The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2017
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick Your Poison | Selwyn Birchwood | Alligator |
| 2 | Trouble & Whiskey | Sean Chambers | American Showplace |
| 3 | Southern Blood | Gregg Allman | Rounder |
| 4 | Live from the Fox Oakland | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Swamp Family |
| 5 | Give It Back to You | The Record Company | Concord |
| 6 | Blue Highways | Colin James | True North |
| 7 | Witchy Feelin | Savoy Brown | Panache |
| 8 | The Eastwest Sessions | Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers | Pretty Good For A Girl |
| 9 | Change My Game | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Ruf |
| 10 | Fire on the Floor | Beth Hart | Mascot Label Group |
| 11 | Decisions | Jim Allchin | Sandy Key Music |
| 12 | Double Strike | Andy T Band | American Showplace |
| 13 | 10,000 Feet Below | Eliza Neals | E-H |
| 14 | Two Dogs | Popa Chubby | Absolute Marketing |
| 15 | The Catfish | Popa Chubby | Verycords |
| 16 | Signs | Jonny Lang | Mascot |
| 17 | Memphis Rock and Soul | Melissa Etheridge | Concord |
| 18 | Roll with the Punches | Van Morrison | Exile |
| 19 | Bad Movie | Bobby Messano | The Prince Frog |
| 20 | MVP | The Milligan Vaughan Project | Mark One |
| 21 | The Royal Gospel | Royal Southern Brotherhood | Ruf |
| 22 | Dream Train | Alastair Greene | Rip Cat |
| 23 | Live at Brighton Road | Dani Wilde | VizzTone |
| 24 | Cigar Store | The Smoke Wagon Blues Band | Indie Pool |
| 25 | Rockers (feat. Aster Pheonyx) | John Ginty | American Showplace |
| 26 | Palestine Blues | Lew Jetton & 61 South | Coffee Street |
| 27 | Tattoo Burn Redux | Micki Free | Mysterium Blues |
| 28 | Monarch | Chris Antonik | Self-Release |
| 29 | Time to Roll | MonkeyJunk | Stony Plain |
| 30 | The Blues Don't Care | Frank Bang & The Cook County Kings | Self-Release |
| 31 | One More Round | The John Pagano Band | Midnight Circus |
| 32 | Love is Everywhere | Stacy Jones Band | Self-Release |
| 33 | Roll the Dice | Hector Anchondo | Self-Release |
| 34 | Rich Man | Doyle Bramhall II | Concord |
| 35 | In My Shadow | Johnny Oskam | Self-Release |
| 36 | Hot Pulldown | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Doves Nest |
| 37 | Driftin' Heart | The Jason Buie Band | Self-Release |
| 38 | Good Morning Midnight | Scott Ellison | Red Parlor |
| 39 | Keep on Playin' | The Halley DeVestern Band | Self-Release |
| 40 | The Stars Motel | Liz Mandeville | Self-Release |
| 41 | Devil Don't Care | Antry | Tres Lobas Enterprises |
| 42 | Champagne Velvet | Jason Elmore & Hoodoo Witch | Underworld |
| 43 | Sanctified | Low Society | Rezonate |
| 44 | Trouble | Hamish Anderson | Self-Release |
| 45 | Calling Nashville | Trevor Sewell | Self-Release |
| 46 | A/B | Kaleo | Elektra |
| 47 | Night Light | Mark Crissinger | Self-Release |
| 48 | Black Crow Callin' | Polly O'Keary and the Rhythm Method | Self-Release |
| 49 | Strip It Down | Casey James | Self-Release |
| 50 | What It is | FreeWorld | SwirlDisc |
| 51 | Fresh Air | Johnny Nicholas | Self-Release |
| 52 | Spare Keys | Jimmy Thackery | Self-Release |
| 53 | Live in Kansas City | Nick Schnebelen Band | Vizz Tone |
| 54 | From the Root to the Fruit | Nick Moss | Blue Bella |
| 55 | Passion, Soul, and Fire | David M'ore | Edgard Avakian |
| 56 | All for Loving You | The Alexis P. Suter Band | American Showplace |
| 57 | Rise Above | Bill Evans | Vansman |
| 58 | Alive and Ornery | Scott Ramminger | Arbor Lane |
| 59 | Infected with the Blues | Spencer Mackenzie | Self-Release |
| 60 | White Bear | The Temperance Movement | Concord |
| 61 | Resurrection | Gaetano Letizia & the Underworld Blues Band | Self-Release |
| 62 | Take Me High | Laurence Jones | Ruf |
| 63 | Under the Influence | The Mojo Stars | Self-Release |
| 64 | A Force of Nature | Sari Schorr | Manhaton |
| 65 | Resurrection | The Druids of Stonehenge | Self-Release |
| 66 | Soul Renegade | Ken Valdez | Armored Rat Music |
| 67 | Elemental | Ross Neilsen | Self-Release |
| 68 | The Story of Sonny Boy Slim | Gary Clark Jr. | Warner Bros. |
| 69 | Tearing Up the Rails | LH Express | Self-Release |
| 70 | Lost in Paris Blues Band | Lost In Paris Blues Band | earMUSIC |
| 71 | Not Quite Legal | Chase Walker Band | Self-Release |
| 72 | Liberty | Brother Sun Sister Moon | Holy Joe |
| 73 | I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone (Lazarus Edition) [feat. North Mississippi Allstars] | James Luther Dickinson | Memphis International |
| 74 | Know My Name | Marty Manous | Lucky Street Music |
| 75 | Pierced Arrow | The Rides | 429 Records |
| 76 | Live at the Greek Theatre | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 77 | Above & Below | Jim Shaneberger Band | Self-Release |
| 78 | Blue to My Soul | John Verity | Vavoom |
| 79 | Tiphony Dames (feat. Coyote Kings) | Tiphony Dames | Twinlion |
| 80 | Summer Rain | Dudley Taft | American Blues Artists Group |
| 81 | By My Side | James 'Buddy' Rogers | JBR |
| 82 | Boo Hoo Hoo | No Sinner | Provogue |
| 83 | Wolf Den | Danielle Nicole | Concord |
| 84 | Mid-Century Modern | Al Basile | Sweetspot Records |
| 85 | Dark Angel | John Weeks Band | Self-Release |
| 86 | On Safari | The Kentucky Headhunters | Plowboy |
| 87 | East-Coast Sound | Johnny Neel, Tommy Lepson, Dave Chappell | Rip Bang |
| 88 | Midnight Highway | Quinn Sullivan | Mascot |
| 89 | Devestatin' Rhythm | David Vest | Ark-O-Matic |
| 90 | Old Habits Die Hard | No Sinner | Provogue |
| 91 | Angel's 11 | Angel Forrest | Ad Litteram |
| 92 | The Long Road Home | RootBone | SteelTone |
| 93 | Stand My Ground | The Forrest McDonald Band | World Talent |
| 94 | Controlled Burn | Paradise Kings | Self-Release |
| 95 | Bound by the Blues | Sonny Landreth | Provogue |
| 96 | Blues Karma and the Kitchen Sink | Charlie Wheeler Band | Self-Release |
| 97 | Flux | Rich Robinson | Circle Sound Records |
| 98 | Black Magic Box | Tony Vega Band | Silver Belly |
| 99 | Blues Heart Attack | Jeremiah Johnson | Connor Ray Music |
| 100 | Soulfire | Little Steven | Wicked Cool |
| 101 | Born Free | Dione Taylor | Matay |
| 102 | Sugar Shack | Damon Fowler | Blind Pig |
| 103 | Hard Times, Bad Decisions | Lisa Mann | JayRay |
| 104 | Trouble Is... | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | Revolution |
| 105 | The Last Days of Oakland | Fantastic Negrito | Blackball Universe |
| 106 | I Found a Love | John Mays | Electro - Fi |
| 107 | In Any Town | The Lucky Losers | Dirty Cat |
| 108 | Relentless | The Paul DesLauriers Band | Big Toe |
| 109 | Blood Moon | Too Slim & the Taildraggers | Underworld |
| 110 | All over Town | Carrie and The Cats | Self-Release |
| 111 | Blizzard of Blues | Tommy Z | South Blossom |
| 112 | Method to My Madness | Tommy Castro | Alligator |
| 113 | Danielle Nicolle | Danielle Nicole | Concord |
| 114 | Both Sides of the Track | Dennis Jones | Blue Rock |
| 115 | Shelter Me | Crosseyed Cat | Self-Release |
| 116 | Live at the Harlem Flophouse | The Goddess Lakshmi | René Calvo |
| 117 | Electric Field Holler | Anthony Gomes | Up 2 Zero |
| 118 | Havana Moon | The Rolling Stones | Eagle Vision |
| 119 | Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue | Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue | Electro - Fi |
| 120 | Old School Thang | Billy Hector | Ghetto Surf Music |
| 121 | Gonna Die Tryin' | Chris O'Leary | American Showplace |
| 122 | Tracks | Blues Engine | Self-Release |
| 123 | The Temperance Movement | The Temperance Movement | Fantasy / Concord Music Group |
| 124 | Time to Let Go | Bob Lanza Blues Band | Connor Ray |
| 125 | The Steve Cal' Band | The Steve Cal' Band | Mojo Man |
| 126 | Moon Goes Missing | Carolyn Wonderland | Home |
| 127 | Dust & Bones | Gary Hoey | Provouge |
| 128 | Against the Grain | Iron Bridge Band | NEH Records |
| 129 | Colin James and the Little Big Band | Colin James | Elektra/Asylum |
| 130 | Revelator | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Sony Masterworks |
| 131 | Zalo's Blues | Gonzalo Bergara | Self-Release |
| 132 | Keep Coming Back | Mike Zito | Ruf |
| 133 | Demolition Day | Honey Island Swamp Band | Ruf |
| 134 | Live at Buddy Guys Legends | Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers | Azuretone |
| 135 | A Night in Copenhagen (Live) | Peach and The Almost Blues Band | Magic Music |
| 136 | Rich in Love | Colin Linden | Stony Plain |
| 137 | Bullet's in the Bonfire, Vol. 1 | Iko-Iko | Graham Wood Drout |
| 138 | Blame Me | Ty Curtis | Self-Release |
| 139 | Diggin' Down | Mick Clarke | Rockfold |
| 140 | Drive Til U Die | Hymn For Her | Self-Release |
| 141 | A Night on the Sunset Strip (Live) | Eric Gales | Cleopatra Blues |
| 142 | 40 | Foreigner | Rhino |
| 143 | Mighty Business | AG Weinberger | Big Foot |
| 144 | Naked... in Your Face | Eddie Turner | 7-14 productions |
| 145 | All Because of You | Simon Kirke | BMG |
| 146 | Live in NYC | Lance Lopez | Cleopatra |
| 147 | Live at Knuckleheads, Vol. 1 | Nick Schnebelen Band | Vizztone |
| 148 | Rendezvous with the Blues | Jimmy Hall | Rockin' Camel |
| 149 | Heal My Soul | Lex Grey and the Urban Pioneers | Self-Release |
| 150 | World Boogie is Coming | North Mississippi Allstars | Thirty Tigers |
| 151 | Bad News Travels (Live) | John Ginty | American Showplace |
| 152 | Shakedown Soul | Kelly Richey | Sweet Lucy |
| 153 | Good Good Lovin | Bill Durst | Durstwerks |
| 154 | The World Moves on | Hitman Blues Band | Nerus Records |
| 155 | Solid States and Loose Ends | Steve Dawson | Black Hen |
| 156 | Don't Call No Ambulance | Selwyn Birchwood | Alligator |
| 157 | No Filter | John Ginty | American Showplace |
| 158 | Tejas | ZZ Top | Warner |
| 159 | Slow Burn | Al Lerman | Self-Release |
| 160 | Get on the Horse | Delta Generators | Self-Release |
| 161 | I Ain't Lyin' | Charlie Musselwhite | Henrietta |
| 162 | Three Miles from Avalon | Davy Knowles | WYAN |
| 163 | Songs from the Road | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Ruf |
| 164 | Monkey Brain | Sean Pinchin | Self-Release |
| 165 | Songs from the Road | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Ruf |
| 166 | Machine Gun: Live at the Fillmore East 12/31/1969 (First Show) | Jimi Hendrix | Sony |
| 167 | The Back on Track Recording Project | Jordan Patterson | Self-Release |
| 168 | No B! | Jane Lee Hooker | RUF RECORDS |
| 169 | The Essential Rocky Athas, Vol. II | Rocky Athas | Cherryburst |
| 170 | The Tel-Star Sessions | Gov't Mule | Evil Teen |
| 171 | Breaking and Entering | Eliza Neals | E-H |
| 172 | Room for One More | Jay Stollman | Number7Records |
| 173 | Friday Night | Zora Young & Little Mike and the Tornadoes | ELROB |
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