760137749394

Pride And Joy: The Story Of Alligator Records

Various Artists

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Format: BD

Cat No: MVD7493BD

Release Date:  16 May 2016

Label:  Wienerworld

Packaging Type:  Blu-Ray Packaging

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  760137749394

Genres:  Soundtrack  Music Concert  

  • Description

    In 1971, Bruce Iglauer founded Alligator Records, an independent record company which, in the decades since, has proven to be the most successful modern blues label. In early 1992, Iglauer staged the Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Tour starring Koko Taylor and her Blues Machine, Elvin Bishop, Katie Webster, the Lonnie Brooks Blues Band (featuring Lonnie's son Ronnie Baker Brooks), and Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials.



    Director Robert Mugge, having recently made the film DEEP BLUES (1991) about the blues traditions of Mississippi, decided to follow up with a tribute to Alligator and its roster of top contemporary blues artists from Chicago and elsewhere. The resulting film, PRIDE AND JOY: THE STORY OF ALLIGATOR RECORDS, presents musical highlights from one of the 4-plus-hour concerts (March 12th at Philadelphia's Chestnut Cabaret) that made up the tour, glimpses of Alligator's Chicago offices, and profiles of key performers and staff members.



    The "pride and joy" on display are not only that of fine musical artists plying their trades, but also that of a passionate and highly principled entrepreneur succeeding in a business mostly controlled by corporate giants and littered with the wreckage of countless small, independent labels.




    TRACKS:


    Pride and Joy

    Pussycat Moaning

    El-Bo

    Wife for Tonight

    It's a Dirty Job

    Ed's Boogie

    Lord I Wonder

    Beer Drinking Woman

    I Want All My Money Back

    I'd Rather Go Blind

    Sweet Home Chicago

    Killing Floor

    Can't Let These Blues Go

    Mean Ole Frisco

    Two Fisted Mama

    Stealin' Watermelons

    My Dog

    Those Lonely Lonely Nights

    Two Headed Man

    Something Strange is Going On

    Wang Dang Doodle

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Alligator