Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame guitarist Elvin Bishop and Grammy-winning harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite are fellow blues travelers and living blues giants. The two history-making musicians—both Blues Hall Of Famers—have over 100 years of professional musicianship between them. They are among the most famous bluesmen in the world. Although they’ve known each other since the early 1960s, this is the first time that they ever teamed up to make an album together. 100 Years Of Blues, the new release on Alligator Records, is blues at its deepest, warmest and most engaging.

The idea for the album was sparked in 2017 when the two icons laid down the original version of the song 100 Years Of Blues for Bishop’s Big Fun Trio album. They found that, with their soul-deep understanding of the blues tradition, wry senses of humor and similar outlooks on life, they had a special musical chemistry. In 2019, Bishop and Musselwhite joined forces and played a series of stripped-down shows—along with their mutual friend, master pianist/guitarist Bob Welsh—swapping songs and telling stories. The audiences went wild, and Elvin and Charlie had so much fun they knew they had to capture the magic in the studio. According to Musselwhite, “This is us sitting down to play the music that we love and resonating together effortlessly because we’re ‘coming from the same place’...on many levels.”

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August 5, 2013 - JJ Grey and Mofro interview and live performance in the Bing Lounge at 101.9 KINK.  Presented by Intel.

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DISC ONE 
She Calls Me Kingfish 7:08*
Fresh Out 8:48* 
Another Life Goes By 6:04∞ 
Empty Promises 8:54^ 
Hard Times 6:35* 
Mississippi Night 10:02+ 
Been Here Before 3:16∞ 
Something In the Dirt 2:49~  

DISC TWO 
You're Already Gone 3:57∞ 
Listen 6:04∞ 
Rock & Roll 6:25≈ 
Not Gonna Lie 4:03~ 
Midnight Heat 5:24* 
Outside of This Town 8:56∞ 
662 6:54∞ 

*Hambridge & Fleming   
∞Hambridge & Ingram   
^Burks   
+Ingram  
~Hambridge, Fleming & Ingram   
≈Ingram, Ray & McConnell   
◊Ingram, Black, Rogers & Alexander  

Tom Hambridge (Tom Hambridge Tunes, ASCAP).  
Richard Fleming (Richard Fleming Music, BMI).  
Christone Ingram (Sound Sculpture LLC, BMI).  
Michael Burks (Eyeball Music, BMI).  
Ashley Ray (BMG Platinum Songs obo Smashtwang Music, BMI). 
Sean McConnell (Silent Desert Music admin. by Razor & Tie Music, BMI).  
Christone Ingram, Christopher Black, Paul Rogers & Deshawn Alexander (Sound Sculpture LLC, BMI).   

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Guitar, Vocals 
Christopher Black Drums 
Paul Rogers Bass Deshawn “D-Vibes” Alexander Piano, Hammond B3 Organ, Clavinet  

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Zach Allen 
Executive Producers Christone Ingram and Ric Whitney for Curation Assistant Engineers Landon Stanley and Joe Trentacosti FOH Engineer Richard Geduld 
Monitor Engineer James Simpson 
Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering, Nashville TN Photos by Colin Hart 
Design by Kevin Niemiec 
Recorded Live at The Garage, London UK  

callmekingfish.com  

Thank you to the almighty God above for giving me strength, grace and the continued opportunity to do something that I truly love. Thank you to my Dad, Christopher Ingram. I love and appreciate you very much. Shout out to my big brother Traicon Pride...love you mane. Much love to my manager Ric Whitney. Thank you for the continued support, friendship and brotherhood...we do the work. I would like to thank a very special individual in my life. Thank you for always being there for me. And to my band, thank you fellas for laying it down live. To all my friends and family, thank you for believing in and supporting me on this journey. To all the folks back home, much love to you all. I hope I can keep doing y’all and Mississippi proud. Huge thanks to Tom Hambridge. You’re a friend and fantastic partner in music. A big hey to Ms. Shelley and the Delta Blues Museum team. To my friends at Fender, Ernie Ball Strings, Peavey Amps, Jim Dunlop, Chertoff Custom Guitars, Reunion Blues Gig Bags and Pig Hog Cables—thank you for helping me to sound and look good. As I said on my 662 record, much love to all my fans. Thank you for the continued support. Y’all asked, so we did it live this time...I hope y’all dig round #3. And finally, as I like to close out my thank yous, I miss you, Ma. I do this to continue what we started and what we built together. I know you’re not only watching down and over me, but you’re also praying for and proud of me. I love you, Ma! –Kingfish   

Also available on Alligator Records: KINGFISH (CD & LP AL 4990) and 662 (CD & LP AL 5005). Visit Alligator’s website at alligator.com to see and read about our full catalog of blues CDs and LPs, plus t-shirts, jackets, books, videos, and other items not available in any other store. Order online with your credit card or call 1-800-344-5609. Alligator Records recommends a subscription to Living Blues (livingblues.com) and a membership in The Blues Foundation (blues.org).

Live In London

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - She Calls Me Kingfish (Live)

God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson

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Sinead O'Connor - Trouble Will Soon Be Over

JenniferCudahy - CommercialDemo

Groovin' In Greaseland

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I Ain't All That

100 Years Of Blues

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - Good Times

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - Old School

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - What The Hell ?

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - Birds Of A Feather

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - West Helena Blues

This River

JJ Grey & Mofro - 99 Shades of Crazy

Regular VT heads will have already noticed we’ve been big fans of Body/Head, the annilihatory guitar rock/haunting vocal duo of Kim Gordon and Bill Nace, since the first time we heard them on the fantastic Fever compilation on Ultra Eczema. We were immediately hungry for more and their subsequent releases on Ultra Eczema, Feeding Tube Records (a collaboration with one of our other favourite projects, Michael Morley of The Dead C’s Gate) and on Nace’s own Open Mouth imprint have consistently blown us away. To satisfy our need for more Body/Head the group have graciously shared a couple of unreleased tracks that “may or may not” appear on a future release and even then they might not appear in this form. These tracks continue the string-burn and F/X-saturated vocal style we love. We always dreamed of a Rudolph Grey/Amy Sheffer duo but Kim & Bill have exceeded our expectations w/their continuing phenomenal form. Crank up the heat! Keep an eye on VT for all current and future Body/Head releases: http://bit.ly/14YffMl

Body/Head (Kim Gordon & Bill Nace) Unreleased 1

Body/Head (Kim Gordon & Bill Nace) Unreleased 2

"Electric Chair" by Tinsley Ellis (Heartfixer Music, BMI)

Tinsley Ellis - Electric Chair

Produced by Curtis Salgado 
Mixed by Sandy Solomon 
Recorded at: Ultratone Studios, Studio City, CA,  
Engineered by Johnny Lee Schell Rock House Recording, Nashville, TN,  
Engineered by Kevin McKendree Greaseland Studios, San Jose, CA,  Engineered by Kid Andersen 

Additional recording at:  
Falcon Studios, Portland, OR,  
engineered by Dennis Carter Dockside Studio, Maurice, LA,  engineered by Justin Tocket 
Mastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, CA Photos by Jessica Keaveny Packaging design by Kevin Niemiec  

Special thanks to: Randy Fennell, Johnny Lee Schell, Kevin McKendree, Kid Anderson, Mike Crider, Kathy Goranson, Suzanne Dominique, Dave Duncan, Mike Finnigan, Michael Bard, Wendy and Philip Salgado, Tracy Arrington RIP.  

Curtis Salgado plays Hohner Harmonicas customized by Joe Filisko  Management: Shane Tappendorf, 
Odaglas LLC, odaglasllc@gmail.com  

Booking: Intrepid Artists, 
staff@intrepidartists.com, (704) 358-4777

Damage Control

Curtis Salgado - Precious Time

Since its inception, Alligator has always kept a close eye both on new artists and new technologies. In the 1970s, the company produced LPs, cassettes and 8-track tapes. In the 1980s, Alligator was the first blues company to produce CDs, and in the 1990s Alligator was among the first labels to market its catalog over the Internet. These days, alligator.com, the label's website, and its social media sites are instantly updated with the latest news and tour dates. At the website, visitors can listen to a 250-song jukebox while reading bios of every artist, get free downloads and purchase CDs and other blues-related merchandise. Alligator is also deeply involved in the downloading worlds, working closely with almost all of the legitimate download services, making thousands of Alligator tracks available for instant online purchase.

Today Alligator Records is fueled by the same principles that it first established in 1971. The label continues to push forward, still bucking the odds, with everybody working long hours on a shoestring budget. The entire staff is always looking for new talent and listening to a wide variety of roots music. As driven and determined as ever, Alligator is committed to the future. "I want to keep bringing blues and roots music to new fans and getting them as excited about the music as I am," says Iglauer. 

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite - What The Hell ?

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