In Living Blues #211
January 2011

Dear Friends, Happy 2011! I’ve just finished preparing The Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection, which will be launched on February 22. It’s two dis...

In Living Blues #208
July 2010

Dear Friends, I had a great time attending Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival a couple weeks ago--some outstanding sets, almost all featuring blues or...

IN LIVING BLUES #183
March 2006

Dear Friends, I’m happy and proud to announce the signing of a brand new member of the Alligator family. Eric Lindell is an extraordinary roots rock singer ...

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 #173
July 2004

Dear Friends, By the time you read this, our hot new Guitar Shorty CD, Watch Your Back and our disc of never-before-released Hound Dog Taylor gems, Release ...

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 #167
January 2003

Dear Friends, Because Living Blues skipped an issue, I’ve got four months of news to cram into this letter. First of all, we’re thrilled to have earned 19 W...

IN LIVING BLUES #166
November 2002

Dear Friends, We’re thrilled by the initial reactions to Shemekia Copeland’s brand new album, Talking To Strangers. In the first week of its release, it wa...

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...