American Music's overview
of its annual Top 50
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Excerpt from American Music's Top 50 1993
1. Kasey Chambers - The Captain
EMI Australia
2. Crakajak - Ride the spirit
No label Australia
3. Steve Earle & Del McCoury Band - The mountain
E-Squared
4. Spencer Band - his is now
PKB Australia
5. Bellamy Brothers - Lonely Planet
Blue Hat
6. Various artists - Return of the Grievous Angel
Almo Sounds
7. Jimmy LaFave - Trail
Bohemia Beat
8. Keith Glass - Southerly Buster
Massive Australia
9. Jack Ingram - Hey You
Lucky Dog
10. Keith Urban - Keith Urban
Capitol
15. Mary Lee's Corvette:
True lovers of adventure
Wild Pitch
24. Derailers:
Full Western dress
Sire
32. Leftover Salmon:
The Nashville Sessions
Hollywood
45. Carla Rugg:
This is Carla Rugg
Natry Canada
and among others:
1. Sandy Denny
Gold dust - live at the Royalty Theatre (Island UK)
2. Hard Road
Journeytown (King Australia)
3. Lee Kernaghan
Hat town (ABC Australia)
4. Adam Brand
Adam Brand (Festival Australia)
5. Bap Kennedy
Domestic blues (E-Squared)
6. Dwight Yoakam
A  long way  home (Reprise)
7. Jason & the Scorchers
Midnight roads and stages seen (Mammoth)
8. Michael O'Rourke
Mining dust burning sun (Music Power Australia)
9. Beccy Cole
Beccy Cole (Columbia Australia)
10. Jane Hawley
Letters to myself (JH Canada)
33. Amy Rigby
Middlescence (Koch)
28. Chris Knight
Chris Knight (Decca)
45. Colin Buchanan
Edge of the Kimberley
(Warner Australia)
16. Connie Smith
Connie Smith (WarnerBros.)
and among others:
1. Kim Richey
Bitter Sweet (Mercury)
2. Anne Kirkpatrick
Cry like a man (ABC Australia).
3. Roger McGuinn
Live from Mars (Hollywood)
4. Steve Earle
El Corazon (Warner Bros.)
5. Adam Brand
Adam Brand (No label Australia)
6. Dead Ringer Band
Living in the circle (Massive Australia)
12. The Ranch
The Ranch (Capitol)
24. Pam Gadd
The long road (Vanguard)
36. The Wheel
Good noise (rooArt Australia)
43. Bob Woodruff
Desire road (Imprint)
8. Troy Cassar-Daley
True believer (Columbia Australia)
9. Jack Ingram
Livin' or dyin' (Rising Tide)
7. Keith Glass
Smoke and mirrors (Shock Australia)
10. Tecia Mckenna
Off the beaten path (CR Music)
and among others:
1. Dead Ringer Band
Home Fires (Massive Australia)
2. Montana Rose
Star of Bannack (Cowboy Heaven)
3. Steve Earle
I feel allright (Warner Bros.)
42. Susie Luchsinger
Inspirational favorites (Arrival)
8. Gretchen Peters
The secret of life (Imprint)
9. Energy Orchard
Pain killer (Castle UK)
10. The Kennedys
Life is large (Green Linnet)
4. Jason & the Scorchers
Clear impetuous morning (Mammoth)
5. Tania Kernaghan
December moon (ABC Australia)
6. Lee Kernaghan
1959 (re-issue 2-CD)
(ABC Australia)
7. Charlie Robison
Bandera (Vireo)
33. Bill Kirchen
Have love, will travel
(Black Top)
14. Wendy Webb
Wendy Webb (no label)
22. The Rankin family
Endless seasons (EMI Canada)
and among others:
1. Kim Richey
Kim Richey (Mercury)
2. Anne Kirkpatrick
Anne Kirkpatrick & friends live
(ABC Australia)
3. Steve Earle
Train a comin' (Winter harvest)
4. Lee Kernaghan
1959 (ABC Australia)
5. Montana Rose
Highway 191 (Cowboy Heaven)
6. Jimmy LaFave
Buffalo return to the plains (Bohemia Beat)
7. Troy Cassar-Daley
Beyond the dancing (Columbia Australia)
8. New Riders of the Purple Sage
Live (Avenue)
9. Blackhawk
Strong enough (Arista)
10. JR. Gone Wild
Simple little wish (Stony Plain Canada)
18. Bob Seger
& the Silver Bullet Band
It's a mistery (Capitol)
29. Jeff Healey Band
Cover to cover (Arista)
32. George Thorogood
& the Destroyers
Live - Let's work together (EMI)
48. Al Hunter
The singer
(Pagan New Zealand)
and among others:
1. Steve Earle   Uncut Gems  Warner Bros
2. Rick Nelson  
Stay young, The Epic Recordings (Epic)
3. Somebody's Darling  
Forever for now  (Sonet Norway)
4. Flying Burrito Brothers  
Eye of a hurricane   (Magnum UK)
5. Lee Kernaghan  
Three chain road  (ABC Australia)
6. Jimmy LaFave  
Highway trance  (Bohemia Beat)
7. Iris DeMent  
My life (Warner Bros)
8. Travis Tritt
Ten feet tall and bulletproof (Warner Bros.)
16. Lost Dogs
Little red riding hood (WAL)
38. Inker & Hamilton
Poetry in motion (Fresh Germany)
27. Carla Olson
Reap the whirlwind (Watermelon)

46. Stevie Nicks
Street angel (EMI)
9. Various artists
Skynyrd friends (MCA)
10. Tom Petty
Wildflowers (Warner Bros.)
and among others:
1. Montana Rose
All night rodeo (Cowboy Heaven)
17. Kate Jacobs
The calm comes after (Small Pond)
26. Johner Brothers
My brother and me (Sceptre Canada)
33. Dire Straits
On the night (Vertigo UK)
40. Kim Carnes
Gypsy honeymoon - the best of Kim Carnes (EMI)
10. Charlie Daniels
America I believe in you (Liberty)
8. John Mellencamp
Human wheels (Mercury)
9. Dwight Yoakam
This time (Reprise)
5. Jimmy Lafave
Austin skyline (Bohemia Beat)
6. Maria McKee
You gotta sin to get saved (Geffen)
7. Energy Orchard
Shinola (Castle UK)
2.Rebel train
Seeking shelter (East West)
3. Kevin Lee & the Lonesome city kings
Restless (MCA)
4. Bellamy Brothers
Rip off the knob (Bellamy Bros. Records)
That's all. I've done some charts before 1993 but there's nothing filed.
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