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ALLIGATOR RECORDS -- 50 YEARS OF GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN' MUSIC Set For June 18
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- April 13, 2021
CONTACT: Marc Lipkin / Alligator Records / 773-973-7736 x235
EMAIL: publicity@xxxxxxxxx
www.alligator.com
ALLIGATOR RECORDS -- 50 YEARS OF GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN' MUSIC
SET FOR JUNE 18, 2021 RELEASE
Collection Features 24 Songs On Two LPs Or 58 Songs On Three CDs
With Liner Notes by Label Founder and President Bruce Iglauer
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Gatefold Two LP Set
(Click image for track listing)
| Three CD Set
(Click image for track listing)
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“Alligator Records stands as one of the most enduring and revered independent
blues labels in the world, its catalog holding inextinguishable works.”
–The Chicago Tribune
“Prestigious, scrappy independent Alligator Records has reached dizzying
heights in celebrating the blues.”
–Rolling Stone
“With muscular, no-frills production, Alligator catches the blues as it melds
with soul, rock, gospel, country and zydeco, partying away the pains of love.
Alligator is the leading record label for the blues, and has succeeded where
the giants have failed.”
–The New York Times
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“From the moment I walked into Florence’s Lounge, sheets of distorted electric
guitar filled the room. I could hear the unmistakable sound of steel on steel
as a slide tore up and down the strings. Drums pounded out a shuffle beat so
infectious and elemental that even I could dance to it… That afternoon I fell
in love with Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers."
--Bruce Iglauer from Bitten By The Blues: The Alligator Records Story
On Friday, June 18, Alligator Records will celebrate a half-century of
recording history-making blues and roots rock with the release of Alligator
Records -- 50 Years Of Genuine Houserockin’ Music. Both the 24 song gatefold
two-LP set (over 100 minutes of music) and the 58 song three-CD set (over 230
minutes) clearly lay out label founder and president Bruce Iglauer’s
wide-ranging, forward-looking vision. The collection -- with richly detailed
liner notes written by Iglauer himself -- highlights Alligator's extraordinary
past, headline-generating present, and a future dedicated to nurturing new
generations of blues artists and fans.
Alligator Records -- 50 Years Of Genuine Houserockin’ Music features songs from
legendary artists like Hound Dog Taylor, Koko Taylor, Son Seals, Albert
Collins, Johnny Winter, Professor Longhair, Lonnie Brooks, Luther Allison and
Michael “Iron Man” Burks, interspersed with cuts from current blues and roots
icons Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, Guitar Shorty, Billy Boy Arnold and
Mavis Staples. Songs from today’s world-renowned stars like Shemekia Copeland,
Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Marcia Ball, Billy
Branch, JJ Grey & Mofro, Tinsley Ellis, Joe Louis Walker, Tommy Castro & The
Painkillers, Curtis Salgado and Roomful Of Blues flow together seamlessly with
music from newer voices, including Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Nick Moss,
Toronzo Cannon and Selwyn Birchwood.
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Click here or on the image below to watch and listen to the raw and raucous
song, Give Me Back My Wig, from Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers' -- and
Alligator's -- very first album, recorded and released in 1971. This
fan-created video features many rarely seen photographs.
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Fifty years ago, 23-year-old blues fan Bruce Iglauer spent his meager savings
to record an LP by his favorite Chicago blues band, Hound Dog Taylor & The
HouseRockers, and founded Alligator Records to release it. Today, Alligator
boasts a catalog of over 350 titles, many of which are renowned, award-winning,
time-tested classics of the genre. Alligator Records’ artists and recordings
have received a total of 48 Grammy Award nominations and three Grammy Awards,
over 150 Blues Music Awards (the blues community’s highest honor) and over 70
Living Blues Awards (presented by Living Blues magazine). The label’s artists
have appeared on radio, on television and in films. They’ve performed worldwide
at clubs, concert halls and festivals, with Alligator’s support promoting and
publicizing each and every gig. According to Shemekia Copeland, “Alligator
Records has been a cornerstone of the blues world for five decades. As an
Alligator artist, I am truly grateful for what Bruce and Alligator Records have
done for me and this genre.”
Since releasing that first Hound Dog Taylor record, Alligator Records -- with
the invaluable input and guidance from the 14-person staff (many of whom have
been with the label for more than 25 years) -- has become the most successful
blues label in the world. And the Alligator story is still unfolding. From the
early days of recording only Chicago talent, to attracting national and
international musicians, to the label’s commitment to nurturing the new
generations of blues and roots artists, Alligator, like the blues itself,
continues to break new ground while staying true to its roots. Alligator
Records -- 50 Years Of Genuine Houserockin’ Music is a must-hear collection for
lifelong fans as well as for those who have just discovered the endlessly
uplifting, life-affirming, deeply soulful, roots-rocking, healing power of the
Genuine Houserockin’ Music on Alligator Records.
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