Alligator Bogaloo (Blue Note 80): Vinyl LP TVE Costello described The Juliet Letters

Costello described The Juliet Letters as “a song sequence for string quartet and voice and it has a title

Benny Golson

The band had signed a legally binding “cessation of touring” contract that prevented them touring as Mötley Crüe beyond the end of 2015 and so this concert truly was “The End”

both in the studio and on stage

“New To Me” was inspired by their shared experience with loved ones suffering from Alzheimer’s

Alligator Bogaloo (Blue Note 80): Vinyl LP TVE Costello described The Juliet LettersAlto saxophonist Lou Donaldson scored a hit with Alligator Bogaloo, the jaunty and memorable lead cut and title track of his 1967 soul jazz classic, but the album brims with funky grooves from start to finish with the breezy Aw Shucks, rollicking Rev. Moses, and the sinuous minimalism of One Cylinder. Alligator Bogaloo marked the beginning of a fruitful and long running collaboration between Lou and organ master Dr. Lonnie Smith, with the stellar band