TOP ALBUMS AND SONGS FOR NOVEMBER 1997 Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists Based on 8797 airplays. 1: "Bluegrass Rules," Ricky Skaggs (64) "Get Up John" (12) "If I Lose" (9) "Rank Stranger" (8) "Rawhide" (7) "Little Maggie" (6) "I Hope You've Learned" (5) "Ridin' That Midnight Train" (5) "Drunken Driver" (3) "Somehow Tonight" (3) "Amanda Jewell" (2) "Another Night" (2) "Think Of What You've Done" (2) 2: "Lipstick Lies And Gasoline," Fred Eaglesmith (55) "105" (9) "Alcohol And Pills" (9) "7 Shells - 105" (6) "Pontiac" (6) "Thinking" (6) "Time To Get A Gun" (6) "Drinking Too Much" (4) "Spookin' The Horses" (4) "Water In The Gasoline" (3) "Angel Of The Lord" "Bell" 3: "Slant 6 Mind," Greg Brown (54) "Billy From The Hills" (9) "Spring And All" (8) "Vivid" (7) "Whatever It Was" (6) "Down At The Mill" (4) "Speaking In Tongues" (4) "Why Don't You Just Go Home" (4) "Hurt So Nice" (3) "Loneliness House" (3) "Dusty Woods" (2) "Wild Like A Sonny Boy" (2) "Enough" "Mose Allison Played Here" 4: "Ride," Louise Taylor (38) "Shiny Dime" (7) "Blue Norther" (6) "Run The Wild Country" (5) "Too Tired To Leave" (5) "Roll Away Car" (4) "Your Face" (4) "Deep Dark River" (3) "Maria" (2) "Angelee" "Islamorada" 5: "End Of The Summer," Dar Williams (35) "Are You Out There?" (6) "What Do You Hear In These Sounds?" (6) "Bought And Sold" (5) "If I Wrote You" (5) "Better Things" (3) "Teenagers Kick Out Butts" (3) "My Friends" (2) "Party Generation" (2) "End Of The Summer" "It's A War In There" "Road Buddy" 6: "Parallel Lives," David Mallett (32) "I Hate To See This Town Go Down" (7) "After The Fall" (4) "Like This" (3) "Nothin' But A Long Goodbye" (3) "Parallel Lives" (3) "Closer To Truth" (2) "Daddy's Oldsmobile" (2) "Summer Of My Dreams" (2) "Garden Song" "I Picture You" "Phil Brown" "Snowbound" "Various Cuts" "You Say The Battle Is Over" 7: "Each Little Thing," Sharon Shannon (29) "Kids" (5) "Mouth Of The Tobique" (5) "Bag Of Cats" (3) "El Meracado Testaccio" (3) "Micho Russell's" (3) "Rathlin Island" (3) "Each Little Thing" (2) "Ivory And The Quill" (2) "Bonnie Mulligan" "Dance Of The Honeybees" "Leaving Brittany" 8: "Gabby Road," 4 Bitchin' Babes (28) "Dyslexic" (5) "Breakfast Dishes" (4) "Nervous Wreck Of Edna Fitzgerald" (4) "Cyberspace" (3) "Crazy" (2) "Intertwined" (2) "My Father" (2) "Wild Berries" (2) "Chevy Impala" "L. A. F. F" "These Boots Are Made For The Tap Dancing Wild Thing" "Zensong" 8: "Look Out," One Fell Swoop (28) "Gas And Food" (8) "7 Solid Days / Film At 11" (5) "Good Heart" (4) "Feet Of Clay" (3) "Hairless Chihuahua" (3) "Sad State Of Affairs" (3) "7 Days In St. Louis" "Crazy, Wild-Eyed Preacherman" 8: "Voices Of Winter," Herdman, Hills and Mangsen (28) "Frozen Logger / Proper Cup Of Coffee" (4) "More Wood" (4) "Winter Grace" (4) "Chickadee" (3) "Hot Buttered Rom" (3) "Voices Of Winter / Red And Green" (3) "Witch Hazel" (3) "A'roving On A Winter's Night" "Chickadee And Witch Hazel" "Praise The Dead Of Winger" "Wintergrace And Raise The Dead Of Wintertime And A'roving On A Winter's Night" 11: "Blanket," Terry Kitchen (27) "German Violin" (6) "Kid Who Looks Like Me" (5) "Michael" (5) "Everything Makes Me Cry These Days Except The Rolling Stones" (3) "Home Sick Angel" (3) "Lightning Strikes" (3) "3 If By Air" "If Wishes Were Rivers" 12: "Midnight Salvage," Dana Robinson (26) "Shady Grove" (9) "Wishing Pool" (4) "Goodbye Mary Jane" (3) "Heaven" (3) "Sadie" (3) "Sweet Dreams" (3) "Redpoll" 13: "Liberty," Mark O'connor (24) "Soldier's Joy" (8) "Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier" (7) "Song Of The Liberty Bell" (4) "World Turned Upside Down" (2) "Devil's Dream" "Flowers Of Edinburgh" "When Bidden To The Wake Or Fair" 13: "Watershed," Breakaway (24) "Last Train Redeemer" (6) "Oh Lonesome You" (6) "Desert Rose" (3) "Lead Follow Or Get Out Of The Way" (2) "Semblance Of A Man" (2) "Billy Gray" "Blue Sea Blues" "Joseann" "Leadfoot" "Wings Of Angels" 15: "12 Songs Of Good And Evil," Cliff Eberhardt (23) "Someone Like You" (8) "Best Of You" (3) "Devil In Me" (3) "Joey's Arms" (3) "Little Things For You" (2) "Thieves And Kings" (2) "Carnival Girl" "Memphis," Cliff Everhardt 15: "El Corazon," Steve Earle (23) "I Still Carry You Around" (7) "Christmas In Washington" (4) "Telephone Road" (3) "Other Side Of Town" (2) "Taneytown" (2) "Ft, Worth Blues" "If You Fall," Steve Earl "Nyc" "Poison Lovers" "You Know The Rest" 17: "Catie Curtis," Catie Curtis (22) "Memphis" (5) "Falling Silent In The Dark" (3) "I Don't Cry Anymore" (3) "River Winding" (3) "Do Unto Others" (2) "I Still Want To" (2) "Come To Me" "Forgiveness" "Heroes" "Soulfully" 17: "Heritage (Eileen Mcgann)," Eileen Mcgann (22) "Lowlands" (4) "Rolling Of The Stones Faithful Johnny" (3) "There'll Be More Joy" (3) "As I Walked Out/Etc" (2) "Beltane" (2) "Black Waterside" (2) "Beggin' I Will Go" "Faithful Johnny" "Female Drummer" "Little Musgrave" "Lord Franklin" "My Grief On The Sea/Cape Clear" 17: "Paint," Susan Herrick (22) "Fire Loves The Wood" (5) "Called By The Rebels" (4) "French Toast" (4) "You Never Know" (3) "We Are" (2) "Alas Del Sol" "Standing" "Tale From History," David Ballantine "What Do You Hear In These Sounds," Dar Williams 20: "Made In Cork," Patrick Street (21) "Bring Back The Child/Double Jigs" (6) "Her Mantle So Green" (4) "Rainbow "Mid The Willows" (2) "Up To Your Neck In Sand And Coffey's Reels And John Brennan From Sligo" (2) "When Adam Was In Paradise" (2) "Coalminer, Etc" "Midnight Ramble / The Bogman / The Old Stage" "Spanking Maggie From The Ross" "Where Lillies Bloom/The Village Tavern/The 4 Cross Roads" "Winding Stairs/Etc" 21: "Perishable Fruit," Patty Larkin (20) "Wolf At The Door" (9) "Book I'm Not Reading" (5) "Brazil" (2) "Angels Wings" "Rear View Mirror" "Red Accordion" "Road" 21: "Pier Pressure," Chesapeake (20) "Full Force Gale" (5) "Working On A Building" (5) "Baby Blue Eyes" (2) "Bed Of Roses" (2) "Carolina Star" (2) "Don't Lay Down" "Once A Day" "Rockin' Hillbilly" "White Pilgrim" 21: "Reunion Hill," Richard Shindell (20) "I'll Be There In The Morning" (6) "Next Best Western" (3) "I Saw My Youth Today" (2) "Money For Floods" (2) "Reunion Hill" (2) "Weather" (2) "Darkness Darkness" "I'll Be Here" "Sing Me Back Home" 21: "Solitary Travel," Sam Pacetti (20) "Brian's Rapier" (4) "Shawnee Town" (4) "Triplesec" (4) "Merrily Kissed The Quaker's Wife" (3) "Lion And The Child" (2) "Time" (2) "First Ride" 25: "Hunger," Janis Ian (19) "Searching For America" (4) "Honor Them All" (3) "Hunger" (3) "Empty" (2) "Getting Over You" (2) "Shadow" (2) "House Without A Heart" "On The Dark Side Of Town" "Welcome To Acousticville" 25: "Panorama," David Grier (19) "Impulsive" (9) "Forked Deer" (4) "King Wilkies Run" (3) "Jeff Davis" (2) "Dead End" 27: "Acoustic Rainbow Vol 3," Various Artists (18) "Raincheck," Kathryn Tickell (6) "Digital County Store," Dan Murphy (2) "Doe Li O Doe Doe," Boosh Hawg (2) "Talkin' X-Communist Hoopla Blues," Rob Mcnerlin (2) "Boogerberry Man And Twichy Boy W/ The Switchin' Sticks," Stephen Dilauro "Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella," Danny Infantino "Colours," Spook Handy "Gift," Peter Alsop "Insomnia Jig," S. And R. Barnes "Pig Meat Rap," Harvey Keene 27: "Book Of Secrets," Loreena Mckennitt (18) "Highwayman" (4) "Marco Polo" (4) "Mummers' Dance" (2) "Prologue" (2) "Skellig" (2) "Dante's Prayer" "Mummers Dance And Skellig" "Night Ride Across The Caucasus" "Skellig The Highwayman" 27: "Butler Field," Caroline Aiken (18) "Butler Field" (6) "Good Intentions" (3) "Hotel At Highway One" (3) "Love Ain't Going Nowhere" (2) "Movin' On" (2) "Ground Zero" "Left Wet" 27: "Gone From Danger," Joan Baez (18) "Money For Floods" (4) "Crack In The Mirror" (2) "February" (2) "Lily" (2) "Mercy Bound" (2) "Who Do You Think I Am" (2) "Fishing" "If I Wrote You" "No Mermaid" "Reunion Hill" 27: "Studebaker," Kenny Smith (18) "Studebaker" (7) "Lay Me To Rest" (2) "Preachin' By The Roadside" (2) "Snow Shoes" (2) "Amanda's Reel" "Bill Cheatham" "Lay This Broken Heart To Rest" "Me And My Farmall" "St. Ann's Reel" 27: "When No One's Around," Tim O'brien (18) "Out On The Rolling Sea" (4) "When You Come Back Down" (4) "First Days Of Fall" (2) "River Of Blood" (2) "Don't Be Surprised" "How Come I Ain't Dead," Tim O Brien "Love And Laughter" "Love Is Pleasin" "Think About Last Night" "When There's No One Around" 33: "Doin' My Time," Aubrey Haynie (17) "Doin' My Time" (4) "Cherokee Shuffle" (3) "Dark Hollow" (2) "Foolin' Around" (2) "Forty Years Of Trouble" (2) "Austin's Dream" "Kentucky Hustler," Aubrye Haynie "Tobacco Patch" "Turkey In The Straw" 33: "Holy Smokes," Suzzy Roche (17) "Eggshell" (4) "2 Bumps On A Log" (3) "Second Coming Of Eli" (3) "Losing" (2) "Pink Ballet Slippers" (2) "Abcs" "Breathing" "Crash" 33: "Oasis Acoustic Vol. 7," Various Artists (17) "My Heart Is Like The Sun," Bruce Abrams (2) "After You've Gone," Molasses Creek "Buckeye," Mark Simos And Friends "Chinatown," Les Sampou "I'm So Miserable Without You," Kc Corey "Kinder Shine," Marian Heyman "Margaret's Waltz/O'keefe's Slide," Rolliana Scheckler "Mr Moon," Lj Booth "Place In The Woods," Suzanne Mcgettigan "Polska Efter Sjungar Lars Fran Lima," Childsplay "Red Haired Boy," Fiddlin Johnny "Reruns," Traci Buckle "Shootin' The Rapids," Hoyle Osborne "Thomas Cat," Alien Folklife "Twisted Pair," Jim Booth "When Don't I Want Her," Kelley Girls 36: "7 Sisters," Brooks Williams (16) "Mother Earth" (3) "7 Sisters" (2) "Hello Heartbreak" (2) "Miles Away" (2) "Rick Tonight" (2) "Jane" "Nothing At All" "Some Fine Day" "Threadbare Soul" "Winter Moon" 36: "Live On Letterman," Various Artists (16) "Friend Of The Devil," Jerry Garcia And David Grisman (4) "Strong Enough," Sheryl Crow (4) "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?," Van Morrison, Sinead O'connor And The Chieftains (2) "Sweet Jane," Lou Reed (2) "Funny How Time Slips Away," Lyle Lovett And Al Green "God Give Me Strength," Elvis Costello And Burt Backarach "Too Much," Dave Mathews Band "You Were Meant For Me," Jewel And Flea 36: "Long Roads, Short Visits," Bob Franke (16) "For Real" (4) "Roads Are Long In Canada" (4) "Je T' Adore" (2) "Saturn Blues" (2) "Slow Down" (2) "In The Place Of Trust" "Last Time For Everything" 36: "Round The Corner," William Pint And Felicia Dale (16) "Sailboat Malarky" (3) "Hard On Teh Bowline" (2) "John Riley" (2) "Ruchenitsa" (2) "Sugar In The Hold" (2) "Blue Peter," Pint And Dale "Come Down To Hilo" "Marguerite/Mchugh's" "Round The Corner Sally" "Tryphena's Extra Hand," Wm Pint And Felicia Dale 40: "Big League Babe," Various Artists (15) "Attainable Love," Barbara Kessler (3) "Christine Lavin Could Do It," Cheryl Wheeler (3) "Victim/Volunteer," Kristina Olsen (3) "Amoeba Hop," Dave Van Ronk (2) "Jane," Vance Gilbert (2) "Replaced," Susan Werner "You Think You Got Problems," David Roth 40: "Heritage," Various Artists (15) "While Roving On A Winter's Night," Dar Williams And John Gorka (5) "To The Sea: O Shenandoah!," Darol Anger (2) "Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling?," Darol Anger, Violins; Paul Mccandless, Oboe; Et Al "Down In The Willow Garden," Anger,P. Mccandless, D. Grier, Wooten, Higbie, Craven "Hard Times-S. Foster," Darol Anger And Willy Nelson "La Ville Des Manteau," D Anger And M Doucet "O Death," Darol Anger And Mavis Staples "Pretty Polly," Darol Anger W/ Mary Chapin Carpenter "Rise Up, Shepard, And Follow," D. Anger,J. Douglas, R. Barenberg, B. Higbie "Water Is Wide," Tim O'brien And 40: "John Flynn," John Flynn (15) "2 Letters" (2) "Emily" (2) "I Want You To Want Me" (2) "Who's Whose" (2) "Advice" "As She Goes" "Back In My Baby's Arms" "Emily Dickenson" "Origami Roses" "Thin Air" "When The Angels Aren't There" 40: "Real Lies," David Olney (15) "Sunset On Sunset Boulevard" (4) "Barrymore Remembers" (3) "Basketball" (2) "Camille" (2) "Death, Ture Love, Lonesome Blues And Me" "I'll Fall In Love Again" "It Won't Be Me No More" "Thirty Coins Of Gold"