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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 #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’ ...

The dark side of Hound Dog Taylor”

Hound Dog Taylor - By Diane Allmen Hound Dog is always remembered as a smiling, happy-go-lucky, laughing guy. As I said in Bitten by the Blues, he lov...

Chicago Tribune: “Bruce Iglauer finally tells the story” behind Alligator Records

Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer poses in his office recently in the Rogers Park neighborhood. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune) "The book docu...

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The Washburne Lounge

One club I enjoyed going to was the Washburne Lounge aka the Upstairs Lounge, at the corner of Hoyne & Washburne on the West Side. It was called the Upstair...