AFM's 12 Favourite Albums of 2011 (Not in Order)1. Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton - Play The Blues (Live from Jazz At Lincoln Center)Old School Blues/Jazz tunes are amazing. And Clapton played 335!!
2. Warren Haynes - Man In MotionI love your bending!!
3. Tedeschi Trucks Band - RevelatorA bit too much funky for my taste. But it's still great. Grammy awards winner!!
4. Gregg Allman - Low Country BluesAnother album from Allman family. T-Bone Burnett on producer, Dr. John on piano & Doyle Bramhall II on guitar.
5. Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart - Don't ExplainBonamassa at his best along with soulful voice by Ben Hart. Highly recommended.
6. Alison Krauss and Union Station - Paper AirplaneStill at their/her standard. Grammy awards winner!!
7. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The HarvestBest Folk album of the year.
8. Vince Gill - Guitar SlingerWell produced. His vocal is great too.
9. Starbucks 40 - A 40th Anniversary CollectionNice compilation album. Please continue buy 1 get 1 campaign. And I love "Blended Java Chip".
10. Opeth - HeritageMellotron, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Piano & Hammond with Leslie. I need more of this!!!
11. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow12. Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, Wynton Marsalis - Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray CharlesBest moment of the yearDavid Gilmour appeared on top of the wall on 12-May. Sung and played on Comfortably Numb with Roger Waters at O2 arena, London.