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AMERICAN MINOR
The Buffalo Creek EP
(Jive/Zomba hard rock EP)
Stream "Walk On"
Stream "Movin' On Up" (Windows Media Player)

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
Deuce
(Spitfire post-glam hard rock album)
Stream "Never"
Stream "The Unknown" (Windows Media Player)

BROOKS & DUNN
Hillbilly Deluxe
(Arista Nashville country-rock album)
Stream "Just Another Neon Night"
Stream "I May Never Get Over You" (Windows Media Player)

JUNIOR BROWN
The Austin Experience: Recorded Live at the Continental Club
(Telarc surf-hula-corrido-jazz-blues country-rock album)
Stream "Juan Charasquado"
Stream "Hillbilly Hula Gal" (Windows Media Player)

CHRIS CAGLE
Anywhere but Here
(EMI/Capitol country-rock album)

MAZEY GARDENS & THE BRICK HIT HOUSE BAND
"Callin' In Dead"
(Ambassador/Rudyland seven-inch vinyl fake-reissue retro-country single)
Download "Callin In Dead" (MP3)

THE MIGHTY JEREMIAHS
The Mighty Jeremiahs
(Paradigm Shift/Ear X-tacy heavy country-gospel-boogie album)
Stream "Judgement Day"
Stream "Walk With Me Jesus" (Windows Media)

THE RIBEYE BROTHERS
Bar Ballads and Cautionary Tales
(Times Beach meat-and-potatoes garage-punk album)
Download "We Became Snakes"
Download "Find Yer Own" (MP3)

ROSETTA WEST
Illumination
(rosettawest@aol.com hard-assed boogie album)
Download "The Flag"
Download "Children" (MP3)

BILLY JOE SHAVER
The Real Deal
(Compadre country-rock album)
Stream "There's No Fool Like an Old Fool"
Stream "Livin' a Lovin' Lie" (Windows Media)

THE TOMATOES
The Rise and Fall of the Tomatoes
(Revolution Blues Music meat-and-tomatoes hard rock album)
Stream "She Wore A Yellow Gas Mask"
Stream "Chicago" (RealAudio)

THE TOMBSTONES
Twang From the Grave
(Saustex Media '80s–'90s gothabilly reissue)
Download "Dark As A Dungeon"(MP3)