IN LIVING BLUES #118
NOVEMBER 1994

Dear Friends, I just got back from Argentina, where I was on a whirlwind three-day tour with Koko Taylor and Kenny Neal. They performed in a giant basketball...

IN LIVING BLUES #117
SEPTEMBER 1994

Dear Friends, Just got done with the final mixes for Kenny Neal's latest album, ’’Hoodoo Moon." The young man from Baton Rouge has done it again –lots of tas...

IN LIVING BLUES #116
JULY 1994

Dear Friends, I’m squeezing this "ad" out at the last minute because I'm back to living in recording studios again. As a result, for the remainder of 1994 yo...

IN LIVING BLUES #115
MAY 1994

Dear Friends, This month, I’ll do something I'm sure you never expected--praise other producers! I know some of you think these letter/ads are a bit of an eg...

IN LIVING BLUES #113
JANUARY 1994

Dear Friends, As all of you know by now, the blues world lost a great musician just a few weeks ago when Albert Collins died at the age of 61. For me, it’s n...

IN LIVING BLUES #112
NOVEMBER 1993

Dear Friends, I was looking over my last few "letters” and I suddenly realized that there’s a brand new Alligator release that I haven’t told you anything ab...

IN LIVING BLUES #111
SEPTEMBER 1993

Dear Friends Before I start rambling on about our upcoming releases and colorful past, I want to take a moment to say goodbye to Lefty Dizz, whose funeral wa...

IN LIVING BLUES #110
JULY 1993

Dear Friends, I’m leaving tomorrow morning for Spain and Israel, working my usual summer jot as Koko Taylor’s roadie, so I’m writing this in a hurry. I’m jus...

IN LIVING BLUES #109
MAY 1993

Dear Friends, Before I continue the tale of recording "Blues Deluxe", I want to mention four upcoming new (well, really, old) releases. One of the true heroe...

IN LIVING BLUES #107
JANUARY 1993

Dear Friends, I promised last time that I wouldn't plug our new releases, so you'll have to look elsewhere in this issue for word of them. Instead, I'm going...