“Everyone’s had the blues, and if you haven’t, then you really haven’t lived yet,” said Heidi Knochenhauer, who is about to attend her ninth Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival and has been volunteering there for five years.

Commonly known as the Biscuit, the festival, in Helena, Ark., was originally named after “The King Biscuit Time Radio Show,” the first radio show for live blues, which has been broadcasting from Helena since 1941.

As many as 80,000 people, from many states and countries, typically attend the festival, which takes place over three days on a levee where the Mississippi River stretches half a mile wide. This year’s mostly Delta blues lineup will include more than 60 acts on three stages as well as buskers on the town’s streets. The festival will also pay tribute to the late Robert Lockwood Jr., who was born nearby in 1915.

The Biscuit’s fans are loyal: couples have returned to be married on its stage, and one man’s ashes were scattered on the grounds. The festival is free, and some fans set up camp in a tent city.

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Kenny Rogers and The First Edition – Greatest Hits

Road Music (compilation)

John Denver’s Greatest Hits

Johnny Cash – Greatest Hits Vol. 1

All Ears – Songs about CB’s

John Denver and the Muppets – Rocky Mountain Holiday

Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads and other Trail Songs

Cocktails Anyone?

Mr Spock’s Music from Outer Space

Motley Crüe – Shout at the Devil

NOFX: Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing

The Breakfast Club Soundtrack

Mr. T’s Commandments

Lenna and  Squiggy present Lenny and the Squigtones

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Muppet Movie Soundtrack

Easy Rider Soundtrack

The Score to Alice’s Restaurant

TV Theme  Songs of Mike Post

Frankly Fiona (yes, she’s naked, and this was the best i could find of the album cover)

Chuck Mangione: Feels So Good

Spinal Tap Soundtrack

Lord of the Rings Soundtrack

Legend Soundtrack

Al Tijuana and the Jewish Brass

Moonlighting Soundtrack

Dukes of Hazzard (featuring the cast, and Johnny Cash)

The Muppet Show Cast Album 2

Back to the Future Soundtrack

Weird Science Soundtrack

Star Wars Soundtrack

Return of the Jedi Soundtrack

Blade Runner Soundtrack

Herb Alpert: South of the Border

Herb Alpert’s Ninth

Herb Alpert: Whipped Cream and Other Delights

Herb Alpert: The Lonely Bull

Rusty Warren: Knockers Up / Songs for Sinners

Star Wars: Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell

The Capitol Steps: Thank God I’m a Contra Boy

The Gaylords: Party Style

Inside Star Trek

Spike Jones: The Best of Spike Jones

Julie Brown: Goddess in Progress
Also this week I grabbed

The Buzzard Morning Zoo Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (AWESOME!)

Previous week’s loot included:
Soundtrack to Vanishing Point
Leonard Nimoy: The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy
Airman! United States Air Force Basic Training in Sound
Concentration Camp Horrors
Marches, Songs, Speeches – WWII
Devo: oh, no! it’s DEVO
Burt Reynolds: Ask Me What I Am (yes that Burt Reynolds)
The Revelers: Salty Sea Chanties
Michael Danzinger: Piano Cocktail – Long Drink 10
Si Zetner and his Orchestra: The Stripper and Other Big Band Hits
Country Moog: Switched on Nashville
The Kazoos Brothers: Plate Full of Kazoos
Don Johnson: Heart Beat (yes that Don Johnson)
Bruce Willis: The Return of Bruno (yes that Bruce Willis)
The Pleasures of Love: A new Approach to Sexual Communication for Lovers
The Rankin/Bass production of the Hobbit