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	Alligator Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alligator Records is the Chicago-based independent record label set up by Bruce Iglauer with his own savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor and The HouseRockers.
		He then stopped working at Delmark Records to concentrate fully on the band and his label.
		Today, Alligator Records is a top contemporary blues record label.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alligator_Records (123 words)

	Luther Allison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He worked the club circut throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s and recorded his first single in 1965.
		He also toured nation-wide and, in 1972, was signed to Motown Records, one of the few blues artists to do so.
		Alligator Records founder, Bruce Iglauer, convinced Allison to return to the States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luther_Allison (521 words)

	Interview
		Alligator Records is celebrating its 30th anniversary in blues.
		Well, I knew that if I was going to make records I had to be a good businessman, and so I started with the concept that I was going to be more aggressive than other labels I saw around me at that time.
		Yet according to the Recording Industry Association of America, only about one and a half percent of all the records sold in the U.S. are blues records.
	www.bluesrevue.com /IglauerInterview.html (901 words)

	Interview
		When you were making records in the '50s, when the whole vocabulary of the blues was still unknown, you could go into the studio and record "Sweet Home Chicago." Now, when so many people know something about blues, you've got to work harder to be original.
		Record stores are returning anything that is not considered an "essential" record.
		Alligator will survive, but we're going to have to be lean and mean to do it.
	www.bluesrevue.com /IglauerInterview4.html (598 words)

	Alligator Recording Artist Roomful of Blues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This recording was made in 1978 and features alumnus Duke Robillard, Al Copley, Rich Lataille, Greg Piccolo, John Rossi, Doug James and Preston Hubbard.
		This recording is a gem and a must for all Roomful fans interested in completing their collection.
		It is the second recording and a reflection in time of a career that has spanned 37 years and 19 recordings.
	www.roomful.com (278 words)

	ALLIGATOR RECORDS
		He had been spinning records as a latenight DJ and working as a shipping clerk for the Chicago-based Delmark records.
		Alligator Records was formed with only the one act and one record.
		Alligator’s catalog boasts over 150 titles and is the largest independent contemporary blues label in the world.
	www.thecutting-edge.net /alligator.html (823 words)

	Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science
		Few records exist for the alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temmincki) in southeastern Oklahoma, and the only way to establish records of their historic status and habitat preferences is to document the recollections of people who had contact with these turtles.
		This paper documents records of alligator snapping turtles from the Little River system of southeastern McCurtain County, Oklahoma, by providing the locations and other data regarding the remains of this species as well as a live specimen, and by summarizing interviews with local people who have encountered them during the past 50 years.
		The only nesting record for alligator snapping turtles was provided by Mike L. Keeling who reported that, prior to 1982, he sometimes saw tracks in a sandy area where an old gravel pit is located, on the east side of the Mountain Fork River approximately 1 km downstream from the Highway 70 bridge.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /oas/oas_htm_files/v78/p53_58nf.html (3092 words)

	Blues Foundation :: Inductees
		Alligator Records was formed by Bruce as a medium to distribute and promote Hound Dog Taylor.
		I'm very happy with what Alligator is. The only thing that I want to make sure is that with some of our artists we're going to be a little more cutting edge.
		Alligator is fueled by the same principles that established the label in 1971.
	www.blues.org /halloffame/inductees.php4?ArtistId=19 (576 words)

	Alligator Records
		From his debut recording, when he burst on the scene as a fully formed and mature artist, up to his last recordings, his stature as a leading blues voice grew with each new album he released.
		When guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Frank "Son" Seals unleashed his debut Alligator recording in 1973, his feral guitar work, scorching vocals and innovative songwriting immediately marked him as one of the major blues voices of his generation.
		Over the course of his eight Alligator albums, Seals emerged as one of Chicago's -- and the world's -- greatest bluesmen, and one of the genre's most powerful live performers.
	www.alligator.com /artists/bio.cfm?ArtistID=002 (802 words)

	AGENDA Oct 2001 - Music: Alligator Records at 30
		Alligator Records is the foremost blues label in America.
		The initial 1991 release was so successful that many of the compiled artists formed a touring company and an anthology of their live recording was released and nominated for a Grammy in 1992.
		Like the other Anniversary sets, this latest version is a double compilation, but unlike the other sets this Collection is divided between performers "in the studio" and "on the stage." Naturally, the studio offerings are of the highest standard and feature some startling performances by some of the newest blues artists.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~lormand/agenda/0110/music.htm (768 words)

	Alligator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I don’t sign anybody to Alligator that I don’t want to work with for years and years and that I don’t believe can be developed into a major artist within the blues world.
		I’ve committed myself to recording a lot of very obscure musicians and trying to bring their careers forward rather than saying, “I’m going to be a record guy and going to try and make money by recording something that I think is going to going to be popular.” I’ve always committed myself to the musicians.
		So, your friends at Alligator Records have come through with a grant to WBEZ and we are paying for the broadcasting and the satellite uplink for the entire mainstage of the festival, and I’m very proud of that.
	www.buddyguys.com /html/body_alligator.html (6540 words)

	Ink 19 :: Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection
		Thirty some odd years ago, this young white boy founded Alligator Records, one of the main reasons the blues experienced its amazing renaissance in the '80s.
		So Alligator's influence on popular music has been a double-edged sword; there's a lot of repetitive crap but there's also a lot of gold.
		Curse it or love it, Alligator Records' impact on the blues cannot be denied and although the blues is more pale than vibrant when it comes to originality, as long as Iglauer's little label is around, things are all right.
	www.ink19.com /issues/november2001/wetInk/musicA/alligatorRecords30th.html (395 words)

	Southwest Blues Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		For starters, congratulations are in order to Alligator Records for reaching the 30-year milestone.
		Alligator wisely included a few stellar tracks to lure in the collector.
		Here's hoping that Alligator Records and the blues are still appreciated 30 years from now.
	www.southwestblues.com /11.01cdalligator.htm (374 words)

	A Big Bite of the Blues, Sojourners Magazine/September-October 1996
		Alligator is recording the variety and vitality of the blues, present and future.
		Long John Hunter, at 64 a newcomer to Alligator, is represented by the song "T-Bone Intentions," illustrating what is known as the "wide open El Paso sound." This one, along with William Clarke's tune "The Complainer's Boogie Woogie," are great to dance to, and Clarke's LA swing style captures another stream of the blues.
		Alligator Records helps to bridge that tension by making the music available outside of club gigs.
	www.sojo.net /index.cfm?action=magazine.article&mode=printer_friendly&issue=soj9609&article=960932a (851 words)

	CelebrityAccess Industry Profiles
		Thirty years later, that company, Alligator Records, is home to some of the world's premiere blues and roots rock talent and is regarded by fans and the media alike as the top contemporary blues record label in the world.
		Recorded live in the studio in just two nights during the spring of 1971, the album captured the band at the height of their powers.
		Alligator had grown from releasing one or two albums a year to an average of about 10 a year, with a majority of the production duties handled by Iglauer personally.
	www.celebrityaccess.com /news/profile.html?id=47 (4216 words)

	Alligator Records
		Probably the biggest little blues label in the country, Alligator Records has survived for over a quarter of a centruy under the guidance of Bruce Iglauer.
		Started in 1972 as a one-man mail-order record company run by founder Bruce Iglauer, a Cincinnati native who frequented Chicago's South and West Side blues haunts.
		Delmark Records briefly hired Iglauer as a shipping clerk...
	centerstage.net /chicago/music/whoswho/AlligatorRecords.html (104 words)

	Capital Entertainment : News : Alligator Records Signs Mavis Staples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Staples’ upcoming Alligator album (as yet untitled) is a stirring collection of uplifting, gospel-rooted songs deep-seated in Staples’ faith and spirituality.
		According to Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer, Staples is a natural fit for the label.
		Her soul and RandB recordings are infused with the spirit of gospel music, and her gospel recordings with The Staple Singers helped create the sound of 60’s soul music.
	www.capitalentertainment.com /news/mavis_staples_signs_with_alligator_records.html (399 words)

	Hound Dog Taylor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This great public service turned out to be the beginning of Alligator Records, the label that documented a lot of important blues artists of today and yesterday, proving that the music was far from dead.
		As Alligator is still going strong after more than 25 years with many Grammy awards and nomiations chalked up, I talked to Bruce about his old friend Hound Dog and their years of work together.
		He had these recordings that he had done for WXRT at Northwestern University and then we allowed WMMS in Cleveland to tape him for their Thursday night concerts.
	www.furious.com /perfect/hounddogtaylor.html (3952 words)

	Amazon.com: Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection: Music: Various Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Three decades ago Bruce Iglauer founded Alligator Records, selling his hero Hound Dog Taylor's records out of his car trunk.
		Since then, Alligator has become America's best-known and most prolific blues label, and many of the reasons for its success appear on this budget-priced, two-disc 30th anniversary collection.
		Taylor's eponymously titled debut on Alligator was the first of his career and the first for the then fledgling blues label.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005NBXE?v=glance (1452 words)

	Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection CD Review
		This collection is no different; and it is jammed with two facets of Alligator gems; cuts culled from the countless studio takes and live performances that were chosen for your satisfaction.
		An added bonus is the enhancement of the discs showing a live video performance of Hound Dog Taylor, the first artist recorded by the fledgling Alligator Records back in the early seventies.
		Across the board, Alligator's stable of recording artists remains strong and varied.
	www.mnblues.com /cdreview/2001/alligator30-mc.html (410 words)

	YEAR OF THE BLUES 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		With the rise of glam rock, country rock, and progressive rock on the white side, and funk and disco on the fl side, the blues suddenly sounded irrelevant to pop music fans in the 1970s.
		A young fan, Bruce Iglauer, started Alligator Records in Chicago, making records and selling them out of the trunk of his car.
		But then I put Muddy Water’s 1977 recording Hard Again in the CD player and it took about 10 seconds to realize it was going to be all right.
	www.yearoftheblues.org /radio/index.asp?id={8A719C38-81B5-4EC6-A574-876797BEA6CD}& (623 words)

	Chris Murphy, Recording Studio Engineer - Credits and Clients include Discovery Channel, National Geographic, PBS, Fox, ...
		Jody Marshall and I worked on her debut solo recording, "Cottage in the Glen," which was released on the Maggie's Music label (MM232).
		We did all the Rude Buddha recording and mixing at a home in the "horse and farm country" west of Leesburg, Virginia, and this is a clip from "Underdog." Home cooked meals are great while you work.
		This duet for violin and piano, written by Weiniawski, was recorded in Saint Luke Church in McLean, Virginia.
	www.rhlaudio.com /credits.html (1081 words)

	Blues Bytes Flashback
		Hard to believe that a record label devoted to the blues would be celebrating any distinguished anniversary, but that's exactly what Chicago-based Alligator Records is doing this year.
		Here we find Shemekia Copeland, daughter of late great Johnny Copeland (also an Alligator artist with a superior Grammy-winning guitar album recorded along with Albert Collins and Robert Cray entitled "Showdown"), shining with super vocal chops on the lead-off track "Turn The Heat Up," from her Alligator debut at the age of 19.
		Three tracks are unreleased, proving that Alligator probably has hours and hours of live recordings that hopefully will find their way to disc someday.
	www.bluenight.com /BluesBytes/fk1001.html (1176 words)

	Rhapsody Radish: Alligator Records Box Set: Playlists by Subject, Mood, Cover Songs, Etc.
		Alligator Records is considered by most to be the top contemporary blues label in the world today.
		It was started in 1971 by Bruce Iglauer, who left his job with Delmark Records to persue his dream.
		Alligator Records recently announced that 9 of it's artists have been nominated for 17 Blues Music Awards.
	www.scopecreep.com /Rhapsody/2005/12/alligator-records-box-set.html (438 words)

	Rob Tognoni Power Blues Rock - Blues, Rock, Guitar, Dave Hole, Alligator Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He asked me to come to Melbourne to record a couple of songs for free.
		We recorded the songs over two days and I headed back to Queensland with a cassette copy.
		I always had a strong belief in what I was doing but hope was beginning to fade as I was becoming increasingly jaded...
	www.robtognoni.com /biography4.htm (315 words)

	Kenny Neal::::Intrepid Artists International, Inc
		In 1987 King Snake Records released Kenny’s first solo album titled Bio on the Bayou, and this work was a creative revelation for the fledgling recording artist.
		Even at that time record deals of that length were rare and revealed deep respect and a desire for a lasting business relationship.
		The result of this marriage between artist and label was a successful series of releases that separated Kenny Neal from the general cacophony of productions and distinguished him as one of the premier blues artists of the day.
	www.intrepidartists.com /kennyneal.html (741 words)

	Jazz News: Blues Artist Tinsley Ellis Celebrates Return to Alligator Records with Live Performance in Doylestown
		Ellis made five critically acclaimed albums for Alligator between 1988 and 1997 before recording for the Capricorn and Telarc labels.
		Ellis recorded two nights of performances at Chord On Blues in St. Charles, IL, a suburb of Chicago, on March 25 and 26, 2005.
		At the recording, he burned hotter than ever, taking his band and his audience to spine-chilling heights.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/news.php?id=6104 (915 words)

	Alligator Records' Genuine Houserockin' Christmas CD Review
		But despite the popular image of goodwill and good cheer, statistics say it's also one of the most depressing times of the year for those less fortunate (or those who aren't big on forced conviviality).
		Alligator, of course, is pretty much the big daddy of blues labels, with a generous stable of artists to draw from, many of whom are superstars in the blues world.
		And the first thing that strikes one here is just how representative these tracks are of a readily identifiable sound of each participant.
	www.mnblues.com /cdreview/2003/alligatorrecordschristmas2003-jt.html (719 words)

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