Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Johnson / Alligator promotional photo - By Dave Grundtvig...

“Essential blues”

Alligator Records advertisement, in Living Blues magazine - January, 1992 Presenting the Living Chicago Blues series: CD 1: The Jimmy Johnson Blue...

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 #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 #243
June 2016

Dear Friends, I just spent three very happy days at Joyride Studios here in Chicago with my friends Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials. In about 18 hours, the...

In Living Blues #196
May 2008

Dear Friends, A couple weeks ago I had the great pleasure of attending the Springing The Blues Festival in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Sam Veal founded this...

In Living Blues #194
January 2008

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! I’m sure hoping 2008 will be a good year for the blues; we lost way too many of our elder statesman in 2007. Our first piece of...

In Living Blues #186
September 2006

Dear Friends, I just finished mastering Guitar Shorty’s brand new Alligator album, We The People. It should bring Shorty some of the acclaim he’s always dese...

IN LIVING BLUES #175
November 2004

Dear Friends, This summer and fall I’ve been able to attend a few more festivals than usual, and see some thrilling performances. I’m writing this from Tuni...

IN LIVING BLUES #99
SEPTEMBER 1991

Dear Friends, Seems like I’m always writing these on the way to or from airports. I just got back two hours ago from three weeks on the road in Europe with K...