Roy Buchanan

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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 #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 #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 #193
November 2007

Dear Friends, I’m very honored to learn that in February I’ll be receiving the Blues Foundation’s “Keeping The Blues Alive” award for my work as a Producer. ...

In Living Blues #192
September 2007

Dear Friends, The summer has sped away in what seems like a moment. I haven’t had a chance to get to many festivals, but the Chicago Blues Festival was excep...

In Living Blues #190
May 2007

Dear Friends, I just had the pleasure of spending five days in the studio with Tinsley Ellis, mixing his upcoming new album Moment Of Truth. Tinsley is proud...

In Living Blues #189
March 2007

Dear Friends, Last month I had the pleasure of being a judge at the band finals of the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis. Thi...

IN LIVING BLUES #179
August 2005

Dear Friends, As I write this, we’re just releasing Tinsley Ellis’ Live – Highwayman CD, marking his return to Alligator after a few years away from our fam...

IN LIVING BLUES #178
May 2005

Dear Friends, A lot has been going on at Alligator in the last few months that I haven’t had a chance to tell you about. In January, Little Charlie and The ...