IN LIVING BLUES #161
January 2002

Dear Friends, It looks like a good year coming up for new Alligator releases. I just returned from Los Angeles where I was helping Little Charlie and the N...

IN LIVING BLUES #160
November 2001

Dear Friends, In this time of emotional turbulence, it seems that we need the soul-soothing power of the blues more than ever. I’ve never considered blues ...

IN LIVING BLUES #158
July 2001

Dear Friends, I’m still recovering from the whirlwind of the W.C. Handy Awards weekend in Memphis (including the annual meeting of the Blues Music Associati...

IN LIVING BLUES #156
March 2001

Dear Friends, As we move into Alligator’s 30th year of recording the blues, I have very little time to reflect on the past. As has been true since 1971, I’...

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 #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...

IN LIVING BLUES #105
SEPTEMBER 1992

Dear Friends, Seems like these days I can hardly get out of the studio long enough to write these "letters." Over the weekend I was finishing what I hope are...

IN LIVING BLUES #104
JULY 1992

Dear Friends, Well, as usual, I'm exhausted from a series of long nights in the studio. This time I'm mixing the upcoming release by the roughest, rawest ban...

IN LIVING BLUES #103
MAY 1992

Dear Friends, Some of you noticed that my letter/ad didn't appear in the last issue of LIVING BLUES, nor did any other Alligator advertising. As you may have...