In Living Blues #214
July 2011

Dear Friends, I’ve been pleasantly amazed by the great media and fan reaction to Alligator’s 40th anniversary and the double-disc Alligator Records 40th Anni...

In Living Blues #213
May 2011

Dear Friends, I just returned from the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, where I met dozens of friends and acquaintances, hung out with Janiva Magness, Smokin’ ...

In Living Blues #212
March 2011

Dear Friends, We’re very excited about the initial reaction to The Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard Blues Cha...

In Living Blues #211
January 2011

Dear Friends, Happy 2011! I’ve just finished preparing The Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection, which will be launched on February 22. It’s two dis...

In Living Blues #210
November 2010

Dear Friends, 2011 marks Alligator’s 40th year of recording the blues. It’s almost impossible to believe that on May 25th, it will be four decades since my c...

In Living Blues #207
May 2010

Dear Friends, I just returned from the 31st annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis, happy and proud that Tommy Castro won in every category in which he was nom...

In Living Blues #206
March 2010

Dear Friends, We won! For the first time since the 1980s, an Alligator release is a Grammy winner. Buckwheat Zydeco’s Lay Your Burden Down won as (what else)...

In Living Blues #205
January 2010

Dear Friends, I’m writing from Dallas, where I’m helping Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King cut their second Alligator album. Being part of the creative proc...

In Living Blues #204
November 2009

Dear Friends, Last night I shared one of the most joyful musical experiences of my life—the last performance by my dear friends Saffire—The Uppity Blues Wome...

In Living Blues #203
September 2009

Dear Friends, It’s been a really great festival summer for me; I attended the Pocono Blues Festival, the Deep Blues Festival in Minneapolis and the Paramount...