Big Walter Horton / Promotional piece

Promotional piece for Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell, 1972. © Alligator Records ...

Big Walter Horton

Big Walter Horton / Alligator promotional photo - By Peter Amft ...

Wild Child Butler, Big Walter Horton

Wild Child Butler and Big Walter Horton - By Andre Hobus...

Big Walter Horton, Eddie Taylor, Carey Bell

Big Walter Horton, Eddie Taylor and Carey Bell probably at Big Duke's Flamingo Club - By Hasse Andreasson...

Big Walter Horton, Wild Child Butler

Big Walter Horton and Wild Child Butler - By Andre Hobus...

Big Walter Horton

Big Walter Horton - By Andre Hobus...

IN LIVING BLUES #258
DECEMBER 2018

Dear Friends, We’re very excited by the terrific public reaction to our latest releases –Tough As Love by spitfire blues and R&...

Chicago Tribune: “Bruce Iglauer finally tells the story” behind Alligator Records

Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer poses in his office recently in the Rogers Park neighborhood. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune) "The book docu...

In Living Blues #233
September 2014

Dear Friends, Elvin Bishop just played here in Chicago, and, as always, left everyone both blown away and grinning. Blown away because Elvin is such a terrif...

In Living Blues #191
July 2007

Dear Friends, A big chunk of sorrow for my world on May 6, when my old pal Carey Bell died. I had known Carey since 1969, when we met at Bob Koester’s Jazz R...