- Alligator Records
Alligator Records is a
Chicago -based independentblues record label founded byBruce Iglauer in 1971. Iglauer started the label with his own small savings to record and produce his favorite bandHound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers , whom his employer,Bob Koester ofDelmark 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.Since its founding, Alligator Records has released over 250 blues and blues/rock albums, as well as a now-defuct reggae series. Present Alligator artists include Marcia Ball, Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Roomful of Blues, Eric Lindell, JJ Grey & Mofro, Lee Rocker, Cephas & Wiggins, Michael Burks and more.
Today, Alligator Records is a top contemporary blues record label.
Artists
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MOFRO
*Luther Allison
*Marcia Ball
*Elvin Bishop
*Lonnie Brooks
*Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
*Roy Buchanan
*Michael Burks , a regular performer at the [http://www.sanddollarblues.com/ Sand Dollar Blues Room] in Las Vegas
*Cephas & Wiggins
*Little Charlie & the Nightcats
*Clifton Chenier
*Albert Collins
*Shemekia Copeland
*Robert Cray
*Buddy Guy
*Dave Hole
*Smokin' Joe Kubek
*Lazy Lester
*Lonnie Mack
*Charlie Musselwhite
*Professor Longhair
*Otis Rush
*Son Seals
* The Siegel-Schwall Band
*Hound Dog Taylor
*Koko Taylor
*Sonny Terry
*Rufus Thomas
*Maurice John Vaughan
*Johnny Winter
*Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials See also
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List of record labels
*Chicago record labels External links
* [http://www.alligator.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.alligator.com/index.cfm?section=story The Alligator story] - History of the label at the official site
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