IN LIVING BLUES #164
July 2002

Dear Friends, Summer started off with a bang at last week’s Chicago Blues Festival. Among many terrific sets, the highlight for me was an explosive Saturday...

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 #157
May 2001

Dear Friends, It seems like there’s never a relaxed moment at Alligator. We’ve been scrambling to manufacture enough CDs to react to the demand for our new...

IN LIVING BLUES #153
September 2000

Dear Friends, I hope that, as you read this, you’re enjoying some of our latest releases, like That’s My Partner! by Elvin Bishop and Little Smokey Smothers...

IN LIVING BLUES #152
July 2000

Dear Friends, I’m writing this from BMG Studios in New York where we’re beginning the mixes for Shemekia Copeland’s second album, Wicked. It’s a thrill to ...

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 #106
NOVEMBER 1992

Dear Friends, I'm still living in the studio, it seems. Only last month I recorded and mixed the last tunes for THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS CHRISTMAS COLLECTION, w...

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 #96
MARCH 1991

Dear Friends, I just finished the final choices of songs for THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS 20TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, along with a 24-page booklet of my rambling r...