IN LIVING BLUES #98
JULY 1991

Dear Friends I’m frantically squeezing this letter in between two overseas tours with Koko Taylor. Last night we returned from ten days in Europe and in two ...

IN LIVING BLUES #95
JANUARY 1991

Dear Friends, With the new albums by The Mellow Fellows and Lucky Peterson, we’ve wrapped up our 1990 releases. But we have a couple of treats for January –t...

IN LIVING BLUES #93
SEPTEMBER 1990

Dear Friends, Seems like I’m virtually living in the studio, finishing our next releases before flying to California to mix the new live album by Little Char...

IN LIVING BLUES #87
JULY 1989

Dear Friends The summer festival season is upon us, which means I actually go get to bake in the sun AND hear blues, too. Goodbye to the bars for a few weeks...

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 #80
MAY 1988

Dear Friends , Seems harder and harder to find time to write these. In a few minutes I’m off to the studio to remaster Maurice John Vaughn’s "Generic Blues''...

IN LIVING BLUES #79
MARCH 1988

Dear Friends, Irony strikes. Last time, I was telling you about the awful train wreck that the Son Seals band and I were in while touring Norway in 1978. Now...

IN LIVING BLUES #78
JANUARY 1988

Dear Friends, I'm just back from two whirlwind trips to Europe, first to the Utrecht Blues Festival in Holland with Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, then t...

IN LIVING BLUES #76
JULY 1987

Dear Friends, Much activity here at Alligator as we swing into the fall. Our new low-price sampler album/cassette/compact disc, called "Genuine Houserockin’ ...

IN LIVING BLUES #75
MAY 1987

Dear Friends, It’s the end of an era at Alligator. Mindy Giles, our vice president and national sales, marketing, advertising and rock radio promotion direct...