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 #148
NOVEMBER 1999

Dear Friends, I was looking forward to using this "letter" to tell you more about Alligator's adventures with Johnny Winter in the 1980s. Instead, like too m...

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...

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 #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 #90
JANUARY 1990

Dear Friends It’s kind of hard to believe. 1990! LIVING BLUES will be twenty years old next month. Makes me kind of proud (in case you who didn’t know, the f...

IN LIVING BLUES #81
JULY 1988

Dear Friends, Just got back from San Francisco, where I was mixing a new album with an old favorite--Elvin Bishop! You old fogies (like me) will remember Elv...

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 #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...