Houndmouth, Parquet Courts, and more) - Zilker Park, 10/12-14/18 |
3. Prospect |
| 4. Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead |
4. ACL Hall of Fame Induction of Marcia Ball, Ray Charles and Los Lobos - Hosted by Chris Isaak, with Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Lou Ann Barton, Shelley King, Carolyn Wonderland, Norah Jones, Ruthie Foster, Gary Clark Jr., Robert Randolph and Boz Scaggs - ACL Live, 10/25/18 |
4. Annihilation |
| 5. The Radiators - Welcome to the Monkey House |
5. David Byrne's American Utopia Tour - Tobin Auditorium (San Antonio), 4/27/18 |
5. Isle of Dogs |
| 6. Donna the Buffalo - Dance in the Sky |
6. Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmour - Antone's, 6/2/18 and Continental Club, 12/1/18 | 6. The Favourite |
| 7. Parquet Courts - Wide Awaaaaake! |
7. Billy Strings and The Deer - Antone's, 11/18/18 |
7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs |
| 8. John Hiatt - The Eclipse Sessions |
8. Robert Plant and the Sensational Shape Shifters with Lucinda Williams - ACL Live, 10/1/18 |
8. At Eternity's Gate |
| 9. Buddy Guy - The Blues is Alive and Well |
9. Thievery Corporation - Stubb's, 11/4/18 |
9. Blaze |
| 10. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Glorious |
10. Nick Lowe's Quality Rock & Roll Review starring Los Straightjackets and the Jimmie Vaughan Trio with the Texas Horns |
10. Crazy Rich Asians |
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| 1. Slaid Cleaves - Ghost on the Car Radio |
1. Dead & Co - Folsom Field, Boulder, CO, 6/9&10/17, and Frank Erwin Center, Austin, 12/2/17, and Bob Weir & the Campfire Band, ACL Live, 4/15/17 | 1. The Shape of Water |
| 2. Zeshan B - Vetted |
2. Old Settlers Music Fest (Los Lobos, Anders Osborne w/Eric McFadden, Leftover Salmon, Sam Bush, Shakey Graves, Peter Rowan, Wood & Wire, Sarah Jarosz, Old 97's, California Honeydrops, and more) - Salt Lick Pavilion, 4/21 & 22/17 |
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
| 3. Shannon McNally - Black Irish |
3. 2017 ACL Hall of Fame Induction (Induction of Roy Orbison, Rosanne Cash and the Neville Brothers, hosted by
Chris Isaak, with Raul Malo, Elvis Costello, Roseanne Cash, Neko Case, Brandi Carlile, Ry Cooder, Dr. John, Trombone Shorty, and The Nevilles Band, which included Ivan and Ian Neville, Brian Stoltz, Tony Hall, Willie Green) - ACL Live, 10/25/17 |
3. Lady Bird |
| 4. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Pizazz |
4. SxSW (Shannon McNally & Charlie Sexton, Kacey Chambers, The Waco Brothers, Roky Erickson, John Doe, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Hooray for the Riff Raff, and more) - various locations, 3/14-17/17 |
4. The Big Sick |
| 5. Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul - Soulfire |
5. Tedeschi-Trucks Band w/ Hard Working Americans - ACL Live, 9/23/17 |
5. Manchester by the Sea |
| 6. The Secret Sisters - You Don't Own Me Anymore |
6. Last Waltz 40 Tour (Warren Haynes, Jamey Johnson, John Medeski, Dr. John, Dave Malone, Cyril Neville, Bob Margolin, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Vivino, Garth Hudson, Don Was, Terence Higgins, and Mark Mullins with the Levee Horns) - Bass Concert Hall, 4/1/17 |
6. Mother! |
| 7. Hard Proof - Stinger |
7. Crazy World of Arthus Brown - Barracuda, 2/25/17 |
7. Star Wars: The Last Jedi |
| 8. Bonerama - Hot Like Fire |
8. String Cheese Incident - Stubb's, 4/13/17 and Bill & Jillian Neshi - New Terrain Brewing Co., Golden CO, 6/8/17 |
8. Long Strange Trip |
| 9. Carolyn Wonderland - Moon Goes Missing |
9. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - The Parish, 2/24/17 and The Mohawk, 10/27/17 |
9. It |
| 10. Altered Five Blues Band - Armed and Dangerous |
10. King Crimson - Bass Concert Hall, 10/19/17 |
10. Hail, Caesar! |
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| 1. Fantastic Negrito - The Last Days of Oakland |
1. Last Waltz New Orleans: A Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The Last Waltz (Warren Haynes,
John Medeski, Michael McDonald, Jamey Johnson, Cyril and Ivan Neville, Lukas Nelson, Dave Malone, Don Was, George Porter, Jr., Bob Margolin, Smoky Greenwell, and more...) - Saenger Theater (New Orleans), 4/30/16 | 1. Arrival |
| 2. David Bromberg - The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues |
2. New Orleans Jazz Fest - Neil Young & Promise of the Real, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Tedeschi Trucks Band with Jimmie Vaughan and Billy Gibbons, Raw Oyster Cult with Radiators Reunion, Aaron & Charles Neville, Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant 50th Anniversary, Trombone Shorty, Irma Thomas, Lost Bayou Ramblers with Spider Stacie (from the Pogues), John Batiste & Stay Human, Marcia Ball, Allen
Toussaint Tribute, Swamp Pop Revue with special guest GG Shinn, Geno Delafose, Rockin' Doopsie and more - New Orleans Fairgrounds, 4/28-5/1/16 |
2. Fences |
| 3. Rolling Stones - Blue and Lonesome |
3. Railroad Earth and Wood & Wire - Stubb's, 1/23/16 |
3. The Lobster |
| 4. The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac And His Music |
4. Celebration of Paul Ray, with Jimmie Vaughan,
Gary Clark Jr, Charlie Sexton, Denny Freeman, Rodney Craig, Derek O'Brien, Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton, W.C. Clark - Antone's, 3/3/13 |
4. Rogue 1 |
| 5. Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals - Call it What it Is |
5. Dave Rawlings Machine - Paramount , 1/9/16 |
5. 10 Cloverfield Lane |
| 6. Waco Brothers - Going Down in History |
6. Vodoo Dead 2 (Steve Kimock, Jackie Greene, Jeff Chimenti,
George Porter Jr., Papa Mali) - Republic (New Orleans), 5/1/16 |
6. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week |
| 7. Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone - Transatlanticana |
7. I Stll Miss Liberty Lunch: The Reunion
(Extreme Heat, Pressure, Joe King Carrasco, the Reivers, the WayOuts, Javier Escovedo, Fastball, Wild Seeds) - ABGB's, 6/18/16 |
7. Maggie's Plan |
| 8. Todd Snider - Eat Side Bulldog |
8. The Jungle Show - Billy Gibbons, Mike Flanigin,
Chris Layton, Sue Foley, and Jimmie Vaughan- Antone's, 10/13/16 |
8. The Hateful Eight |
| 9. Eric Clapton with JJ Cale - Live in San Diego |
9. Hard Working Americans - Scoot Inn, 8/17/16 |
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
| 10 Tony Joe White - Rain Crow |
10. Steve Earle & the Dukes, Band of Heathens &
The Mastersons - Continental Club - 12/15/16 |
10. Eat that Question (Frank Zappa documentary) |
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| 1. Los Lobos - Gates of Gold |
1. Doug Sahm Tribute Night: Freda & the Firedogs reunion, Rosie Flores, Terry Allen, Bill Kirchen, C.C. Adcock, Iguanas, Charlie Sexton, Steve Earle, Shawn Sahm, Augie Meyers, Shandon Sahm, Joe "King" Carrasco, Roy Head, and more - The Paramount Theater, 3/21/15 |
1. Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 2. The Mavericks - Mono |
2. Railroad Earth - Stubb's , 1/31/15 |
2. Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove |
| 3. Dave & Phil Alvin - Lost Time |
3. The Mavericks, Sam Bush, The Infamous Stringdusters, MilkDrive, and more - Old Settler's Music Festival - Salt Lick Pavilion, 4/17/15 |
3. The Martian |
| 4. Cracker - Berkley to Bakersfield |
4. Jimmie Vaughan with Steve Miller and Lou Ann Barton, plus Antone's All-Star Revue - Zilker Park, 6/3/15 |
4. Youth |
| 5. Warren Haynes & Railroad Earth - Ashes & Dust |
5. Texas Guitar Women: Cindy Cashdollar, Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King, Lisa Pankratz, Sarah Brown, Marcia Ball, and Rosie Flores: One-2-One Bar, 2/19/15 |
5. The Imitation Game |
| 6. Dave Rawlings Machine - Nashville Obsolete |
6. Poguetry In Motion: Spider Stacy and the Lost Bayou Ramblers - The Continental Club, 12/5/15 |
6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| 7. Shiny Ribs - Okra Candy |
7. Cracker - The Scoot Inn, 5/15/15 |
7. Meru |
| 8. Wood & Wire - The Coast |
8. Chris Robinson Brotherhood and Leftover Salmon - The Scoot Inn, 10/16/15 |
8. The Gift |
| 9. Graham Parker & the Rumour - Mystery Glue |
9. Drive-by-Truckers - The Scoot Inn, 10/15/15 |
9. The Theory of Everything |
| 10. Houndmouth - Little Neon Limelight |
10. Galactic with the Suffers - Emo's - 12/18/15 |
10. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel |
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| 1. Dave & Phil Alvin - Common Ground |
1. The Mavericks, Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, Bombino, The Avett Brothers, John Hiatt, Honey Island Swamp Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, Santana, Royal Southern Brotherhood - New Orleans Jazz Fest, 04/25-27/14 |
1. Boyhood |
| 2. Eric Clapton and Friends - The Breeze |
2. Phil and Dave Alvin with The Guilty Ones - The Continental Club, 8/14/14 |
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| 3. Hard Working Americans - Self-titled & The First Waltz |
3. Hard Working Americans and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Boulder Theater, 7/22/14 |
3. Birdman |
| 4. Shovels & Rope - Swimmin' Time |
4. The Devil Makes Three, Shinyribs, John Fullbright, Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott, Sarah Jarosz, Peter Rowan, Elephant Revival - Old Settler's Music Festival - Salt Lick Pavilion, 4/12/14 |
4. American Hustle |
| 5. Bombino - Nomad |
5. Lyle Lovett and His Large Band and Robert Earl Keen - Red Rocks Amphitheater, 7/28/14
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5. Chef |
| 6. Parquet Courts - "Sunbathing Animal" |
6. Shovels & Rope, Hayes Carll, and Shakey Graves - Stubb's, 10/30/14 |
6. Snowpiercer |
| 7. Marcia Ball - The Tatooed Lady and the Alligator Man |
7. Poi Dog Pondering - The Continental Club, 2/14/14 |
7. St. Vincent |
| 8. Shelley King - Building a Fire |
8. Barrence Whitfield and the Savages - The Continental Club, 1/17/14 |
8. Gone Girl |
| 9. String Cheese Incident - Song in My Head |
9. Randy Newman - The Paramount Theater, 11/15/14 |
9. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
| 10. Lucinda Williams - Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone |
10. Gogol Bordello - Stubb's, 11/01/14 |
10. Get On Up |
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| 1. Barrence Whitfield and the Savages - Dig Thy Savage Soul |
1. Paul McCartney - Frank Erwin Center, 5/22/13 |
1. Mud |
| 2. Anders Osborne - Peace |
2. Government Mule and Vintage Trouble - Stubb's, 11/08/13 |
2. Django Unchained |
| 3. Dr. Dog - B-Room |
3. Camper van Beethoven and Cracker - The Mohawk, 7/26/13 |
3. Blue Jasmine |
| 4. Governent Mule - Shout! |
4. Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters with Lil' Band O' Gold - ACL Live at the Moody Theater, 6/23/13 |
4. Zero Dark Thirty |
| 5. The Relatives - The Electric Word |
5. Papa Mali with Carolyn Wonderland - The Sahara Lounge, 12/26/13 |
5. Gravity |
| 6. Honey Island Swamp Band - Cane Sugar |
6. The Mavericks, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound,
Shovels & Rope, and more - ACL Festival, 10/4-6/13 |
6. Enough Said |
| 7. Wood & Wire |
7. Buddy Guy - ACL Live at the Moody Theater, 08/31/13 |
7. Lincoln |
| 8. Shannon McNally - Small Town Talk |
8. Midnight Ramble Band, Steve Earle, Robert Randolph, JJ Grey & Mofro, James Hunter - Auditorium Shores, 3/16/13 |
8. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
| 9. Rosie Flores - Working Girl's Guitar |
9. Mumford & Sons with Michael Kiwanuka - Austin 360 Amphitheater, 6/09/13 |
9. Looper |
| 10. Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun - Seeds And Stems |
10. Final Night at Antone's on 5th Street - Marcia Ball, Emily Gimble,
Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King, Malford Milligan, Chris Layton, Bill Carter, David Holt, Will and Charlie Sexton, Doyle Bramhall II,
Steve Jordan, Derek O'Brien, Denny Freeman, Bob Schneider, and many more - Antone's, 3/18/13 |
10. Star Trek Into Darkness |
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| 1. John Fullbright - From the Ground Up |
1. Neil Young, Iggy & the Stooges, and more - ACL Festival, 10/12-14 |
1. Melancholia |
| 2. JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound - Want More |
2. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, The Beach Boys, and more - New Orleans Jazz Fest, 4/27-29 |
2. Argo
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| 3. Neil Young - Psychedelic Pill |
3. David Byrne and St. Vincent - Bass Concert Hall, 10/05/12 |
3. Moonrise Kingdom |
| 4. Dr. John - Looked Down |
4. Los Lobos and The Iguanas - The Republic (New Orleans), 4/28/12 |
4. Bernie |
| 5. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Wreck & Ruin |
5. Roger Waters' "The Wall" - The Frank Erwin Center, 5/03/12 |
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| 6. Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones - Live Chicago 1981 from The Checkerboard Lounge |
6. The Joe Ely Band featuring Bobby Keys - Antone's, 8/18/12 |
6. Silver Linings Playbook |
| 7. Jerry Douglas - Traveler |
7. Lil' Band O' Gold - House of Blues New Orleans Parish, 4/27/12 |
7. Safety Not Guaranteed |
| 8. The Flatlanders - The Odessa Tapes |
8. Ian Anderson "Thick as a Brick" - The Paramount Theater, 10/28/12 |
8. Sound of My Voice |
| 9. David Bromberg - Use Me |
9. David Bromberg Quartet - Antone's, 9/30/12 |
9. Cave of Forgotten Dreams |
| 10. Dr. Dog - Be The Void |
10. JC Brooks & the Uptown Sounds and The Waco Brothers - Bloodshot Records Showcase at Yard Dog Gallery, 3/16/12 |
10. Skyfall |
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| 1. Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven |
1. Eric Clapton - Royal Albert Hall, London, 5/18/11 |
1. Midnight in Paris |
| 2. Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive |
2. Steve Earle and the Dukes (and Duchesses) - The Paramount Theater, 7/07/11 |
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
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| 3. Gillian Welch - The Harrow and The Harvest |
3. 7 Walkers - Kenny Dorham's Backyard, 10/15/11 |
3. The King's Speech |
| 4. Kasey Chambers - Little Bird |
4. Stevie Wonder, Charles Bradley, The Lee Boys, Randy Newman, Roddy Walston & the Business, Daniel Lanois & Black Dub, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Mavis Staples, Manu Chao & La Ventura,
Brandi Carlile - ACL Festival, Sept 16-18 |
4. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol |
| 5. Sarah Jarosz - Follow Me Down |
5. Kasey Chambers - Momo's, 7/14/11 |
5. The Artist |
| 6. Galactic - The Other Side of Midnight: Live in New Orleans |
6. Gogol Bordello - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 4/14/11 |
6. The Adventures of Tintin |
| 7. Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band - Legacy |
7. Paul Simon and The Punch Brothers - Cedar Park Center, 11/05/11 |
7. The Descendants
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| 8. Ruthie Foster - Live at Antone's |
8. Joe King Carrasco and The Original Crowns - Antone's, 6/25/11 |
8. The Skin I Live In |
| 9. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues |
9. George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Doug Kershaw, Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band, Papa Grows Funk - Louisiana Swamp Thing & Crawfish Festival - Buda City Park, 04/09/11 |
9. The Conspirator |
| 10. Greencards - The Brick Album |
10. Richard Thompson, Sahara Smith, Tim O'Brien, The Bridge, Sonny Landreth, beatlegras, Sam Bush - Old Settler's Music Festival - Salt Lick Pavilion, 4/16/11 |
10. Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
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| 1. Lil' Band o' Gold - The Promised Land
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1. Lil' Band o' Gold - Chickie Wah Wah, 04/22/10 |
1. Get Low
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| 2. 7 Walkers |
2. Bobby Charles Memorial Concert w/ Dr. John,
Marcia Ball, Shannon McNally, and Beth McKee - The Cabildo, New Orleans, 04/25/10
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2. Black Swan
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| 3. Gogol Bordello - Trans-Continental Hustle |
3. Anders Osborne, John Fohl, and Johnny Sansone;
Dr. John & the Lower 911; Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers; Irma Thomas; Steel Pulse; Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas;
D.L. Menard & the Louisiana Aces; Papa Grows Funk; Funky Meters; Simon & Garfunkel; Voice of the Wetlands All Stars;
Theresa Andersson; The Radiators; Blind Boys of Alabama; The Allman Brothers Band - New Orleans Jazz Fest, 04/23-25/10
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3. Social Network
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| 4. Roky Erickson & Okerville River - True Love Cast Out All Evil |
4. Joe Ely Band, New Monsoon, Ruthie Foster,
Mindy Smith, The Trishas, Flounders Without Eyes, Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensitive Boys, The Infamous Stringdusters,
and Blue Highway - Old Settler's Music Festival - Salt Lick Pavilion, 04/16/10
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4. 127 Hours
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| 5. Dr. Dog - Shame Shame |
5. Richard Thompson, Gogol Bordello, Beats Antique,
Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Qbeta, Nortec Collective, Muse, JJ Grey & Mofro,
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, The Mountain Goats - ACL Festival, 10/8-10/10
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5. Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call New Orleans
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| 6. Black Keys - Brothers |
6. Smokey Robinson, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings,
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Raphael Saadiq, and Mayer Hawthorne and the County - Soul Revue SxSW 2010,
Austin Music Hall, 3/19/10
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6. Inception
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| 7. Robert Plant - Band of Joy |
7. Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet and Lost Bayou
Ramblers, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience, Sunpie Barnes & the Louisiana Sunspots, Big Sam's Funky Nation, and
Soul Rebels Brass Band - 2010 Louisiana Swamp Thing & Crawfish Festival, Downtown Austin - 4th & Guadelupe, 04/10/10
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7. Despicable Me
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| 8. Railroad Earth - Railroad Earth |
8. Robert Plant and the Band of Joy featuring Patty
Griffin - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 07/26/10
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8. How to Train Your Dragon
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| 9. Aaron Neville - I Know I've Been Changed |
9.The Radiators and Bonerama - Rock-n-Bowl, 04/24/10
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9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
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| 10. Darden Smith - Marathon |
10. Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Jonathan
Tyler & The Northern Lights - Antone's, 06/7/10
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10. Doubt |
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| 1. Dave Alvin & The Guily Women
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1. Leonard Cohen - The Long Center, 4/02/09 | 1. Inglourious Basterds
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| 2. Ben Harper & Relentless 7 – White Lies for Dark Times
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2. Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women and Shannon McNally - Antone's, 09/18/09 | 2. District 9 |
| 3. Sarah Jarosz – Song Up in Her Head
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3. David Rawlings Machine with Sarah Jarosz - The Parish, 12/14/09 | 3. Star Trek
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| 4. Steve Earle - Townes
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4. Papa Mali with Bill Kreutzmann, Rebirth Brass Band, Thievery Corporation, !!! (chk chk chk), Flogging Molly, Sara Watkins, Dr. Dog, Daniel Johnston, The B-52s - ACL Music Fesival @ Zilker Park, 10/2-10/04/09 | 4. Up in the Air
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| 5. Tom Russell - Blood and Candle Smoke
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5. Dr. Dog with The Cave Singers and Golden Boots - The Parish, 04/21/09 | 5. Up |
| 6. The Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend of a Friend
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6. Marcia Ball's 60th Birthday Celebration with Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton, Tracy Nelson, Miss Lavelle White, Maria Muldaur, Sarah Brown, Steve Riley, C.C. Adcock, and Sonny Landreth - Antone's, 2/14/09 | 6. Moon |
| 7. Slaid Cleaves – Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
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7. The Radiators - Threadgills World Headquarters, 07/19/09 | 7. Avatar |
| 8. Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears – Tell 'Em What Your Name Is
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8. War, Galactic, Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band, Bonerama, and Jamie Bergeron & the Kickin' Cajuns - Louisiana Swamp Thing & Crawfish Festival, 04/04/09 | 8. Gran Torino
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| 9. Willie & the Wheel
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9. Gomez and J.J. Grey & Mofro - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 06/08/09 | 9. Public Enemies |
| 10. White Denim - Fits |
10. The Pogues and Justin Townes Earle - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 10/28/09 | 10. Earth |
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| 1. Dr. Dog - Fate
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1. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, David Byrne, John Fogerty, White Denim, Gogol Bordello, Antibalas, Manu Chau, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Raconteurs - ACL Music Fesival @ Zilker Park, 9/26-28/05/08 | 1. Slumdog Millionaire
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| 2. Steve Cropper & Felix Caviliere – Nudge it up a Notch
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2. New Monsoon with Green Mountain Grass - The Parish, 09/19/08 | 2. Gonzo – The Life & Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson |
| 3. New Monsoon - V
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3. Railroad Earth – Antone's, 10/28/08 | 3. Synechdoche, NY |
| 4. Railroad Earth – Amen Corner
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4. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Cowboy Mouth, with Bonerama, and Dr. Zog & Funk Zydeco - Louisiana Swamp Thing & Crawfish Festival, 04/05/08 | 4. Burn After Reading
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| 5. Donna the Buffalo – Silverlined
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"Jessefest" Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Terry Allen, and Reckless Kelly – Antone's, 4/10/08 | 5. Tell No One (Fr.) |
| 6. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – 100 Days 100 Nights
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6. They Might Be Giants with Oppenheimer - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 3/05/08 | 6. Rachel Getting Married |
| 7. Brothers & Sisters - Fortunately
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7. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 1/23/08 | 7. Shine A Light (Rolling Stones) |
| 8. Jeff Healy – Mess of Blues
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8. Bonerama, Flyjack, On The One, T Bird & the Breaks, and Uncle Bruno at "Funk Fest 3" - The Parish, 11/22/08 | 8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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| 9. David Byrne/Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
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9. My Morning Jacket - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 08/24/08 | 9. Kung-Fu Panda |
| 10. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin Bones |
10. Nick Lowe, with Ron Sexsmith - Antone's, 4/18/08 | 10. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead |
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| 1. Various Artists: Goin' Home – Tribute to Fats Domino |
1. Pete Townsend guest appearance with Ian McClagan & the Bump Band at The Austin Music Awards (also with Bobby Whitlock & CoCo Carmel, Barbara K, Michelle Shocked, Carrie Rodriguez, Shawn Sahm and the Tex Mex Experience with Augie Meyers and Flaco Jimenez, James Cotton, and Jimmie Vaughan) - Austin Convention Center, 03/14/07 | 1. Pan’s Labyrinth |
| 2. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand |
2. The N'awlins Funkmasters featuring Bernie Worrell, George Porter, Leo Nocentelli, Henry Butler, and Ivan Neville, with Porter, Batiste and Stoltz - The Howlin' Wolf (New Orleans), 04/29/07 | 2. No Country for Old Men |
| 3. JJ Grey & Mofro - Country Ghetto |
3. Aretha Franklin - Bass Concert Hall, 04/19/07 | 3. Children of Men
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| 4. Toni Price - Talk Memphis |
4. Booker T. and the MG's featuring Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn, with William Bell and Eddie Floyd - Palmer Events Center, 11/08/07 | 4. Atonement
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| 5. Omar Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan - Jimmy Reed Highway |
5. Railroad Earth, BeauSoleil, The Dynamites, Joss Stone, J.J. Grey & Mofro, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Ryan Shaw, Amy Lavere, DeVotchKa, Charlie Musselwhite, My Morning Jacket - ACL Music Fesival @ Zilker Park, 9/14-16/05/07 | 5. V For Vendetta |
| 6. The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster |
6. The Ponderosa Stomp, including Raye Sharpe, Lil Buck Sinegal, Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Tammy Lynn, Willie Tee, Barbara Lynn, and Archie Bell - Opal Divine's Freehouse, 03/16/07 | 6. The Golden Compass |
| 7. Elana James |
7. Nickel Creek - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 11/17/07 | 7. Stranger than Fiction |
| 8. Joseph Israel - Gone are the Days |
8. Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy - Continental Club, 03/15/07 | 8. Ratatouille
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| 9. Larry Lange & the Lonely Knights – Crazy, Crazy Baby |
9. New Riders of the Purple Sage, with guest appearance by Pinetop Perkins - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 01/24/07 | 9. Babel |
| 10. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals - This is Somewhere |
10. Wanda Jackson and Elana James with Erik Hokkanen - Continental Club, 10/15/07 | 10. Once |
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| 1. Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing |
1. Rolling Stones with Los Lonely Boys and Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Zilker Park, 10/22/06 | 1. The Departed |
| 2. New Orleans Social Club - Sing Me Back Home |
2.Van Morrison, Los Lobos, New Orleans Social Club, Thievery Corporation, Galactic, The Raconteurs, Willie Nelson, Kathleen Edwards, Damian Marley, Subdudes, KT Tunstall, Buckwheat Zydeco, White Ghost Shivers, Mishka - ACL Music Fesival @ Zilker Park, 9/15-17/05 | 2. A Scanner Darkly |
| 3. JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road to Escondido |
3. Louisiana at Town Lake: The New Orleans Social Club, Allen Toussaint, BeauSoleil, Buckwheat Zydeco, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ivan Nevilles' Dumpstaphunk, and Sam Moore with Travis Tritt - Auditorium Shores, 3/18/06 | 3. The 3 Burials of Melquiades Estrada
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| 4. James Hunter - People Gonna Talk |
4. Mofro with The Greyhounds - Antone's, 10/20/06 | 4. Casino Royale |
| 5. Van Morrison - Pay the Devil |
5. David Bromberg with Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen - Cactus Cafe, 3/03/06 | 5. Inside Man |
| 6. Sinead O'Connor - Throw Down Your Arms |
6. Matisyahu with Balkan Beat Box - Stubb's Bar-B-Q, 3/11/06 | 6. Good Night and Good Luck |
| 7. Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun |
7. Chris Isaak - The Backyard, 9/08/06 | 7. Match Point |
| 8. Bruce Springsteen - The Seeger Sessions |
8. Raul Malo - The Glenn at the Backyard, 6/24/06 | 8. Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny |
| 9. Matisyahu - Youth |
9. Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar with Redd Volkaert (Slide-o-Rama III) - Cactus Cafe, 09/28/06 | 9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
| 10. Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way |
10. James Hunter - Antone's, 5/25/06 | 10. Supersize Me |
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Best Live Albums - Bruce Springsteen & the E Sreet Band - Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live at the Fillmore East - Papa Grows Funk - Live at The Leaf - Sir Douglas Quintet Live From Austin, Texas (Austin City Limits)
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| 1. CC Adcock - Lafayette Marquis |
1. Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation & The Soundtrack of our Lives - Austin Music Hall, 3/17/05 | 1. Crash |
| 2. Tony Joe White - The Heroines |
2.Roky Erickson, Ruthie Foster, Kermit Ruffins, Steve Earle, Buddy Guy, Morgan Heritage, Dave Alvin, Mofro, Drive-By Truckers - ACL Music Fesival @ Zilker Park, 9/23-25/05 | 2. Be Here to Love Me (T. Van Zandt bio) |
| 3. Marcia Ball - Live! Down the Road |
3. Steve Earle & The Dukes with Allison Moorer - La Zona Rosa, 2/03/05 | 3. Syriana |
| 4. Los Super 7 - Heard It on the X |
4. Los Lobos and True Believers - Antone's, 10/27/05 | 4. Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire |
| 5. John Hiatt - Master of Disaster |
5. Cyril Neville & Papa Mali - Threadgill's, 9/09/05 | 5. Million Dollar Baby |
| 6. Greencards - Weather & Water |
6. John Hiatt & North Mississippi Allstars - Stubb's, 7/23/05 | 6. The Constant Gardener |
| 7. Matisyahu - Live at Stubbs |
7. Dave Alvin - Continental Club, 2/17/05 | 7. Kung Fu Hustle |
| 8. Various Artists - Our New Orleans 2005 |
8. Etta James - U.T. Hogg Auditorium, 7/13/05 | 8. The Aristocrats |
| 9. Kathleen Edwards - Back to Me |
9. Papa Grows Funk & Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes - The Parish, 12/03/05 | 9. Schultze Gets the Blues (old German guy discovers Zydeco) |
| 10. Various Artists - Rough Guide - Zydeco |
10. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - The Parish, 5/21/05 | 10. Cold Mountain |
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Best Tribute
- Are You Rolling Bob? - Reggae Tribute to Bob Dylan Best
Box Set
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| 1.
Los Lobos - The Ride |
1. Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, Robert Randolph, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin - Crossroads Music Festival @ Dallas Fair Park, 6/5/04 | 1. Fahrenheit 911 |
| 2. Ben Harper & Blind Boys of Alabama - There Will Be a
Light |
2. Ben Harper, Solomon Burke, Los Lonely Boys, The Neville Brothers, Joe Ely, The Wailers, Antibalas, Drive By Truckers, Mofro - ACL Music Fesival @ Zilker Park, 9/17-19/04 | 2.
Kill Bill, Part 2 |
| 3. Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now |
3. Hot Tuna - Cactus Cafe, 2/12/04 | 3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| 4. Mofro - Lochloosa |
4. John Fogerty - The Backyard, 8/7/04 | 4. The Incredibles |
| 5. Particle - Launchpad |
5. Buddy Guy with Double Trouble - Stubbs, 4/17/04 | 5. The Life Aquatic |
| 6. Drive By Truckers - The Dirty South |
6. Kacey Chambers - La Zona Rosa, 11/8/04 | 6. Big Fish |
| 7. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Who is This America? |
7. Little Richard - Austin Music Hall, 3/18/04 | 7. Mystic River |
| 8. The Gourds - Blood of the Ram |
8. Roy Head - Continental Club, 9/10/04 | 8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| 9. Toots and the Maytals - True Love |
9. Papa Grows Funk and Mofro - The Parish, 6/25-26/04 | 9. Shrek 2 |
| 10. The Neville Brothers - Walking in the Shadow of Life |
10. Macy Gray - House of Blues,Las Vegas, 11/18/04 | 10. Bubba Ho-Tep |
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Best Live Albums
- The Blasters - Going Home - Hound Dog Taylor - Release the Hound - Shelley King - Rockin' The Dancehall Best
Compilation
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Reissue
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| 1. Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys | 1. Los Lobos, Drive By Truckers, and Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Austin City Limits Music Festival @ Zilker Park, 9/20/03 | 1. Lost in Translation |
| 2. Chris Smither - Train Home | 2. Los Lonely Boys and Doyle Bramhall - Zilker Park Blues on the Green, 8/20/03 | 2. The Return of the King |
| 3. Jorma Kaukonen - Blue Country Heart | 3. Ratdog - The Fillmore, San Francisco, 3/4/03 | 3. Kill Bill, Part 1 |
| 4. Drive By Truckers - Decoration Day | 4. Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin', Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas, and Keith Frank, Mid-City Lanes, New Orleans, 4/24/03 | 4. Punch-Drunk Love |
| 5. James Cotton - 25th Anniversary Jam | 5. Bembeya Jazz - Centennial Square - Victoria, BC, Canada, 8/7/03 | 5. The Shipping News |
| 6. Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood | 6. Chris Smither - Cactus Cafe, 10/15/03 | 6. About Schmidt |
| 7. Bembeya Jazz - Bembeya | 7. Jorma Kaukonen and Blue Country - Cactus Cafe, 2/6/03 | 7. Catch Me if You Can |
| 8. Brian Stoltz - East of Rampart Street | 8. Burning Spear - Flamingo Cantina, 10/16/03 | 8. Chicago |
| 9. Neil Young - Greendale | 9. The Booze Weasels - Continental Club, 2/1/03 | 9. The Italian Job |
| 10. Al Green - I Can't Stop | 10. Willie Nelson and The Grateful Dead - Two River Canyon Amphitheatre, 7/4/03 | 10. The Bourne Identity |
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Best Live Albums
- The Allman Brothers - Live at The Atlanta Pop Festival, 1970 - Bob Dylan - Live 1975 - The Rolling Thunder Review - Bonerama - Live at the Old Point - Heybale - ContinentaLive Best
Best of
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| 1. Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Live at the Wetlands | 1. JJ Cale - Texas Union Ballroom, 41/6/02 | 1. Fellowship of the Ring |
| 2. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me | 2. The Rolling Stones - SBC Center, San Antonio, 11/23/02 | 2. K-Pax |
| 3. Champ Hood - Bon Haven | 3. Blind Boys of Alabama, Los Lobos, Robert Randolph and the Family Band - Austin City Limits Music Festival @ Zilker Park, 9/28-29/02 | 3. Tortilla Soup |
| 4. Kasey Chambers - Barricades & Brickwalls | 4. Rat Dog - La Zona Rosa, 4/30/02 | 4. My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
| 5. The Flatlanders - Now Again | 5. Ronnie Dawson - Continental Club, 9/4/02 | 5. Road to Perdition |
| 6. Etta James and the Roots Band - Burnin' Down the House | 6. Los Lobos and Old & In the Gray - Austin Music Hall (E-Town), 10/28/02 | 6. Minority Report |
| 7. Old & In The Gray | 7. Tenacious D and String Cheese Incident - Waterloo Park, 4/4/02 | 7. What Lies Beneath |
| 8. Patty Griffin - 1000 Kisses | 8. Down From the Mountain Tour - Erwin Center, 7/19/02 | 8. Insomnia |
| 9. Dirty Dozen - Medicated Magic | 9. North Mississippi Allstars - Austin Music Hall, 7/17/02 | 9. Vanilla Sky |
| 10. Cornell Hurd Band - Song of South Austin | 10. Lyle Lovett and His Large Band and Bonnie Raitt - The Backyard, 9/4/02 | 10. Moulin Rouge |
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Mention
- Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - Ratdog - Live at the Roseland Theater - Susand Tedeschi - Wait For Me - Delbert McClinton - Room to Breathe - Dixie Chicks - Home Best
Reissue
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- Worst Concert - Dave Wakeling of The English Beat and his pre-recorded tape machine - Best New Event - Austin City Limits Music Festival |
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| 1. Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Global A Go-Go | 1. Double Trouble and Friends 1/12/01 Austin Music Hall | 1. Oh Brother Where Art Thou |
| 2. O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack | 2. Los Lobos 10/27/01 Stubbs | 2. Crouching Tiger / Hidden Dragon |
| 3. Toni Price - Midnight Pumpkin | 3. David Byrne 11/29/01 La Zona Rosa | 3. The Virgin Suicides |
| 4. Double Trouble - Been A Long Time | 4. Southern Culture on the Skids 9/21/01 Continental Club | 4. Amelie |
| 5. Marcia Ball - Presumed Innocent | 5. The Itals 8/4/01 Flamingo Cantina | 5. Grateful Dawg |
| 6. JJ Cale - Live | 6. Ronnie Dawson 5/11/01 Continental Club | 6. Chocolat |
| 7. Kirsty MacColl - Tropical Brainstorm | 7. Ike Turner 9/29/01 Antones | 7. Heist |
| 8. Poet - Tribute to Townes Van Zandt | 8. Lil Bnd of Gold and Heybale 6/16/01 Continental Club | 8. Shrek |
| 9. Elmore James - Shake Your Moneymaker | 9. Neville Family (Cyril and Ivan) Tribal Affair 6/1/01 Antones | 9. Best in Show |
| 10. Funky Meters - Fiyo at the Fillmore | 10. Junior Brown, Kasey Chambers, & Buckwheat Zydeco 3/17/01 Waterloo Park | 10. America's Sweethearts |
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Mention
- North Mississippi All-Stars - 51 Phantom - Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm - Ike's Instrumentals - Garcia and Grisman - Grateful Dawg - Anders Osborn - Ash Wednesday Blues - Greezy Wheels - Millennium Greezy |
Special
Mention
- Biggest Rip-off: Femi Kuti and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe at Stubbs - For some reason, the headliner, Femi Kuti, went on first and we missed almost his entire set - Weirdest Venue - Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe at The Crockett Center (former home of Best Products) - Worst Show: Jeff Beck (blech) |
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| 1. Sweet Mary's Pickup Band - Armadillo Thanksgiving Day Jam | 1. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 4/7/00 The Frank Erwin Center | 1. High Fidelity |
| 2. Muddy Waters - Mojo | 2. Nashville Pussy 3/17/00 Stubbs Bar-B-Q | 2. Erin Brockovich |
| 3. Willie Nelson - Milk Cow Blues | 3. Sweet Mary Aid 12/10/00 La Zona Rosa | 3. Croupier |
| 4. Garcia, Grisman, Rice - The Pizza Tapes | 4. Willis Alan Ramsey, Peter Rowan, Tony Rice 4/08/00 Old Settlers Music Festival | 4. Charlie's Angels |
| 5. Neil Young - Road Rock | 5. The Booze Weasels 8/19/00 Continental Club | 5. Girl Interrupted |
| 6. Joe Ely - Live at Antones | 6. The Flatlanders 2/22/00 Cactus Cafe | 6. Buena Vista Social Club |
| 7. Billy Burnette - Are You With Me Baby | 7. King Sunny Ade 4/14/00 La Zona Rosa | 7. The Cider House Rules |
| 8. Wailing Souls - Equality | 8. Tom Tom Club 11/03/00 Flamingo Cantina | 8. October Sky |
| 9. Morphine - The Night | 9. Little Milton 9/23/00 Midtown Live | 9. U-541 |
| 10. Terri Hendrix - Places In Between | 10. Burning Spear 10/27/00 Flamingo Cantina | 10. Chicken Run |
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Mention
- BB King & Eric Clapton - Riding With the KIng - Kim Richey - Glimmer - Jimmy Dale Gilmour - One Endless Night - Papa Mali - Thunder Chicken - Leroi Brothers - Kings of the Catnap - Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya |
Honorable
Mention
- The Wailers 2/25/00 Antones - Patty Smith 3/17/00 Waterloo Park - Coco Montoya 4/04/00 Antones - Bo Diddley 10/28/00 La Zona Rosa - Shelby Lynn, Taj Mahal, Rickie Lee Jones, Kim Richey 12/1/00 KGSR 10th Anniversary Party |
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The Perfect
Storm
Note: Thanks to the birth of our son, Aaron, a number of these were 1999 movies that we saw on video in 2000. |
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| 1. Roy Head - White Texas Soul Shouter (the Crazy Texas Recordings) | 1. Lucinda Williams 4/24/99 House of Blues New Orleans | 1. American Beauty |
| 2. Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughn - In Session | 2. Antone's Blues Festival 5/21/99 Waterloo Park | 2. Being John Malkovich |
| 3. Clash - From Here to Eternity | 3. Doug Sahm Tribute 12/14/99 Antones | 3. The Straight Story |
| 4. Burning Spear - Calling Rastafari | 4. Bernie Worrell & the Woo Warriors 4/30/99 Antones | 4. Go |
| 5. The Jimmie Rogers All-Stars - Blues Blues Blues | 5. Dick Dale 11/12/99 Stubbs | 5. Run Lola Run |
| 6. The Damnations - Half Mad Moon | 6. Antones 24th Anniversary Show 7/15/99 Antones | 6. Rushmore |
| 7. Ronnie Dawson - More Bad Habits | 7. Burning Spear 9/9/99 Stubbs | 7. The Matrix |
| 8. Toni Price - Low Down and Up | 8. Bobby Blue Bland and Susan Tedeschi 1/31/99 Austin City Limits | 8. The Sixth Sense |
| 9. Asleep at the Wheel - Ride With Bob | 9. The Abyssinians 2/25/99 Flamingo Cantina | 9. Eyes Wide Shut |
| 10. Terri Hendrix - Live | 10. Ismael Issac / Ramses De Kimon 8/27/99 Flamingo Cantina | 10. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrelss |
| 11. Texas Tornadoes - Live From the Limo Vol.1 | 11. Link Wray 8/25/99 Continental Club | 11. Cookie's Fortune |
| 12. Laurel Aitken & The Skatalites - Ska Titans | 12. Lynyrd Skynyrd / ZZ Top 12/30/99 Erwin Center | 12. The Blair Witch Project |
| Honorable
Mention
- Santana - Supernatural - Boozoo Chavez - Who Stole my Monkey - Bruce Springsteen - 18 Tracks |
Honorable
Mention
- ? and the Mysterians 3/16/99 The Electric Lounge - Gloriathon 7/23/99 Liberty Lunch -Tary Owens Benefit 12/1/99 Antones - Wille Nelson Blues Band 12/15/99 La Zona Rosa |
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| 1. Old & In the Way, Breakdown Vol II, Acoustic Archive Series | 1. Etta James, House of Blues (New Orleans), 4/26/98 |
| 2. Hepcat - Right on Time | 2. Willie Nelson/Leon Russell, Antones, 7/3/98 |
| 3. Dr. John - Anutha Zone | 3. Bo Diddley, Gruene Hall, 4/18/98 |
| 4. Ronnie Dawson - Live at the Continental Club | 4. Los Super Seven, La Zona Rosa, 12/8/98 |
| 5. David Lindley with Wally Ingram - Bango Twango | 5. David Lindley & Wally Ingram, Stubbs, 11/14/98 |
| 6. Lucinda Williams - Carwheels on a Gravel Road | 6. Wailing Souls/Let's Go Bowling, Flamingo Cantina, 10/19/98 |
| 7. Beau Jocque - Beau Jocque Boogie | 7. Jethro Tull, 7/21/98, The Backyard |
| 8. Ball, Thomas, & Nelson - Sing It! | 8. Shawn Colvin, Jerry Jeff Walker, Malford Millican & Stephen Bruton,Kris McKay, Sarah Hickman, La Zona Rosa, 6/7/98 |
| 9. Big Blues Extravaganza - Best of Austin City Limits | 9. Son Seals, Antones, 3/7/98 |
| 10. Joe Ely - Twisting in the Wind | 10. Junior Brown with Buddy Miles, Continental Club, 11/6/98 |
| 11. Etta James - Life, Love, and the Blues | Honorable Mention: Irma Thomas, Beau Jocque, Southern Culture on the Skids, Skatalites, Guy Clark & Terry Allen, Doug Sahm & Last Real Texas Blues Band |
| 12. Putumayo Presents: Reggae Around the World | |
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