3. Tom Russell Museum of memories, 1972-2002 (Dark Angel) 20 more tracks from today's greatest story teller, only available through Village Records

American Music Top 50 2002

Includes some late arrivals

1. Bill Chambers...Sleeping with the blues (Reckless Australia)

2. Marlee Macleod Like Hollywood (Catamount)

3. Shawn Sahm Shawn Sahm (Evangeline UK)

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4. Hank Williams jr. Almeria Club (Curb)

5. Steve Earle Jerusalem (E-Squared)

6. Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen Way out West (Backporch)

7. Bellamy Brothers Redneck Girls forever (Curb)

8. Crakajak Long, long way from home (No label Australia)

9. Karen Lynne & Martin Louis Blue Mountain Rain (Shoestring Australia)

10. Jason Ringenberg All over creation (Yep Rock)

11. Lee Kernaghan...Electric Rodeo (ABC Australia) 12. The Woody's...Teardrops and diamonds (No Label) 13. Jack Ingram...Electric (Lucky Dog) 14. Slim Dusty & Anne Kirkpatrick...Travellin' still...always will (EMI Australia) 15. Travis Sinclair...Rhythm of the highway (Big Rig Music Australia) 16. Adam Brand...Built for speed (Compass bros. Australia) 17. Dixie Chicks...Home (Monument) 18. Blackhawk...Spirit dancer (Columbia 19. The Village Singers...A tribute to Governor Jimmie Davis (Pinecastle) 20. Lisa O'Kane...Am I too blue (Raisin' Kane)

21. Ralph Stanley & friends...Clinch Mountain Sweethearts( Rebel) 22. Troy Cassar-Daley...Long way home (EMI Australia) 23. Lonesome Bob...Things change (Leaps Recordings) 24. Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys...Your favorite fool (Bloodshot) 25. Tanya Savory...Where we live (Philo) 26. Graeme Connors...This is life (ABC Australia) 27. Amy Fradon...Passion angel (Leo) 28. LeAnn Womack...Something worth leaving behind (MCA) 29. Tom Petty | Heartbreakers...The last DJ (WB) 30. George Hamilton V...Honky tonk deluxe (DixieFrog France)

31.  Kim Richey...Rise (Lost Highway) 32. Mark Knopfler...The ragpickers' dream (Mercury) 33. Deryl Dodd...Pearl snaps (Lucky Dog) 34. Elizabeth Cook...Hey y'all (WB) 35. Reckless Johnny Wales...Reckless Johnny Wales (Villa Villa) 36. Wayne Law...Lessons (No label Australia) 37. Kevin Fowler...High on the hog (No label) 38. The Sovines...Stupefyin' Jones (Oahu) 39. Oho...Up (No label) 40. Travis Tritt...Strong enough (Columbia)

41. Peter Rowan & Don Edwards...High lonesome cowboy (Western Jubilee) 42. Charlie Waller & The Country Gentleman...45 years of memories (Pinecastle) 43. Kelly Kessler...The salt of your skin (Melungeon) 44. Bruce Springsteen...The rising (Columbia) 45. Lonesome River Band...Window of time (Doobie Shea) 46. John Wibberley...From the ocean (Long Sleep Plains Australia) 47. Eleanor McEvoy...Yola (Market Square UK) 48. Luke O'Shea & Medicine Wheel...No day like today (ABC Australia) 49. David Parmley & Continental Divide...Pathway of time (Pinecastle) 50. Tom Roznowski...Voice beyond the hill (Blazing Stump)

Best live recordings

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1. Absolutely! Fairport Convention 2CD (Pilot) Fairport with Sandy Denny, recorded at Ebbets Field, Colorado 1974

2. Fairport Convention House full (Island) Live at the L.A. Troubadour, without Sandy but with Richard Thompson

3. Jason & The Scorchers Rock on Germany (Courageous Chicken) Recorded June 23, 1985 in Cologne, Germany

4. Hot Rize So long of a journey (Sugar Hill) A live recording from Boulder Theatre, Boulder Colorado, March 6 & 7, 1996 Dedicated to the memory of Charles Sawtelle

5. Alison Krauss + Union Station Live (Rounder) Recorded at the Louisville Palace, Louisville Kentucky

6. Mary Lee's Corvette Blood on the tracks (Leonora) Dylan tribute, recorded at Arlene Grocery, NYC

Lost and found

1. Fairport Convention Heyday -  The BBC Sessions, 1968-1969/Extended (Island) This is the finest album that came to me this year. But as it's only old material, I labelled it "Lost and found'. With my all-time favorite voice of Sandy Denny.

2. Steve Earle Sidetracks (E-Squared) Includes the phenomenal Johnny too bad

3. Tom Russell Museum of memories, 1972-2002 (Dark Angel) 20 more tracks from today's greatest story teller, only available through Village Records

4. Jason & the Scorchers Wildfires and misfires (Courageous Chicken)

5. Jason & the Scorchers Still standing (EMI)

# 4 is subtitled "two decades of outtakes and rarities", and # 5 is the re-release with bonus tracks from their 1986 album. If you guessed that I am a Scorchers' fan, you're right. I think that everybody turns into a Jason fan after seeing him perform live.

Tributes

1. Evangeline made A tribute to cajun music (Vanguard)

2. Poet A tribute to Townes Van Zandt (Catfish/FFE)

3. Dressed in black A tribute to Johnny Cash (Dualtone) 4. Going driftless An artist's tribute to Greg Brown (Red House) 5. Kindred Spirit A tribute to the songs of Johnny Cash (Lucky Dog)

Best of and greatest hits

1. Joe Ely From Lubbock to Laredo, the best of Joe Ely (MCA)

2. Johnny Paycheck The soul and the edge, the best of Johnny Paycheck (Epic Legacy) 3. Joe Diffie Super Hits (Monument) 4. Ken Mellons The best of Ken Mellons (Curb) 5. Ty Herndon This is Ty Herndon, Greatest hits (Epic)

Dedicated to the memory of Waylon Jennings (outlaw), Tom Dowd (Skynyrd producer) and Jip Golsteijn (Holland's finest music journalist).

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(James Talley)