Alligator Records' Bruce Iglauer Beats Bob Dylan To Win Personality Of The Year

ALLIGATOR RECORDS PRESIDENT BRUCE IGLAUER NAMED

"PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR" BY POLAND'S TWOJ BLUES MAGAZINE

 Edges Out Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, John Mayall and Eric Clapton

 

Poland's award-winning blues magazine Twoj Blues named Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer its 2016 Personality Of The Year. Iglauer won the award ahead of a field of candidates that included Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, John Mayall and Eric Clapton.

According to Iglauer, "I didn't realize I was so well-known in Poland. I assume my Nobel Prize is next."

Twoj Blues magazine (established in 2000) is Poland’s only printed publication devoted entirely to the blues. Twoj Blues received the 2011 Keeping The Blues Alive Award in the print category from The Blues Foundation.

The New York Times calls Alligator "the leading record label for the blues." Rolling Stone says, "Prestigious, scrappy independent blues label Alligator Records has reached dizzying heights in celebrating the blues."

The label celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2016 with the two-CD Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection. No Depression says, "If Alligator didn't exist, somebody would have to invent it. Over the years, it’s become one of those things you take for granted, but one no blues fan could do without. You can forget about shuffling though the selections looking for good ‘uns. Anywhere you jump in you hit paydirt."