There was some good stuff in 2007 Dino........ it was just hard to find. lol Before we get to that Here's my 2006 list (If a little late)
1. T-Bone Burnett --- "The True False Identity" (Extraordinary! So cool it's freezing hot! Steal it if you have to but listen to it!)
2. Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, & Fats Kaplin --- "John Dean" (Bluesy Folk. Kinda! Awesome.)
3. Drive By Truckers ---- "A Blessing and A Curse" (Careening southern Rock and beyond! DBT's best to date!)
4. The Bottle Rockets --- "Zoysia" (Brian and crew rock hard on this one. One of their very best!)
5. Bob Dylan --- "Modern Times" (It's hard to make an LP this good and then have it be over-rated but such is the case with this one. Still, it's good!)
6. Rickie Lee Jones -- "The Sermon On Exposition Boulevard" (Rickie Lee gets even weirder, if that's possible, and puts Jesus words to music........ sort of! Really, really good, and odd, VERY odd!)
7. Todd Snider --- "The Devil You Know" (Todd's still putting down cool grooves. Very solid LP!)
8. John Common --- "Good To Be Born" (Former Rainville frontman's solo debut. And it's a stunner. Rich and diverse. Creeps on ya, then creeps some more. Every listen reveals a new layer. Very cool stuff!)
9. Rosanne Cash --- "Black Cadillac" (Great songs. Solid performance. Great playing. Not very Country in my opinion)
10. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris --- "All The Roadrunning" (This has some stunning tracks, but somehow I expected more. Probably not fair of me because I still love the disc!)
11. Tom Petty --- "Highway Companion" (It's Petty but........ For some reason I've just never caught on to this one. Don't listen to it hardly at all. Probably need to!)
12. JJ Cale & Eric Clapton --- "The Road to Escondido" (Kinda the same as with the Emmylou/Knopfler thing. I probably just expected too much, but I prefer many of JJ's solo releases to this!)
I thought 2006 was a pretty good year and when I remember some that I forgot (bound to happen) I'll add them as honorable mentions or something!
Rock On!