Bitten by the blues : the Alligator Records story
Iglauer, Bruce, 1947-2018
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It started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, 23-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence's Lounge, in the heart of Chicago's South Side, and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw Chicago blues of Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers. A year later, Iglauer produced Hound Dog's debut album in eight hours and pressed a thousand copies, the most he could afford. From that one album grew Alligator Records, the largest independent blues record label in the world. This is Iglauer's memoir of a life immersed in the blues - and the business of the blues.
Main title:
Bitten by the blues : the Alligator Records story / Bruce Iglauer, Patrick A. Roberts.
Imprint:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Collation:
336 pages ; 23 cm.
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Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780226129907 (hbk)
Dewey class:
781.6'43149781.643149
Language:
English
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BRN:
2718838
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