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Archive Playlist for week of Monday, April 13, 2009
(our last week in the Top 40)   
 
 
Rank   Spins
2W LW TW   ARTIST (Stations Playing | Stations Added)
  Title Label TW LW 2W Total
1 1 1   BUDDY & JULIE MILLER  (63|1)
  Written In Chalk  New West
 437 466 450 3647
3 2 2   J.J.CALE  (46|2)
  Roll On  Rounder
 368 395 371 2411
4 4 3   JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE  (55|2)
  Midnight At The Movies  Bloodshot
 ^343 323 340 2137
2 3 4   WILLIE NELSON AND ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL  (54|0)
  Willie and the Wheel  Bismeaux Records
 300 346 393 3678
8 8 5   NEKO CASE  (42|4)
  Middle Cyclone  Anti-Epitaph
 ^281 266 252 1734
36 12 6   FLATLANDERS  (49|13)
  Hills And Valleys  New West
 ^275 232 117 653
5 5 7   GOURDS  (37|1)
  Haymaker!  Yep Roc
 274 299 309 4086
7 7 8   RUTHIE FOSTER  (48|0)
  The Truth According to Ruthie Foster  Blue Corn
 259 267 292 2676
62 17 9   SLAID CLEAVES  (38|7)
  Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away  Music Road
 ^253 185 72 510
14 13 10   SETH WALKER  (34|3)
  Leap of Faith  Hyena
 ^241 225 202 885
11 9 11   ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER  (31|0)
  You Don't Have To Like Them Both  Red Beet
 240 259 238 1482
81 28 12   VARIOUS ARTISTS  (36|9)
  Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm  Vanguard
 ^231 143 58 438
9 10 13   RAUL MALO  (43|0)
  Lucky One  Fantasy
 225 236 240 2942
6 6 14   GURF MORLIX  (38|0)
  Last Exit To Happyland  Independent
 213 274 295 2636
15 15 15   DALLAS WAYNE  (33|2)
  I'll Take The Fifth  Smith
 ^211 210 201 1072
12 14 16   DEREK TRUCKS BAND  (28|1)
  Already Free  Sony
 204 214 222 2751
10 11 17   JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT  (36|0)
  Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit  Lightning Rod
 200 234 240 2331
20 20 18   BRIGITTE DEMEYER  (29|1)
  Red River Flower  Brigitte DeMeyer Music
 ^190 179 175 1261
18 21 19   SARAH BORGES AND THE BROKEN SINGLES  (35|3)
  The Stars Are Out  Sugar Hill
 ^182 177 187 1247
17 16 20   TOM RUSH  (36|0)
  What I Know  Appleseed
 176 186 188 1347
27 24 21   TED RUSSELL KAMP  (25|1)
  Poor Man's Paradise  PoMo/Dualtone
 ^175 165 146 975
0 37 22   SCOTT MILLER AND THE COMMONWEALTH  (33|14)
  For Crying Out Loud  F.A.Y. Recordings
 ^171 123 0 294
23 22 23   TEJAS BROTHERS  (25|1)
  Tejas Brothers  Smith
 167 176 169 5012
16 19 24   OTIS GIBBS  (28|0)
  Grandpa Walked A Picketline  Wanamaker Recording Company
 162 181 191 2970
13 18 25   BIG HOUSE  (23|0)
  Never Ending Train  Big House
 159 181 210 3118
Debut 26   SARA WATKINS  (34|12)
  Sara Watkins  Nonesuch
 ^150 79 32 261
22 23 27   BRANDON JENKINS  (17|0)
  Faster Than A Stone  Smith
 146 171 171 1761
24 27 28   RACONTEURS  (28|0)
  Top Yourself  Third Man/Warner Bros
 ^146 144 152 1376
42 31 29   WILLIE NELSON  (30|6)
  Naked Willie  RCA
 ^143 137 108 454
Debut 30   GREENCARDS  (40|14)
  Fascination  Sugar Hill
 ^139 83 44 266
33 34 31   CONNOR CHRISTIAN & SOUTHERN GOTHIC  (17|0)
  90 Proof Lullabies  Vintage Earth Music
 ^137 127 124 740
41 35 32   RAMBLIN JACK ELLIOTT  (33|4)
  A Stranger Here  Anti-Epitaph
 ^133 127 109 441
30 32 33   RESENTMENTS  (20|0)
  Roselight  Freedom
 ^131 127 136 823
21 25 34   JORMA KAUKONEN  (30|1)
  River Of Time  Red House
 130 156 173 2314
26 30 35   WSNB  (24|0)
  Oktibbeha County  Independent
 130 141 147 1913
Debut 36   ERIC LINDELL  (21|3)
  Gulf Coast Highway  Alligator
 ^128 111 93 405
35 36 37   MICHELLE MALONE  (27|3)
  Debris  SBS
 ^127 126 117 716
19 26 38   MARK OLSON & GARY LOURIS  (26|0)
  Ready For The Flood  New West
 121 146 186 2165
25 29 39   BEAUCOUP BLUE  (24|1)
  Free To Fall  Independent
 121 142 149 1064
29 38 40   M. WARD  (21|1)
  Hold Time  Merge
 112 118 139 1081

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Jomo Swamp Root Boogie by WSNB
author: Kevin Lademann
Raw, gritty blues, smokin harmonica...This is an AWESOME CD by an AWESOME band! Can't wait for the new one!

Excellent CD
author: Dave Rotz
This just a great cd, however, wait until you hear the next one to be released soon. I have heard much when they played at our Blues Festival in Canada---hard to believe, but even better!!!

The best cd I own
author: Justin C
This is by far the best cd I bought in the last 5 years. I cought them on XM and had to own the disk. When is the next one I need more.And more importantly when are you guys going to be in Pa.?

BoldBadAssBlues
author: MichealP
Oh! how I love a gritty ballsy blues......... Oh how I love guitar/harmonica leads and a growling vocal. Oh how I love to shout at the moon and scare the beejeezus out 'o de neighbors. Thanks guys, waiting for more! Please!

WSNB
author: Chris
Make more CD's You guys deserve to make big money unlike the crap out there that is.

Jomo Swamp Root Boogie
author: William L. Maynard
Heard them first on XM. The whole CD is awesome. Kick ass harmonica. Hope they come to KY some time in the near future. I gotta see 'em live!

Jomo Swamp Root Boogie
author: Eddy "Boy" Stencel
This Cd is hard driving blues right from the getgo Sounds of the swamp radiate through out! A Must have for you core blue veiners! Hard driving & nasty!

wsnb
author: grez bowman
heared the 1st track and bought the album, this is the dogs bollocks of the blues,if you dig the blues then this is a must have album, long time since i heard anything as nasty as this. thanks guys, i be keeping an eye out for wsnb,awesome.

Hollywood, CA/Nashville, TN/New York, NY (PRWEB) September 28, 2007 -- Last Thursday, the World Series Of Music was held in Nashville, Tennessee and featured six finalists chosen by Billboard Magazine out of tens of thousands of artist entries. The annual event is sponsored by Disc Makers, the largest producer of independent product in the world. Judging the finals for the event was MCA Universal producer and longtime veteran hit-maker, Robert Metzgar. The six finalists at the event were Rebecca Zapen, The Issues, Special Ed & Shortbus, J Peele, The Zydepunks and WSNB. Winning the World Series Of Music is the most prestigious award an indie band can receive from their peers in the music business. It dwarfs the American Idol competition which is primarily for solo pop music artists.

The sold out event was standing room only. Over 100 companies in the music business participated in paying for the event which featured a delicious chef prepared dinner buffet and open bar at 3rd & Lindsley, located at 818 3rd Avenue South in downtown Nashville. Sponsors of the event were Billboard Magazine, Cakewalk, Dean Markley, Disc Makers, Drum Magazine, Electronic Musician, Ibanez, KRK Systems, Remix Magazine, Remo, Roland, Sabian, Shure Electronics, Sonicbids, Soundlab Studios, Tama, Taxi and Nashville's top 10 indie labels by Billboard ranking. "The top 10 Billboard ranked indie labels that participated were Big Machine Records , BNA Records, Category Five, Platinum Plus Universal, Curb Records, Rounder Records, Koch Nashville, Equity Records, Broken Bow Records and Universal South's Superlatone."
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"The winner of the event by an extremely close margin was Special Ed & Shortbus, an infectiously hilarious bluegrass group who performed a blistering set of songs and instrumentals" seldom seen in this town of the world's best musicians. It was clear why these six artists made the finals out of thousands who entered. The quality of the finalists musicianship was simply overwhelming. "I saw music excellence personified in these artists," Metzgar told a crew of reporters.

"Just give Rebecca Zapen a violin or Special Ed a banjo and either act could blow away 99.9% of all the artists on American Idol." Metzgar told Entertainment Headline News reporters who attended, "The World Series Of Music has some of the greatest live music I have ever seen performed live on a stage in the city of Nashville." Every one of these artists could have been an American Idol finalist and winner easily. Their musicianship was astounding, even to many of the session players who attended to cheer for their favorite player. "Disc Makers is such a great company. They give all the finalists a check for $1,000.00 just for making the finals." Metzgar's VIP table was like a Who's Who in the music business.

It's a good thing JV's Restaurant serves North Carolina-style barbecue. Chances are people will be craving the bar's home-cooked recipe after they get an earful of the music of WSNB from Hickory, N.C. The band's brand of foot-stomping electric blues practically begs the listener to pop a cold one and tear into some pulled pork.

"We are all about barbecue and beer. I don't know if you've seen a picture of us, but people think we're a competitive eating team when we show up," bass player Clay Ford said via telephone from North Carolina.

The quartet of seasoned players -- Ford, singer and harmonica player Willie Shane Johnston, guitarist Nathan "Big Daddy" Brown and drummer Jason Gardner -- came together just a little more than two years ago. The group has been a finalist or semifinalist in numerous international, national and regional independent music and blues competitions.

The Mississippi-born Johnston has a voice bred for the blues think Leon Redbone and Dr. John by way of Axl Rose. Brown demonstrates a tasteful touch in crafting the band's saucy slide-guitar licks. Together, the two blaze gloriously on their twin harmonica and lead guitar lines.

Although rooted in gritty Delta blues, WSNB's music rocks with distinct force, thanks to the hard-hitting rhythms of Gardner and Ford, at times recalling Led Zeppelin when that band was in a boogieing mood. Blues lovers and fans of AC/DC-style no-frills riff-rock will find plenty to groove on.                                                                                              

"We sing nasty blues," Ford said when asked about the significance of the band's name.

Originally he said, WSNB was supposed to evoke radio station call letters. But fans soon took to crafting their own interpretations, and that was the one that stuck.

The bassist said that his roots lie in Appalachian mountain music and that each of the band's players brings distinct influences to WSNB's sound. The band released its debut CD, "Jomo Swamp Root Boogie," last year and plans to issue a second before the year's end.

-- C. WOODROW IRVIN