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	When I created Alligator Records, the very first promo piece to promote that very first Hound Dog Taylor album was headed "Genuine Houserockin' Music." That became our slogan, and we wear it proudly today. "Genuine" because the music we record is deeply rooted in the blues tradition (even when it pushes the standard definition of blues) and is created by musicians who have honed their songs not on synthesizers in their bedrooms, but in front of real audiences, responding to the emotional needs of their listeners. "House" instead of "theatre" or "arena" or "stadium," because our music is ultimately intimate, even when it's big and loud. It's not meant to be presented. It's meant to be shared between the musicians and the audience, like everyone at Florence's shared the music with Hound Dog Taylor. And "Rockin'" because it's designed to move you. Most of Alligator's records will move your feet or your body, but we've tried to make records that will move that other part of your soul. Sometimes that can mean music that cleanses your inner pain by pulling it out of you, the "hurts so good" that is so special to the blues. And sometimes it just means the pure release and fun of musicians pouring their energy into a great groove. -Bruce Iglauer

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Freddie King The Collection Instructional Book
An outstanding collection of 15 of this blues legend's best, including: Have You Ever Loved a Woman • Heads up • Hide Away • I'm Tore Down • Lonesome Whistle Blues • The Sad Nite Owl • See See Baby • Wash Out • more.

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Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Carbondale, IL	07/18/2019
Coco Montoya
Windsor, CA	07/18/2019
Curtis Salgado
Albi, FRANCE	07/18/2019
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
Kenosha, WI	07/18/2019
Lindsay Beaver
Worthington, OH	07/17/2019
Marcia Ball
Austin, TX	07/18/2019
Selwyn Birchwood
Annapolis, MD	07/17/2019
The Cash Box Kings
Milwaukee, WI	07/17/2019
Toronzo Cannon
Yokohama, JAPAN	07/17/2019
Sakai, Osaka, JAPAN	07/18/2019