Alligator Records

Alligator boasts a catalog of over 350 titles, many of which are renowned, award-winning, time-tested classics of the genre. Back in 1971, 23-year-old blues fanatic Bruce Iglauer was frustrated and motivated. As a shipping clerk for Bob Koester’s Chicago-based blues and jazz label, Delmark Records, Iglauer wanted the label to release an album by his favorite band, Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRocke  ...