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When I created Alligator Records, the very first promo piece to promote that very first Hound Dog Taylor album was headed "Genuine Houserockin' Music." That became our slogan, and we wear it proudly today. "Genuine" because the music we record is deeply rooted in the blues tradition (even when it pushes the standard definition of blues) and is created by musicians who have honed their songs not on synthesizers in their bedrooms, but in front of real audiences, responding to the emotional needs of their listeners. "House" instead of "theatre" or "arena" or "stadium," because our music is ultimately intimate, even when it's big and loud. It's not meant to be presented. It's meant to be shared between the musicians and the audience, like everyone at Florence's shared the music with Hound Dog Taylor. And "Rockin'" because it's designed to move you. Most of Alligator's records will move your feet or your body, but we've tried to make records that will move that other part of your soul. Sometimes that can mean music that cleanses your inner pain by pulling it out of you, the "hurts so good" that is so special to the blues. And sometimes it just means the pure release and fun of musicians pouring their energy into a great groove.
-Bruce Iglauer
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 Rolling Stones From The Vault Hampton Coliseum (Live In 1981) BLU-RAY
"From The Vault" is a new series of live concerts from The Rolling Stones archive which are getting their first official release. "Hampton Coliseum –Live In 1981" is the first title in this series. The Rolling Stones American Tour in 1981 was the most successful tour of that year taking a then record $50 million dollars in ticket sales. The tour was in support of the critically and commercially successful "Tattoo You" album. There were fifty dates on the tour which ran from Philadelphia at...
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Toronzo Cannon Releases First Single, The Chicago Way, From Upcoming CD, THE PREACHER, THE POLITICIAN OR THE PIMP
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Rick Estrin & The Nightcats To Release CONTEMPORARY On September 20
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Three Alligator Records Artists Receive Six 2019 Living Blues Awards
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Toronzo Cannon To Release THE PREACHER, THE POLITICIAN OR THE PIMP On September 20
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Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Announces First Headlining Tour -- FISH GREASE: A JUKE JOINT TOUR
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Billy Branch |
| Chicago, IL |
08/17/2019 |
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| Houston, TX |
08/17/2019 |
Curtis Salgado |
| Toledo, OR |
08/17/2019 |
Lindsay Beaver |
| Ann Arbor, MI |
08/17/2019 |
Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling |
| La Porte, IN |
08/17/2019 |
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats |
| Thornton, NH |
08/17/2019 |
Roomful of Blues |
| Warwick, RI |
08/17/2019 |
Shemekia Copeland |
| Wespelaar, BELGIUM |
08/17/2019 |
The Kentucky Headhunters |
| Canton, GA |
08/17/2019 |
Tommy Castro |
| Madison, IN |
08/17/2019 |
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