Alligator Records

Alligator Records is an independent blues record label from Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971. For his work maintaining Chicago Blues Iglauer was honoured "Chicagoans-of-the-Year 2001"
History
Alligator Records was founded to publish an album by Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, his favourite band. His employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records refused to do so, therefore Iglauer decided to make his own record label.

Since its beginning Alligator Records has published over  250 Blues- und Bluesrockalbums.
Artists on Alligator Records
Current
 JJ Grey & MOFRO
 Saffire
 Marcia Ball
 Tommy Castro
 James Cotton
 Tinsley Ellis
 Anders Osborne
 Scrapomatic
 Guitar Shorty
 The Holmes Brothers
 Charlie Musselwhite
 Roomful Of Blues

Past 
 Gaye Adegbalola
 Luther Allison
 Carey Bell
 Elvin Bishop
 Billy Boy Arnold
 Lonnie Brooks
 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
 Roy Buchanan
 Cephas & Wiggins
 Little Charlie & the Nightcats
 Clifton Chenier
 Albert Collins Johnny Copeland
 Shemekia Copeland
 Robert Cray
 Buddy Guy
 Corey Harris
 Joe Higgs
 Dave Hole
 Big Walter Horton
 Smokin' Joe Kubek
 Lazy Lester
 Lonnie Mack
 Kenny Neal Professor Longhair
 Fenton Robinson
 Otis Rush
 Son Seals
 The Siegel-Schwall Band
 Hound Dog Taylor
 Koko Taylor
 Sonny Terry
 Rufus Thomas
 Maurice John Vaughan
 Johnny Winter
 Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
Gallery of Alligator artists

Honours
34 Grammy-nominations
2 Grammys (I'm Here, by Clifton Chenier; Showdown! by Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, and Robert Cray)
18 Indie Awards of the Association for Independent Music (AFIM)
3 Grand Prix du Disque
70 W.C. Handy Blues Awards(now Blues Music Awards) of The Blues Foundation

Other websites
Official wbsite of Alligator Records with discography

References

Category:American record labels
Category:Blues labels
Category:Blues music
Category:Music in Chicago
Category:1971 establishments in the United States
Category:1970s establishments in Illinois