Living Blues magazine has announced the nominees for the 2019 Living Blues Readers' Awards. Alligator president Bruce Iglauer and co-author Patrick A. Roberts r...
What do Luther Allison, Koko Taylor, Son Seals, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Magic Slim, Lonnie Mack, Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown, Little Charlie & the Nightca...
"In 1971, one man founded a Chicago record company that would reach a worldwide audience.
Beginning with the release of Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rocker...
Bruce Iglauer and Patrick Roberts - Photo by Paul Natkin
... Alligator began as a project by a Chicago blues fan who in 1970 wanted to help shine a light on...
The act that started it all: Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, 1974. Left to right: Hound Dog Taylor, Ted Harvey, and Brewer Phillips - Photo by Bob...
Bruce Iglauer - Photo by Jason Marck / WBEZ
When Bruce Iglauer’s sister invited him to a music festival at the University of Chicago in the mid-1960s, h...
David Lee Watson, Professor Longhair, Dr. John, and Bruce Iglauer at Sea Saint Studios - Photo by Michael P. Smith.
The success of Alligator is an insp...
After nearly half a century of a life immersed in the blues, now we get the whole, unvarnished story from Iglauer himself. – BROADWAY WORLD / BOOKS
Few reco...
