Alligator Records
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Alligator Records is a Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971. Iglauer started the label with his own small savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records, declined to record. Nine months after the release of the first album, 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.
[edit] Notable artists
- Luther Allison
- Marcia Ball
- Lonnie Brooks
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Roy Buchanan
- Michael Burks, a regular performer at the Sand Dollar Blues Room in Las Vegas
- Clifton Chenier
- Albert Collins
- Shemekia Copeland
- Robert Cray
- Buddy Guy
- Lazy Lester
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Professor Longhair
- Otis Rush
- Son Seals
- Hound Dog Taylor
- Koko Taylor
- Sonny Terry
- Rufus Thomas
- Johnny Winter
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- Official site
- The Alligator story - History of the label at the official site
