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ALLIGATOR RECORDS — 50 YEARS OF GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN’ MUSIC

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

“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.

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.


Tracklist 3-CD set

CD 1
1 Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers – Give Me Back My Wig 3:31
2 Koko Taylor – I’m A Woman 4:36
3 Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell – Have Mercy 3:45
4 Fenton Robinson – Somebody Loan Me A Dime 2:54
5 Professor Longhair – It’s My Fault, Darling 4:54
6 Son Seals – Telephone Angel 5:25
7 Johnny Winter – Lights Out 2:35
8 Albert Collins – Blue Monday Hangover 5:35
9 James Cotton – Little Car Blues 3:32
10 Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland – The Dream 5:28
11 William Clarke – Pawnshop Bound 4:22
12 Lonnie Mack – Ridin’ the Blinds (Live) 4:12
13 Lonnie Brooks – Cold Lonely Nights (Live) 5:33
14 Luther Allison – Soul Fixin’ Man (Live) 4:03
15 Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – Got My Mojo Working 4:45
16 Saffire–The Uppity Blues Women – Sloppy Drunk 3:06
17 Roy Buchanan – That Did It 5:07
18 The Paladins – Keep On Lovin’ Me, Baby 4:02

CD 2
1 Michael Burks – Love Disease 3:20
2 Kenny Neal – I’m A Blues Man 4:11
3 The Holmes Brothers – Run Myself Out Of Town 3:26
4 Little Charlie & The Nightcats – Jump Start 2:54
5 Katie Webster – I’m Still Leaving You 3:36
6 Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King – Don’t Lose My Number 3:32
7 The Kinsey Report – Corner Of The Blanket 3:34
8 Carey Bell – I Got A Rich Man’s Woman 4:53
9 C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band – Au Contraire, Mon Frere 3:39
10 Mavis Staples – There’s A Devil On The Loose 3:34
11 Michael Hill’s Blues Mob – Presumed Innocent 4:37
12 Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin – Not What You Said Last Night 2:49
13 Billy Boy Arnold – Man Of Considerable Taste 4:39
14 Cephas & Wiggins – Ain’t Seen My Baby 3:23
15 Long John Hunter – Marfa Lights 4:53
16 Dave Hole – Phone Line 3:42
17 Eric Lindell – Josephine 2:45
18 Joe Louis Walker – I Won’t Do That 5:01
19 Janiva Magness – That’s What Love Will Make You Do 3:22
20 The Siegel-Schwall Band – Going Back To Alabama 3:40
21 Corey Harris & Henry Butler – Why Don’t You Live So God Can Use You? 2:11

CD 3
1 Marcia Ball – Party Town 4:16
2 Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials – What You See Is What You Get 4:21
3 Roomful Of Blues – In A Roomful Of Blues 3:31
4 Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues – Blue and Lonesome 4:11
5 Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Outside Of This Town 4:08
6 Shemekia Copeland – Clotilda’s On Fire 4:26
7 Curtis Salgado – The Longer That I Live 3:51
8 Selwyn Birchwood – Living In A Burning House 4:08
9 Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite – Midnight Hour Blues 4:15
10 The Cash Box Kings – Ain’t No Fun (When The Rabbit Got The Gun) 4:42
11 Tommy Castro & The Painkillers – Make It Back To Memphis (Live) 4:55
12 JJ Grey & Mofro – A Woman (Live) 3:24
13 Rick Estrin & The Nightcats – I’m Running 4:06
14 Coco Montoya – You Didn’t Think About That 3:56
15 Tinsley Ellis – Ice Cream In Hell 4:13
16 Chris Cain – You Won’t Have A Problem When I’m Gone 3:08
17 Guitar Shorty – Too Late 4:14
18 The Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling – The High Cost of Low Living 4:04
19 Toronzo Cannon – The Chicago Way 4:22

Tracklist 2-LP set

LP 1
SIDE A:
1 Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers – Give Me Back My Wig 3:31
2 Koko Taylor – I’m A Woman 4:36
3 Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell – Have Mercy 3:45
4 Fenton Robinson – Somebody Loan Me A Dime 2:54
5 Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials – What You See Is What You Get 4:21
6 Son Seals – Telephone Angel 5:25

SIDE B:
7 Albert Collins – Blue Monday Hangover 5:35
8 James Cotton – Little Car Blues 3:32
9 Johnny Winter – Lights Out 2:35
10 Luther Allison – Soul Fixin’ Man (live) 4:03
11 Lonnie Brooks – Cold Lonely Nights (live) 5:33
12 Saffire–The Uppity Blues Women – Sloppy Drunk 3:06

LP 2
SIDE A:
1 Marcia Ball – Party Town 4:16
2 Tommy Castro & The Painkillers – Make It Back To Memphis (live) 4:55
3 Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite – Midnight Hour Blues 4:14
4 Selwyn Birchwood – Living In A Burning House 4:08
5 Coco Montoya – You Didn’t Think About That 3:56
6 Rick Estrin & The Nightcats – I’m Running 4:06

SIDE B:
7 Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Outside Of This Town 4:08
8 Shemekia Copeland – Clotilda’s On Fire 4:26
9 Curtis Salgado – The Longer That I Live 3:51
10 JJ Grey & Mofro – A Woman (live) 3:24
11 Tinsley Ellis – Ice Cream In Hell 4:13
12 Toronzo Cannon – The Chicago Way 4:22

 Alligator Records, www.alligator.com

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