In Living Blues #241
February 2016

Dear Friends, 2016 will be a banner year for Alligator. It’s the 45th anniversary of the label and we’ll be bringing you an outstanding series of new release...

In Living Blues #237
May 2015

Dear Friends, By now, thousands of words have been written celebrating the life of B.B. King and his immeasurable contribution to the world’s music. I have j...

In Living Blues #235
January 2015

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 ...

In Living Blues #234
November 2014

Dear Friends, 2014 proved to be a banner year for Alligator. We presented albums by artists ranging in age from their 20s to their 70s, hailing from Virginia...

In Living Blues #224
March 2013

Dear Friends, In late January, I had a wonderful time attending the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis. This amazing competition bro...

In Living Blues #220
July 2012

Dear Friends, We’re still reeling from the sudden death two days ago of the great Michael “Iron Man” Burks. He was on his way home to Little Rock after a Eur...

In Living Blues #218
March 2012

Dear Friends, I’m still buzzing from the recent national TV appearance of one of the newest members of the Alligator family, Joe Louis Walker. Joe was on the...

In Living Blues #217
January 2012

Dear Friends, As I write this, I just learned of the death of Johnny Otis, one of the most important producers, talent scouts, musicians, DJs and songwriters...

In Living Blues #215
September 2011

Dear Friends, I just had a great time at the first Bluestock Festival in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, in spite of the last day being rained ou...

In Living Blues #214
July 2011

Dear Friends, I’ve been pleasantly amazed by the great media and fan reaction to Alligator’s 40th anniversary and the double-disc Alligator Records 40th Anni...