In Living Blues #190
May 2007

Dear Friends, I just had the pleasure of spending five days in the studio with Tinsley Ellis, mixing his upcoming new album Moment Of Truth. Tinsley is proud...

In Living Blues #189
March 2007

Dear Friends, Last month I had the pleasure of being a judge at the band finals of the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis. Thi...

In Living Blues #188
January 2007

Dear Friends, Welcome to a new year, and one that I hope will be better for the blues than 2006. In the last few months, we’ve lost so many of our most belov...

In Living Blues #187
November 2006

Dear Friends, The record business is shrinking incredibly quickly, and blues recording is suffering. You’ve all read about falling CD sales over the last few...

In Living Blues #186
September 2006

Dear Friends, I just finished mastering Guitar Shorty’s brand new Alligator album, We The People. It should bring Shorty some of the acclaim he’s always dese...

IN LIVING BLUES #185
JULY 2006

Dear Friends, As I told you last time, we’re ending what I believe is the hardestbusiness year ever for blues record labels. Hopefully, next year, Alligator...

IN LIVING BLUES #184
May 2006

Dear Friends, I’m writing this from the studio while I work with the engineer on the mixes for Rattleshake ,the new CD from Chicago’s happiest, rawest ...

IN LIVING BLUES #183
March 2006

Dear Friends, I’m happy and proud to announce the signing of a brand new member of the Alligator family. Eric Lindell is an extraordinary roots rock singer ...

IN LIVING BLUES #182
January 2006

Dear Friends, It's hard for me to believe that this is the 35th anniversary year of Alligator. I never anticipated when I went in to the studio with Hound D...

IN LIVING BLUES #181
November 2005

Dear Friends, Today I spent remastering some of the best tracks from the seven Alligator albums by Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women. A Saffire collection, s...