On this episode I played the Top 20 Americana albums of 2017. We also remember some of the musicians we lost in year gone by.

USofA Top Albums of 2017

1. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
2. Margo Price - All American Made
3. Tyler Childers - Purgatory
4. Dead Man Winter - Furnace
5. Nikki Lane - Highway Queen
6. Colter Wall - Colter Wall
7. JD McPherson - Undivided Heart & Soul
8. Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Navigator
9. Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Way Out West
10. King Leg - Meet King Leg
11. Robert Plant - Carry Fire
12. Ryan Adams - Prisoner
13. Zephaniah Ohora - This Highway
14. Steve Earle & the Dukes - So You Want to Be an Outlaw
15. Chris Stapleton - From A Room Vol.1 & 2
16. Justin Townes Earle - Kids in the Street
17. Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black
18. Jade Jackson - Gilded
19. The Barr Brothers - Queens of the Breakers
20. Deep Dark Woods - Yarrow

Americana Gig List

Los Tarantos / Lizzie Jean / Ghost Wagon - Wednesday 1/3/18 - Turf Club
The Devil Makes 3 - 1/11 - First Avenue
Big Head Todd & the Monsters - 1/13 - Palace Theatre
Pokey LaFarge - Friday 1/19 & Saturday 1/20 - Turf Club
Drive-By Truckers / Lilly Hiatt - Saturday 1/27 - First Avenue
Samantha Fish - Saturday 1/27 - Turf Club
Amy Helm - 1/28 - The Dakota
First Aid Kit / Van William - 1/30 - The Palace
Lil Smokies - 1/30 - Turf Club
Josh Ritter - 1/31 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Cash'd Out - 2/8 - Turf Club
Erik Koskinen / Jack Klatt - 2/10 - Turf Club
Sonny Landreth - Sunday 2/11 - The Cedar
Valerie June - 2/17 - First Avenue
Sunny Sweeney - 3/2 - Turf Club
The SteelDrivers - 3/9 - The Cedar
k.d. lang - 3/14 - State
Marty Stuart - 3/17 - Hopkins Center for the Arts
Graham Nash - 3/20 & 3/21 - The Dakota
Brent Cobb & Them - 3/23 - Turf Club
Colter Wall - 3/27 - Fine Line
Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound Revue - 4/3 - Palace Theatre
Lindi Ortega - 4/15 - The Dakota
Marshall Crenshaw & the BottleRockets - 4/19 - Turf Club
Calexico - 4/23 - Fine Line
Blue Ox Festival, Eau Claire, WI - 6/14-6/16 feat. Pert Near Sandstone, Charlie Parr, Margo Price, Tyler Childers
Chuck Prophet - 8/24 - Turf Club

Weekly gigs

The Roe Family Singers - Monday's - 331
The Cactus Blossoms - Monday in January - Turf Club
Charlie Parr - Sundays in January - Turf Club

Segments

Cold Foot Boogie
The Cactus Blossoms

Hold My Heart
Ghost Wagon

Up on the Mountaintop
Deep Dark Woods

Queens of the Breakers
The Barr Brothers

Midnight Train
David Rawlings

I Ain't Never
Mel Tillis

Good Time Gone
Jade Jackson

If All I Was Wasa Black
Mavis Staples

Walking to New Orleans
Fats Domino

Maybe A Moment
Justin Townes Earle

Midnight Train to Memphis
Chris Stapleton

This Highway
Zephaniah Ohora

To Be Without You
Ryan Adams

Lookin' For A Woman
Steve Earle

Nadine (Is It You)
Chuck Berry

The May Queen
Robert Plant

Galveston
Glen Campbell

Great Outdoors
King Leg

Time Don't Wait
Marty Stuart

Wildflowers
Tom Petty

Living In The City
Hurray for the Riff Raff

Hunting for Sugar
JD McPherson

Motorcycle
Colter Wall

Send the Sun
Nikki Lane

This House Is on Fire
Dead Man Winter

Univeral Sound
Tyler Childers

Midnight Rider
Allman Brothers Band

A Little Pain
Margo Price

Hope the High Road
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit