IN LIVING BLUES #176
January 2005

Dear Friends, By the time you read this, Alligator will have three new releases ready for you to enjoy. On January 11, we’re releasing our second Roomful of...

IN LIVING BLUES #175
November 2004

Dear Friends, This summer and fall I’ve been able to attend a few more festivals than usual, and see some thrilling performances. I’m writing this from Tuni...

IN LIVING BLUES #172
May 2004

Dear Friends, I just returned from the Blues Foundation’s big Blues First Weekend/International Blues Challenge in Memphis. The IBC is the amateur (and sem...

IN LIVING BLUES #171
January 2004

Dear Friends, Like so many other blues fans, as we come to the end of The Year Of The Blues, I’m trying to figure out the future impact of this event in blu...

IN LIVING BLUES #170
November 2003

Dear Friends, I’m writing this a few days before the much-heralded series of Martin Scorcese-produced films simply entitled The Blues airs on public televis...

IN LIVING BLUES #169
September 2003

Dear Friends, As the summer rolls on, I’ve been in the Christmas spirit, finishing up production on a collection of holiday blues called Genuine Houserockin...

IN LIVING BLUES #155
January 2001

Dear Friends, I’m writing this as I fly home from Memphis; we just finished the mixes for Michael Burks’ debut album (not yet entitled) at Ardent Studios. ...

IN LIVING BLUES #154
November 2000

Dear Friends, I can’t tell you how thrilled we are with the initial reaction to Shemekia Copeland’s new album, Wicked. Between the radio play for “It’s 2 A...

IN LIVING BLUES #100 NOVEMBER 1991

Dear Friends, Seems like I’m still living in airports. Just six days ago I returned from a very successful tour of Australia with Lil' Ed and the Blues Imper...

IN LIVING BLUES #88
SEPTEMBER 1989

Dear Friends, Seems like I’m virtually living in the studio these days. I’ve just finished the final mixes for Katie Webster’s second Alligator album, "Two-F...