The Resource Bitten by the blues : the Alligator Records story, Bruce Iglauer and Patrick A. Roberts
Bitten by the blues : the Alligator Records story, Bruce Iglauer and Patrick A. Roberts
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- Summary
- 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 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. Bitten by the Blues is Iglauer's memoir of a life immersed in the blues-and the business of the blues. No one person was present at the creation of more great contemporary blues music than Iglauer: he produced albums by Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Professor Longhair, Johnny Winter, Lonnie Mack, Son Seals, Roy Buchanan, Shemekia Copeland, and many other major figures. In this book, Iglauer takes us behind the scenes, offering unforgettable stories of those charismatic musicians and classic sessions, delivering an intimate and unvarnished look at what it's like to work with the greats of the blues. It's a vivid portrait of some of the extraordinary musicians and larger-than-life personalities who brought America's music to life in the clubs of Chicago's South and West Sides. Bitten by the Blues is also an expansive history of half a century of blues in Chicago and around the world, tracing the blues recording business through massive transitions, as a genre of music originally created by and for black southerners adapted to an influx of white fans and musicians and found a worldwide audience. Most of the smoky bars and packed clubs that fostered the Chicago blues scene have long since disappeared. But their soul lives on, and so does their sound. As real and audacious as the music that shaped it, Bitten by the Blues is a raucous journey through the world of Genuine Houserockin' Music
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 337 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780226129907
- Label
- Bitten by the blues : the Alligator Records story
- Title
- Bitten by the blues
- Title remainder
- the Alligator Records story
- Statement of responsibility
- Bruce Iglauer and Patrick A. Roberts
- Subject
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- Illinois -- Chicago
- Blues (Music)
- Sound recording industry -- Illinois | Chicago -- History
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Blues (Music) -- History and criticism
- History
- Alligator Records (Firm) -- History
- MUSIC / Recording & Reproduction
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music
- Sound recording industry
- MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 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. Bitten by the Blues is Iglauer's memoir of a life immersed in the blues-and the business of the blues. No one person was present at the creation of more great contemporary blues music than Iglauer: he produced albums by Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Professor Longhair, Johnny Winter, Lonnie Mack, Son Seals, Roy Buchanan, Shemekia Copeland, and many other major figures. In this book, Iglauer takes us behind the scenes, offering unforgettable stories of those charismatic musicians and classic sessions, delivering an intimate and unvarnished look at what it's like to work with the greats of the blues. It's a vivid portrait of some of the extraordinary musicians and larger-than-life personalities who brought America's music to life in the clubs of Chicago's South and West Sides. Bitten by the Blues is also an expansive history of half a century of blues in Chicago and around the world, tracing the blues recording business through massive transitions, as a genre of music originally created by and for black southerners adapted to an influx of white fans and musicians and found a worldwide audience. Most of the smoky bars and packed clubs that fostered the Chicago blues scene have long since disappeared. But their soul lives on, and so does their sound. As real and audacious as the music that shaped it, Bitten by the Blues is a raucous journey through the world of Genuine Houserockin' Music
- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Iglauer, Bruce
- Dewey number
- 781.643/149
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ML3792.A55
- LC item number
- I45 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- discographies
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Roberts, Patrick A.
- Series statement
- Chicago visions and revisions
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Alligator Records (Firm)
- Blues (Music)
- Sound recording industry
- Blues (Music)
- Sound recording industry
- Illinois
- MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music
- MUSIC / Recording & Reproduction
- Label
- Bitten by the blues : the Alligator Records story, Bruce Iglauer and Patrick A. Roberts
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- The Alligator Records catalog: pages 311-325
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226129907
- Lccn
- 2018015312
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- on1028591184
- (OCoLC)1028591184
- Label
- Bitten by the blues : the Alligator Records story, Bruce Iglauer and Patrick A. Roberts
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- The Alligator Records catalog: pages 311-325
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226129907
- Lccn
- 2018015312
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- on1028591184
- (OCoLC)1028591184
Subject
- Alligator Records (Firm) -- History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music
- Blues (Music)
- Blues (Music) -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- History
- Illinois -- Chicago
- MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues
- MUSIC / Recording & Reproduction
- Sound recording industry
- Sound recording industry -- Illinois | Chicago -- History
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