Some underrated CDs for your consideration

The Last Real Texas Blues Band featuring Doug Sahm	I discovered this in the used cd bin at Strawberries. I LOVE this album! "What Mac (Dr. John) is to New Orleans, Doug is to Texas. From Western swing to Lightnin' Hopkins' Houston blues, from TexMex ditties to polkas, Doug integrated it all and came out with something singular; his own sound on guitar, his own voice, his own songs. I also loved the irony of his calling his great sixties group The Sir Douglas Quintet, the Texan passing as a Brit to entice American ears. I was proud to produce his album, documenting Sahm's soul, embracing everything from T-Bone Walker to Bob Wills." - Jerry Wexler
Don't Give Up on Me - Solomon Burke	Saw him open for Van Morrison. Enormous and wildly entertaining. He was a minor star in the sixties, but forgotten for many years. Very well respected among his peers and his career is reborn with this cd, which was album of the year on many lists when released in 2002.
Julie Roberts - Julie Roberts	Thanks to Chris Dubose for the heads up on this one. Country with a nice blues accent. Catchy without the dreadful Nashville sappy/slick feeling. Give it a listen, I think you'll like her. Alot.
Katie Melua - Call Off the Search	Be careful about this one. You may hate yourself for listening to it - again and again, until you get that "I've eaten WAY too much candy" feeling. But this candy is good stuff. London-based by way of Soviet Georgia and Belfast, Katie Melua has been dubbed another Norah Jones, but she feels more jazz/blues than Jones' country blues. And, dare I mention, strings, too! She's been a BIG deal in the UK this past year. Go ahead, have another piece, just ONE more.