In Living Blues #252
December 2017

Dear friends, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials just celebrated an amazing 30 years together with a gala night at B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted in Chicago. I know of...

In Living Blues #242
April 2016

Dear Friends, Hometown blues hero Toronzo Cannon launched his Alligator debut, The Chicago Way, with three scintillating performances in the Chicago area in ...

In Living Blues #241
February 2016

Dear Friends, 2016 will be a banner year for Alligator. It’s the 45th anniversary of the label and we’ll be bringing you an outstanding series of new release...

In Living Blues #223
January 2013

Dear Friends, As the new year kicks in, we’re busy planning Alligator’s exciting releases for 2013. I told you last time about our new Tommy Castro 45, Greed...

In Living Blues #222
November 2012

Dear Friends, I hope you’re sharing my great pleasure in seeing Barack Obama reelected. Besides believing in science and supporting equal rights for women an...

In Living Blues #221
September 2012

Dear Friends, In late July I had the great pleasure of attending the PA Blues Festival, the successor to the Pocono Festival in the picturesque mountains of ...

In Living Blues #212
March 2011

Dear Friends, We’re very excited about the initial reaction to The Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard Blues Cha...

In Living Blues #207
May 2010

Dear Friends, I just returned from the 31st annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis, happy and proud that Tommy Castro won in every category in which he was nom...

IN LIVING BLUES #82
SEPTEMBER 1988

Dear Friends, As I get ready to leave for the airport to head for Japan with Albert Collins and the Icebreakers and Lil’ Ed, I suddenly remember I promised t...

IN LIVING BLUES #77
NOVEMBER 1987

Dear Friends, Oh, hoK I hate to get up in the morning! I’ve been in the studio every night until between 3 and 4 a.m. for almost a month. First., I was finis...