“Lil’ Ed and Albert Collins”

Alligator Records advertisement...

Johnny Copeland, Robert Cray, Albert Collins

Johnny Copeland, Robert Cray and Albert Collins (Showdown) / Alligator promotional photo - By Paul Natkin...

Albert Collins

Albert Collins / Alligator promotional photo - By Paul Natkin...

“Illuminating views and straightforward recounting”

What do Luther Allison, Koko Taylor, Son Seals, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Magic Slim, Lonnie Mack, Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown, Little Charlie & the Nightca...

Houston Press: “Iglauer is particularly evocative”

The act that started it all: Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, 1974. Left to right: Hound Dog Taylor, Ted Harvey, and Brewer Phillips - Photo by Bob...

The work ethic that motivated the Queen of the Blues

Koko Taylor - By Steve Kagan When I first met Koko Taylor in 1971, she wasn’t the internationally hailed “Queen Of The Blues.” She didn’t even have her...

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 #251
October 2017

Dear friends, We’re getting great response to Rick Estrin & The Nightcats’ new release, Groovin’ In Greaseland. Many people are declaring it the best alb...

In Living Blues #249
June 2017

Dear Friends, It’s been a difficult couple of months since I last wrote to you. Three great musicians and longtime friends of mine passed away. James “Mr. Su...

In Living Blues #248
April 2017

Dear Friends, James Cotton - By Christopher Durst Word just reached us of the death of my longtime friend, blues master James Cotton. I had known James s...