Main Feature: Freddie King (Memorial); Bo Diddley (Birthday)
Bonus: Top 25
Blues Albums for December 2000 (click here or scroll down)
| Corey Harris | Walkin’ Blues | Dealin’ With The Devil | Cannonball |
| Fruteland Jackson | Is That Your Real Name | I Claim Nothing But The Blues | Electro-Fi |
| Freddie King | I’m Tore Down | Freddie King Sings | Modern Blues Recordings |
| Freddie King | Hide Away | Just Pickin’ | Modern Blues Recordings |
| Beverly "Guitar" Watkins | Miz Dr. Feelgood | Back In Business | Music Maker/Cello |
| The Coolbreezers | Hello Mr. New Year | Hipster’s Holiday | Rhino |
| Lightnin’ Hopkins | Happy New Year | Blue Yule | Rhino |
| Etta James | Let’s Straighten It Out | Matriarch of the Blues | Private Music |
| Shemekia Copeland | Up On 1-2-5 | Wicked | Alligator |
| Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | The Chess Box | MCA |
| Bo Diddley | The Greatest Lover in the World | The Chess Box | MCA |
| Johnnie Taylor | Gotta Get The Groove Back | Gotta Get The Groove Back | Malaco |
| Sam Taylor | Keep The Blues Alive | Keep The Blues Alive | Bluzman |
| Freddie King | San-Ho-Zay | Just Pickin’ | Modern Blues Recordings |
| Freddie King | You’ve Got To Love Her With A Feeling | Freddie King Sings | Modern Blues Recordings |
| L.T. McGee | You Hit Me From The Bottom | Lakada CD Single | N/A |
| Johnnie Mae Dunson | It Ain’t No Joke | Message to the People | Lakada |
| Eric Bibb | Walk The Walk | Home To Me | Earth Beat! |
| Terry Evans | Don’t Give Up | Walk That Walk | Telarc |
| Alvin Youngblood Hart | Treat Her Like A Lady | Start With The Soul | Hannibal |
| Johnny Young | The Sun Is Shining | And This Is Maxwell Street | Rooster Blues |
| Carey Bell | I’m Ready | And This Is Maxwell Street | Rooster Blues |
| Bo Diddley | Cookie Headed Diddley | Rare & Well Done | MCA |
| Al Green | Tired Of Being Alone | Take Me To The River | The Right Stuff |
| Pops Staples | Why Am I Treated So Bad | Father Father | Pointblank |
| Freddie King | The Same Thing | The Texas Cannonball | DCC |
| Larry McCray | Blues Is My Business | Believe It | Magnolia |
| Rockin’ Johnny Band | Man’s Temptation | Man’s Temptation | Delmark |
| Jerry "Boogie" McCain | Viagra Man | This Stuff Just Kills Me | Jericho/Cello |
| Little Mack Simmons | My Babe | Little Mack Is Back | Electro-Fi |
| Eddie C Campbell | Geese In The Ninny Bow | Hopes & Dreams | Rooster Blues |
| Charles Walker | I’m Available | Leavin’ This Old Town | Cannonball |
| Willie King | I Am The Blues | I Am The Blues | RMA |
| North Mississippi All Stars | Po Black Maddie/Skinny Woman | Shake Hands With Shorty | Tone-Cool |
| R.L. Burnside | Hard Time Killing Floor | Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down | Fat Possum |
| Bo Diddley | Ride On Josephine | The Chess Box | MCA |
| Bo Diddley | Who Do You Love? | The Chess Box | MCA |
| Freddie King | Sen-Sa-Shun | Just Pickin’ | Modern Blues Recordings |