![]() ![]() Discography Īlligator Records commenced releasing LPs in 1971 continuing through to the present with a focus on Chicago blues artists. Jan Schakowsky added comments on Iglauer's and Alligator's part in the "American cultural legacy of Chicago blues music" to the Congressional Record. In 2021, Alligator celebrated its 50th anniversary, in observance of which Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared Jas “Alligator Records Day” in Chicago, and U.S. In January 2021, Exceleration Records invested in Alligator, becoming a financial and administrative partner with Iglauer. More recently, veterans Charlie Musselwhite and James Cotton have re-signed to the label.Īlligator celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2011 while reporting a profit for the previous year. Alligator artists include Lonnie Mack, Marcia Ball, Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Eddy Clearwater, Sam Lay, Smokin' Joe Kubek, Roomful of Blues, Eric Lindell, JJ Grey & MOFRO, Lee Rocker, Cephas & Wiggins, and Michael Burks. Since its founding, Alligator Records has released over 250 blues and blues/rock albums, as well as a defunct reggae series. In 1991, a 20th anniversary compilation album was issued. The second Grammy came in 1985 for Showdown! by Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, and Robert Cray. In 1982, the label won its first Grammy Award for the album, I'm Here, by Clifton Chenier. Iglauer mainly worked as executive producer. ![]() In 1976, Koko Taylor's I Got What It Takes was nominated for a Grammy Award, and Albert Collins soon signed to the label. Other early releases for the fledgling label included recordings by Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell and Fenton Robinson. Only 1,000 copies of the Taylor's debut album were made, while Iglauer took over managing the group. Nine months after the release of the first album, he stopped working at Delmark Records to concentrate fully on the band and his label. Iglauer started the label using his savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records, declined to record. Iglauer was also one of the founders of the Living Blues magazine in Chicago in 1970. American blues record label Alligator RecordsĪlligator Records is an American, Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971.
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