TOP ALBUMS AND SONGS FOR OCTOBER 1997 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 7637 airplays. 1: "Slant 6 Mind," Greg Brown (56) "Whatever It Was" (11) "Billy From The Hills" (6) "Speaking In Tongues" (6) "Vivid" (6) "Why Don't You Just Go Home" (6) "Loneliness House" (5) "Spring And All" (4) "Dusty Woods" (3) "Wild Like A Sonny Boy" (3) "Enough" (2) "Hurt So Nice" (2) "Down At The Mill" "Mose Allison Played Here" 2: "Reunion Hill," Richard Shindell (38) "Darkness, Darkness" (6) "Money For Floods" (6) "Reunion Hill" (6) "Next Best Western" (5) "I'll Be Here In The Morning" (3) "Sing Me Back Home" (3) "Weather" (3) "Beyond The Iron Gate" (2) "I Saw My Youth Today" (2) "May" "Smiling" 3: "Gone From Danger," Joan Baez (35) "Reunion Hill" (10) "Fishing" (7) "If I Wrote You" (5) "Crack In The Mirror" (2) "February" (2) "Lily" (2) "Money For Floods" (2) "No Mermaid" (2) "Who Do You Think I Am?" (2) "Mercy Bound" 4: "Catie Curtis," Catie Curtis (34) "Memphis" (7) "Soulfully" (5) "Falling Silent In The Dark" (4) "Truth Is" (4) "Forgiveness" (3) "River Winding" (3) "I Don't Cry Anymore" (2) "I Still Want To" (2) "Come To Me" "Do Unto Others" "Heroes" "Larry" 4: "Ride," Louise Taylor (34) "Last Days Of Summer" (7) "Ride The Wild Country" (7) "Islamorada" (3) "Maria" (3) "Roll Away Car" (3) "Your Face" (3) "Blue Norther" (2) "Deep Dark River" (2) "Shiny Diane" (2) "Angelee" "Too Tired To Leave" 6: "End Of The Summer," Dar Williams (33) "If I Wrote You" (6) "Are You Out There?" (5) "End Of The Summer" (5) "Better Things" (4) "Party Generation" (4) "Teenagers, Kick Our Butts" (3) "What Do You Hear In These Sounds?" (3) "Bought And Sold" "My Friends" "Road Buddy" 7: "7 Sisters," Brooks Williams (29) "Threadbare Soul" (6) "Winter Moon" (6) "Mother Earth" (4) "7 Sisters" (3) "Some Fine Day" (3) "Miles Away" (2) "Nothing At All" (2) "Hello Heartache" "Hello Heartbreak" "Rich Tonight" 8: "El Corazon," Steve Earle (28) "Christmas In Washington" (5) "I Still Carry You Around" (5) "Ft. Worth Blues" (4) "Tanneytown" (4) "Telephone Road" (3) "If You Fall" "If You Fall In Love" "Nyc" "Other Side Of Town" "Poison Lovers" "Where I Am," Steve Earl "You Know The Rest" 9: "Big League Babe," Various Artists (27) "Amoeba Hop," Dave Van Ronk (6) "Fly On A Plane," Richard Shindell (4) "Attainable Love," Barbara Kessler (3) "Christine Lavin Could Do It," Cheryl Wheeler (3) "Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind," Megon Mcdonough (3) "Jane," Vance Gilbert (2) "Kind Of Love You Never Recover From," David Wilcox (2) "Victim/Volunteer," Kristina Olson (2) "Artificial Means," Cliff Eberhardt And Julie Gold "Replaced," Susan Werner 10: "Anthology Of American Folk Music," Various Artists (26) "Frankie," Mississippi John Hurt (2) "House Carpenter," Clarence Ashley (2) "I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground," Bascom Lamar Lunsford (2) "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean," Blind Lemon Jefferson (2) "Charles Giteau," Kelly Harrel "Drunkard's Special," Coley Jones "Expression Blues," Sleepy John Estes And Yank Rachell "Fatal Flower Garden," Nelstone's Hawaiians "Henry Lee," Dick Justice "John Hardy," Carter Family "John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man," Carter Family "Kassie Jones," Furry Lewis "Minglewood Blues," Cannon's Jug Stompers "Old Lady And The Devil," Bill And Belle Reed "Ommie Wise," G. B. Grayson "Present Joys," Alabama Sacred Harp Singers "Rabbit Foot Blues," Blind Lemon Jefferson "Rocky Road," Alabama Sacred Harp Singers "Sail Away Lady," Uncle Bunt" Stephens "Spike Driver Blues," Mississippi John Hurt "When That Great Ship Went Down," William And Versey Smith "White House Blues," Charlie Poole 10: "Heritage (Eileen Mcgann)," Eileen McGann (26) "Rolling Of The Stones" (5) "Lord Franklin" (4) "Lowlands" (4) "Peggy Gordon" (3) "Beggin' I Will Go Medley" (2) "My Grief On The Sea/Cape Clear" (2) "Beltane" "Blackwaterside" "Faithful Johnny" "Female Drummer" "Little Musgrave" "There'll Be More Joy" 12: "Book Of Secrets," Loreena McKennitt (25) "Mummer's Dance" (6) "Dante's Prayer" (4) "Marco Polo" (4) "Prologue" (3) "Skellig" (3) "Highwayman" (2) "Night Ride Across The Caucasus" (2) "La Serenissima" 12: "Cool And Unusual," Martin Simpson (25) "Darling Corey" (6) "Deep Blue Sea" (3) "Swannanoa Tunnel" (3) "Ramblin' Round" (2) "Rye Whiskey" (2) "Shepherd's Delight" (2) "Week Before Easter" (2) "Disassembly Of God; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" "James Connolly" "Plains Of Waterloo" "Prelude\Santa Cruz" "Stole And Sold From Africa" 14: "When No One's Around," Tim O'brien (24) "First Days Of Fall" (5) "How Come I Ain't Dead?" (3) "Kick Me When I'm Down" (3) "Out On The Rrolling Sea" (3) "River Of Blood" (3) "When You Come Back Down" (3) "Love And Laughter" "Love Is Pleasin'" "Think About Last Night" "When There's No One Around" 15: "Butler Field," Caroline Aiken (23) "Butler Field" (8) "Ground Zero" (3) "Hotel At Highway One" (3) "Love Ain't Going Nowhere" (3) "That's What I Heard" (3) "Good Intentions" "Heart Of Knowing" "Left Wet" 15: "Doin' My Time," Aubrey Haynie (23) "Dark Hollow" (5) "Doin' My Time" (5) "Turkey In The Straw" (3) "Cherokee Shuffle" (2) "Cracker Jack" (2) "Forty Years Of Trouble" (2) "Trouble In Mind" (2) "Leavin' Rosine" "White Bluff" 17: "Lipstick Lies And Gasoline," Fred Eaglesmith (22) "105" (4) "Alcohol And Pills" (4) "Time To Get A Gun" (4) "7 Shells" (3) "Thinking" (2) "Water In The Fuel" (2) "Drinking Too Much" "Pontiac" "Spookin' The Horses" 17: "Silver And Gold," Claire Lynch (22) "Hitchcock Railway" (3) "If Wishes Were Horses" (3) "Safe Haven" (3) "Hey Lonesome" (2) "I'm Going Up" (2) "Wednesday's Child" (2) "Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring" (2) "Death Angel" "Fair Shake" "Out Among The Stars" "Silver And Gold" "Sweetheart, Darling Of Mine" 19: "Hunger," Janis Ian (21) "Black And White" (4) "Honor Them All" (4) "Hunger" (3) "Searching For America" (3) "Shadow" (3) "Welcome To Acousticville" (2) "Acousticville" "Getting Over You" 19: "Just You Wait And See," Tina Adair (21) "Pray With Mamma And Daddy" (5) "Arrow" (3) "Midst Of The Morning Rain" (3) "By The Time It Gets Dark" (2) "Just Me" (2) "When My Time Comes To Go" (2) "Arrow-Crazy Love" "Crazy Love," Tina Adiar "Nobody But You" "These Tears" 19: "Kerouac's Last Dream," Ramblin' Jack Elliott (21) "Talkin' Fishin' Blues" (4) "Cup Of Coffee" (3) "Roving Gambler" (3) "1913 Massacre" (2) "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" (2) "Freight Train Blues" (2) "912 Greens" "Cuckoo" "Don't Think Twice" "Pretty Boy Floyd" "Riding Down Canyon" 19: "Passing," Jack Hardy (21) "20th Century" (6) "Halloween Parade" (4) "Passing" (4) "Black-Eyed Susans" (2) "Willie Goggin's Hat" (2) "Dachau" "If I Ever Pass This Way Again" "Morgan's Dance" 23: "Constant Emotion," Kate Macleod (20) "Child" (5) "Constant Emotion" (5) "Talkin' About Good News" (3) "Adam" (2) "Green" (2) "Long Ride Home," Kate Mcleod "Long Time Ago" "Pineywood Hills" 23: "Round The Corner," William Pint And Felicia Dale (20) "Haul On The Bowline" (3) "John Riley" (3) "Marguerite/Mchugh's" (3) "Round The Corner Sally" (3) "Beaches Of Leukannon" (2) "Come Down To Hilo" (2) "Sailboat Malarkey" (2) "Ruchinitsa" "Sugar In The Hold" 23: "Uncommon Ritual," Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck And Mike Marshall (20) "Big Country," (4) "Childīs Play," (4) "Uncommon Ritual," (3) "Big Cheese," (2) "By The River," (2) "Old Thyme," (2) "Chance Meeting" "Chromium Picolinate" "Sliding Down" 26: "Long Roads, Short Visits," Bob Franke (19) "For Real" (5) "Saturn Blues" (5) "Roads Are Long In Canada" (4) "I Won't Feel Lucky" (3) "Inland Sea" "Slow Down" 26: "Perishable Fruit," Patty Larkin (19) "Road" (5) "Wolf At The Door" (4) "Book I'm Not Reading" (2) "Brazil" (2) "Coming Up For Air" (2) "Rear View Mirror" (2) "Book" "Pablo Neruda" 26: "Recorded Life," Patrick McGinley (19) "Ordinary Man" (3) "Paula's Dream" (3) "She's Rownig Away" (3) "18 Summers" (2) "Heroes" (2) "Love From Afar" (2) "Good Life," Patrick Mckinley "Moist Kiss" "St. Patrick's Isle" "Throwing Coins" 29: "12 Songs Of Good And Evil," Cliff Eberhardt (18) "Carnival Girl" (3) "Memphis" (3) "Thieves And Kings" (3) "Valerie" (3) "Best Of You" (2) "Devil In Me" (2) "Ladder Of Gold" "This Old World" 29: "Midnight Salvage," Dana Robinson (18) "Goodbye Mary Jane" (6) "Redpoll" (3) "Stalk Your Calling" (3) "Sadie" (2) "Shady Grove" (2) "Edge Of The Woods" "Wishing Pool" 29: "Studebaker," Kenny Smith (18) "Amanda's Reel" (3) "One-Horse Wagon" (3) "Bill Cheatham" (2) "Preachin' By The Roadside" (2) "Red-Eyed Benny Hen" (2) "Studebaker" (2) "Lay Me To Rest" "New Sunday School" "Red Haired Benny Hen" "Snow Shoes" 32: "Longview," Longview (17) "Brighter Mansions" (3) "I've Never Been So Lonesome In My Life" (3) "It's Goodbye And So Long To You" (3) "7 Year Blues" (2) "Train That Carried My Girl From Town" (2) "Lonesome Old Home" "River Underground" "Touch Of God's Hand" "Will You Be Faithful When I'm Gone" 32: "Stone Country," Nanci Griffith (17) "No Expectations" (12) "Angie," Sammy Kershaw "Honky Tonk Women," Travis Tritt "Ruby Tuesday," Deana Carter "Time Is On My Side," George Jones "Wild Horses," Blackhawk 34: "Doing Our Job," John Mccutcheon And Tom Chapin (16) "Dead Man Walking" (3) "Doing My Job" (3) "I Don't Care" (2) "Well May The World Go" (2) "Every Night" "Heaven Help" "Northfield/Pass The Music On," Mccutcheon And Chapin "Our Mothers Built This City" "Pastures Of Plenty" "Tom Chapin And John Mccutcheon," Starlight 34: "Holy Smokes," Suzzy Roche (16) "Holy Smokes" (4) "Lightening Storm" (3) "Crash" (2) "Rules" (2) "Abc's" "Breathing" "Losing" "My My Broken Heart" "Second Coming Of Eli" 34: "Real Lies," David Olney (16) "Baseball" (3) "House Rules" (3) "Death, True Love, Lonesome Blues, And Me" (2) "Leaf In The Wind" (2) "Thirty Coins Of Gold" (2) "Barrymore Remembers" "Basketball" "Camille" "Robert Ford And Jesse James" 37: "Driving Home," Cheryl Wheeler (15) "When Fall Comes To New England" (4) "Driving Home" (2) "Unicorns," Artisan (2) "75 Septembers" "Don't Forget The Guns" "Going Nowhere," Artisan "Mary Ellen Carter," Artisan "Orbiting Jupiter" "Silver Lining" "Though I Live Not Where I Love," Artisan 37: "Flesh And Bone," Lucy Kaplansky (15) "If You Could See" (3) "Don't Renege On Our Love" (2) "Peace, Love And Understanding" (2) "Return Of The Grievous Angel" (2) "Scorpion" (2) "I've Just Seen A Face" "Love Is The Ride" "Thief" "This Is Mine" 37: "Muleskinner Blues," Woody Guthrie (15) "Baltimore To Washington" (2) "Bed On The Floor" (2) "Little Black Train" (2) "Danville Girl," Woodie Guthrie "From Washington To Baltimore" "Gambling Man" "Muleskinner Blues" "Stackolee" "Take A Wiff On Me" "Train 45" "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet" "Wreck Of The Old 97" 37: "Paint," Susan Herrick (15) "Called By The Rebels" (3) "French Toast" (2) "Karmic Tie" (2) "We Are" (2) "You'll Never Know" (2) "Alas Del Sol" "Circle Run" "Standing" "Standing And Circle Run" 37: "Time Out Of Mind," Bob Dylan (15) "Not Dark Yet" (4) "Cold Irons Bound" (2) "Highlands" (2) "Make You Feel My Love" (2) "Trying To Get To Heaven" (2) "Dirt Road Blues" "Love Sick" "Til' I Fell With Love With You"