Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story

Best Blues Book of the Year, Living Blues Readers' Poll: "A fascinating look at one of the great independent record labels, and producers, of our time." —Library Journal

It started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, twenty-three-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence's Lounge in Chicago's South Side and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw music of Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers. A year later, Iglauer produced Hound Dog's debut ...