December 28, 2001, 9:00-11:00 p.m.
Host: Peter Welch
Top 25 Blues releases of 2001, part 1
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Label & Format |
| Look What All You Got | Buddy Guy | Sweet Tea | Silvertone CD |
| Beggin' Business | Michael Burks | Make It Rain | Alligator CD |
| S.U.V. | Mem Shannon | Memphis In The Morning | Shanachie CD |
| Lovin' Daddy Blues | Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers | Beyond The Source | Tone-Cool CD |
| Jesus Gonna Be Here | The Blind Boys Of Alabama | Spirit Of The Century | Real World CD |
| Spendin' Money | Lady Bianca | Rollin' | Rooster Blues CD |
| Don't Hurt Me No More | Byther Smith | Smitty's Blues | Black & Tan CD |
| Road Block | Jackie Payne w/Kenny "Blue" Ray | Soulful Blues | Tone King CD |
| Money | James Blood Ulmer | Memphis Blood | Label M CD |
| 2:19 | John Hammond | Wicked Grin | Virgin/Pointblank CD |
| Take What I Can Get | Dr. John | Creole Moon | Blue Note CD |
| Cold Duck | Erskine Oglesby | Honkin' & Shoutin' | Black & Tan CD |
| Data Access Blues | The Blues Jumpers | Livin' Like A King | Summit Cross CD |
| Mellow Chick | Lil' Ronnie & The Grand Dukes | Young & Evil | Planetary CD |
| Shake Your Hips | Robert Randolph | Live At The Wetlands | Family Band CD |
| What's The Matter | Big Bill Morganfield | Ramblin' Mind | Blind Pig CD |
| You Can't Winnum All | Ike Turner | Here And Now | Ikon CD |
| Rich Man's Woman (On A Poor Man's Pay) | Charlie Musselwhite w/Kid Ramos | Greasy Kid's Stuff | Evidence CD |
| Strange Things Happening | Olu Dara | Neighborhoods | Atlantic CD |
| Strut | Taj Mahal w/Jimmy Smith | Dot Com Blues | Blue Thumb CD |
| Mr. Johnson | Jimmy Smith | Dot Com Blues | Blue Thumb CD |