A recording Cedar Creek Studios invoice to Alligator Records. The record was mixed later that same month at Austin Recording Studios. Lonnie Mack's Strike L...
An Austin Recording Studios invoice to Alligator Records. Lonnie Mack's Strike Like Lightning, released the following year, in 1985, was mixed there – Note ...
What do Luther Allison, Koko Taylor, Son Seals, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Magic Slim, Lonnie Mack, Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown, Little Charlie & the Nightca...
Dear Friends,
Alligator Night at the Chicago Blues Festival, celebrating the label’s 45th anniversary, was a huge success. The crowd of tens of thousands lov...
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...
Dear Friends,
The new year has started off sadly, with the loss of a member of the Alligator musical family. Popsy Dixon, the drummer and co-vocalist of The ...
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...
Dear Friends,
I just returned from the 34th annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis. It was a great night, over seven music-filled hours, packed with over a tho...