Lonnie Brooks / “First reaction!”

"First reaction!" for Lonnie Brooks' Bayou Lightning, 1979. © Alligator Records  ...

Lonnie Brooks / Studio bill

Studio bill by Curton Record Company for Lonnie Brooks' Lightning Bayou recording, 1979. © Alligator Records...

Lonnie Brooks / New Release Sheet

New Release Sheet for Lonnie Brook's Bayou Lightning, 1979 © Alligator Records...

Lonnie Brooks

Lonnie Brooks / Alligator promotional photo - By Randi Anglin...

Long John Hunter, Lonnie Brooks, Phillip Walker

  Long John Hunter, Lonnie Brooks & Phillip Walker / Alligator promotional photo - By Wyatt McSpadden...

Lonnie Brooks

Lonnie Brooks - By Andre Hobus...

Lonnie Brooks, Lacy Gibson

Lonnie Brooks and Lacy Gibson, in 1979 - By Andre Hobus  ...

Lonnie Brooks

Lonnie Brooks, in 1979 - By Andre Hobus...

“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...