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 #151
May 2000

Dear Friends, Last night in the studio, I put the final touches on the long-awaited new album by the Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor. It’s called “Royal Bl...

IN LIVING BLUES #119
JANUARY 1995

Dear Friends, I always seem to write these on the fly...in this case, having just flown back from Brazil after a four-show Koko Taylor tour and before flying...

IN LIVING BLUES #118
NOVEMBER 1994

Dear Friends, I just got back from Argentina, where I was on a whirlwind three-day tour with Koko Taylor and Kenny Neal. They performed in a giant basketball...

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 #107
JANUARY 1993

Dear Friends, I promised last time that I wouldn't plug our new releases, so you'll have to look elsewhere in this issue for word of them. Instead, I'm going...

IN LIVING BLUES #101
JANUARY 1992

Dear Friends, I promised that this time I wouldn't use up valuable reminiscing space touting new Alligator releases, but I will tell you what they are: NO FO...

IN LIVING BLUES #99
SEPTEMBER 1991

Dear Friends, Seems like I’m always writing these on the way to or from airports. I just got back two hours ago from three weeks on the road in Europe with K...

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...