tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595526548572575885.post4193932071379483354..comments2023-09-05T14:42:22.441+02:00Comments on BAISTOPHE: LONNIE BROOKS (ABO #386)jeb-e-diahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935096986151920514noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595526548572575885.post-19623408043388585602011-01-02T00:56:58.288+01:002011-01-02T00:56:58.288+01:00Muchas gracias!Muchas gracias!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595526548572575885.post-45067037429371054012010-06-12T21:11:44.366+02:002010-06-12T21:11:44.366+02:00I agree with what you say about Alligator, but fee...I agree with what you say about Alligator, but feel that they are the ones that are keeping Blues alive. Yazoo and Arhoolie were crucial to saving blues in the early Sixties. They soldier on today with pre-war country blues but they don't generate any publicity. They don't put as much money into it and they don't highlight new work. Other smaller labels release raw blues but can't pay much and don't stay in business long.<br /><br />I've seen several blues artists try to adapt hip-hop to their work in order to attract a black audience but it hasn't worked. I believe that suburban white people have been the primary consumers of blues since 1960. Makes sense to try to keep them on board.<br /><br />I prepared a Hound Dog comp that may make an appearance here, and we can be grateful that Iglauer created Alligator in order to record Taylor.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283047990239738052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595526548572575885.post-59848869358352634792010-06-12T07:28:25.392+02:002010-06-12T07:28:25.392+02:00Great call on Lonnie Brooks, but I have to admit I...Great call on Lonnie Brooks, but I have to admit I have a love/hate affair with Alligator label artists. Love because I generally like Chicago blues; hate because of the way Bruce Iglauer has marketed that label and its artists...aimed squarely at middle class suburban white people and their bland, safe tastes.<br /><br />Too bad IMO, because the Alligator label boasts great artists and is the home of great, great music (Hound Dog Taylor to the fore). But hey, it's a business, and they go where the money is.<br /><br />Thanks for the post.kingpossumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13594511680138473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595526548572575885.post-75322061689986395532010-06-11T19:44:15.730+02:002010-06-11T19:44:15.730+02:00It's called "Black Music Month". It&...It's called "Black Music Month". It'll last a month (june).S.F.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07755953701076817972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595526548572575885.post-59599723144580766322010-06-10T21:26:17.398+02:002010-06-10T21:26:17.398+02:00Pleeeease... stop this series. Too mutch black mus...Pleeeease... stop this series. Too mutch black music in segue. ;)myselfnoreply@blogger.com