For the past 47 years, Bruce Iglauer has run Chicago’s Alligator Records, one of the last remaining labels dedicated solely to the blues.

Like any small label owner, he’s had his share of ups and downs, but through it all, he’s stayed true to his mission: to bring this unique American music to a worldwide audience. Many of these moments are captured in the new book Bitten by the Blues—the Alligator Records Story, written by Iglauer and Patrick A. Roberts.

Iglauer joined the Morning Shift to share some memorable moments in blues history.