IN LIVING BLUES #113
JANUARY 1994

Dear Friends, As all of you know by now, the blues world lost a great musician just a few weeks ago when Albert Collins died at the age of 61. For me, it’s n...

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 #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 #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 #86
MAY 1989

Dear Friends, For some reason one of my last letters never connected with LIVING BLUES, so I missed out on the issue before last. Then the last issue was tak...

IN LIVING BLUES #83
NOVEMBER 1988

Dear Friends, Because I had to rush out my last LB letter before going on a series of overseas tours all my news is a little late. By now I hope you've all r...

IN LIVING BLUES #82
SEPTEMBER 1988

Dear Friends, As I get ready to leave for the airport to head for Japan with Albert Collins and the Icebreakers and Lil’ Ed, I suddenly remember I promised 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...