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2000 KGSR Music Polls:
PREVIOUS MUSIC POLLS: 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997

  These are a few of our favorite things from 2000:  

TOP 107 SONGS OF 2000
* An asterisk indicates placement in the previous year's poll

1) David Gray - Babylon
2) Slaid Cleaves - Broke Down
3) Bob Schneider - Metal & Steel
4) John Prine with Iris Dement - In Spite Of Ourselves
5) Shelby Lynne - Gotta Get Back
6) U2 - Beautiful Day
7) Bob Schneider - Big Blue Sea
8) B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King
9) Sister 7 - The Only Thing That’s Real
10) Kasey Chambers - Cry Like A Baby
11) The Gourds - El Paso
12) Emmylou Harris - I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now
13) Charlie Robison - My Hometown
14) Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
15) David Gray - Please
16) Nickel Creek - Reasons Why
17) Shelby Lynne - Thought It Would Be Easier
18) Paul Simon - You’re The One
19) Paul Simon - Old
20) Mark Knopfler - What It Is
21) Joseph Arthur - In The Sun
22) Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories
23) Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed
24) Bob Schneider - Round & Round
25) Neil Young - Razor Love
26) Sting - Desert Rose
27) Asylum Street Spankers - Blade Of Grass
28) Macy Gray - I Try
29) The Wallflowers - Sleepwalker
30) Gomez - Revolutionary Kind
31) Willie Nelson - Kansas City
32) Moby - Porcelain
33) Tracy Chapman - Wedding Song
34) Terri Hendrix - Goodtime Van
35) Jayhawks - I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
36) Rickie Lee Jones - Show Biz Kids
37) Kasey Chambers - The Captain
38) Ben Harper - Steal My Kisses
39) Shivaree - Goodnight Moon
40) John Hiatt - Before I Go
41) Willie Nelson - Milk Cow Blues
42) Joan Osborne - Safety In Numbers
43) John Prine - Souvenirs
44) Jonny Lang - Breakin’ Me
45) U2 - Wild Honey
46) John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
47) Santana - Corazon Espinado
48) Eliza Gilkyson - Beauty Way
49) Gomez - We Haven’t Turned Around
50) Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl
51) Mark Knopfler - Sailing To Philadelphia
52) Joe Ely - Dallas (Live)
53) Shelby Lynne - Life Is Hard
54) B.B. King & Eric Clapton - I Wanna Be

55) Johnny Cash - One
56) Teddy Thompson - Wake Up
57) Slaid Cleaves - Horseshoe Lounge
58) U2 - Walk On
59) Ryan Adams - To Be Young
60) Don Henley - Everything Is Different Now
61) Kasey Chambers - You Got The Car
62) Santana - Smooth *
63) Kelly Willis - Heaven Bound *
64) Sting - Brand New Day
65) Coldplay - Yellow
66) Steely Dan - Cousin Dupree
67) Kim Richey - Come Around
68) Stone Temple Pilots - Sour Girl
69) Nick Drake - Pink Moon
70) Shawn Mullins - Everywhere I Go
71) B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Key To The Highway
72) R.L. Burnside - Too Many Ups
73) Neil Young - Silver & Gold
74) Counting Crows - Hanginaround
75) Kim Richey - If You Don’t Mind
76) REM - The Great Beyond
77) Steely Dan - What A Shame About Me
78) Robert Earl Keen - Down That Dusty Trail *
79) Jimmy LaFave - How It Must Remain
80) Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata 2000
81) Robert Earl Keen - Feelin Good Again *
82) Sonny Landreth - Soul Salvation
83) Los Lobos - Cumbia Raza
84) Patti Smith - Glitter In Their Eyes
85) Counting Crows - Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby
86) k.d. lang - Summerfling
87) Steely Dan - Jack Of Speed
88) Steve Earle - I Can Wait
89) Patty Griffin - Carry Me (Broadcasts 8 Version)
90) Beaver Nelson - Fallen Down
91) k.d. lang - The Consequences Of Falling
92) John Hiatt - Let It Slip
93) Patti Smith - Lo & Beholden
94) Joan Osborne - Running Out Of Time
95) Chris Whitley - Spanish Harlem Incident
96) Barbara K - Ready?
97) Tracy Chapman - It’s OK
98) Martin Sexton - Hallelujah
99) Shelby Lynne - Leavin’
100) Train - I Am
101) Don Henley - Working It
102) Aimee Mann - Red Vines
103) Beck - Mixed Business
104) Patty Larkin - Beg To Differ
105) Tom Hambridge - Oppposites Attract
106) Billy Bragg & Wilco - Secret Of The Sea
107) Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

TOP 107 CDs OF 2000
* An asterisk indicates placement in the previous year's poll

1) David Gray - White Ladder
2) Bob Schneider - Lonelyland
3) Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne
4) Slaid Cleaves - Broke Down
5) Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
6) B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King
7) Kasey Chambers - The Captain
8) Willie Nelson - Milk Cow Blues
9) U2 - All That you Can’t Leave Behind
10) Joe Ely - Live At Antone’s
11) Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories
12) Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl
13) John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
14) Various Artists - KGSR’s Broadcasts Volume 8
15) Mark Knopfler - Sailing To Philadelphia
16) Sister 7 - Wrestling Over Tiny Matters
17) Neil Young - Silver & Gold
18) The Jayhawks - Smile
19) The Beatles - Beatles 1
20) Paul Simon - You’re The One
21) Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek
22) John Prine - In Spite Of Ourselves
23) Macy Gray - On How Life Is
24) Kelly Willis - Wrapped *
25) Sting - Brand New Day
26) Beck - Midnight Vultures
27) Terri Hendrix - Places Inbetween
28) Moby - Play
29) Steely Dan - Two Against Nature
30) Gomez - Liquid Skin
31) Don Henley - Inside Job
32) Gourds - Bolsa De Agua
33) Various Artists - Wonder Boys ST
34) Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
35) The Wallflowers - Breach
36) Asylum Street Spankers - Spanker Madness
37) John Prine - Souvenirs
38) Aimee Mann - Bachelor #2
39) Billy Bragg & Wilco- Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2
40) Jimmie Dale Gilmore - One Endless Night
41) Patti Smith - Gung Ho
42) Toni Price - Low Down And Up *
43) Santana - Supernatural *
44) Charlie Robison - Life Of The Party
45) Joan Osborne - Righteous Love
46) Alison Krauss - Forget About It
47) Joseph Arthur - Come To Where I’m From
48) Eliza Gilkyson - Hard Times In Babylon
49) Stevie Ray Vaughan - SRV (Box Set)
50) Rickie Lee Jones - It’s Like This
51) Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
52) Counting Crows - This Desert Life
53) Jonny Lang - Wander This World
54) Los Lobos - Mas Y Mas (Box Set)
55) Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
56) Stone Temple Pilots - #4

57) Various Artists - Where The Heart Is ST
58) k.d. lang - Invincible Summer
59) Beaver Nelson - Little Brother
60) Kim Richey - Glimmer
61) Teddy Thompson - Teddy Thompson
62) Lyle Lovett - Live In Texas *
63) Coldplay - Parachute
64) Darden Smith - Extra Extra
65) Marah - Kids In Philly
66) Warren Zevon - Life’ll Kill Ya
67) Shivaree - I Oughta Give You A Shot In The Head...
68) Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
69) North Mississippi All Stars - Shake Hands With Shorty
70) Barbara K - Ready
71) Chris Whitley - Perfect Day
72) Morphine - The Night
73) Indigo Girls - Come On Now Social
74) Ben Harper - Burn To Shine
75) Pretenders - Viva El Amor *
76) Derailers - Full Western Dress
77) Radiohead - Kid A
78) Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise - Time To Discover
79) Shawn Mullins - Beneath The Velvet Sun
80) Susan Tedeschi - Just Won’t Burn *
81) Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy
82) Various Artists - Magnolia ST
83) R.L. Burnside - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
84) Various Artists - Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska”
85) Patty Griffin - Flaming Red *
86) Various Artists - I-10 Chronicles
87) Keb Mo - The Door
88) Little Feat - Hotcakes & Outtakes (Box)
89) The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Box)
90) Steve Forbert - Evergreen Boy
91) Joe Jackson - Summer In The City
92) The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
93) Sonny Landreth - Levee Town
94) Jess Klein - Draw Them Near
95) CSNY - Looking Forward *
96) Indigenous - Circle
97) Lou Reed - Ecstasy
98) Nick Drake - Pink Moon
99) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
100) Eric Johnson & Alien Love Child - Live And Beyond
101) Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band - Shoutin’ In Key Live
102) Little Feat - Chinese Work Songs
103) Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
104) Damnations TX - Half Mad Moon *
105) Shannon Curfman - Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions
106) New Bohemians - Live Montauk Sessions
107) Bruce Cockburn - Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner In Timbuktu *

TOP CONCERTS OF 2000
1. Bruce Springsteen - FEC
2. David Gray / Joseph Arthur - La Zona Rosa
3. BB King Bluesfest - Zilker Park
4. Lyle Lovett - Backyard
5. Patti Smith - Backyard (or Waterloo Park)
6.(tie) KGSR 10th Anniversary Show
Sting / Jonny Lang - FEC
7. Kasey Chambers - Continental Club
8.(tie) kd lang - Paramount
Los Lobos - Stubbs
9. Nina Simone - Bass Concert Hall
10.(tie) Tina Turner - FEC
Brian Wilson - Backyard
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