Arhoolie!
Chris Strachwitz of the famed label, Arhoolie!, passed away this week at 91. He left an incredibly rich catalogue of recordings from a wide array of cultures and artists that spans over fifty years. Tonight we peruse through a few of them, enjoy!
Playlist
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The Hodges Brothers, “The Bubble Gum Boogie”
from Bogue Chitto Flingding: Old Time Mississippi Country Music
Arhoolie Records - 2003
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Lemon Nash, “I'm Blue Every Monday”
from Papa Lemon: New Orleans Ukulele Maestro & Tent Show Troubadour: The 1959-61 Oster & Allen Recordings
Arhoolie Records - 2014
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Mance Lipscomb, “I Just Hang Down My Head and I Cry”
from Nobody Cares for Me
The Entertainers - 2014
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Sandy Austin, “Scrambled Eggs”
from Cajun Honky Tonk: The Khoury Recordings, Vol. 2
Arhoolie Records - 2012
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Los Hermanos Sánchez y Linares, “Corrido de Joaquín Murrieta (Pt. 1)”
from Historic Mexican-American Music, Vol. 13: 1931-1937
Arhoolie Records - 2000
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Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard, “Chameaux One-Step”
Arhoolie Records - 1989
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Mississippi Fred McDowell, “I Wish I Was in Heaven Sittin' Down”
from The Best of Mississippi Fred Mcdowell
Arhoolie Records - 2001
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The Maddox Brothers & Rose Maddox, “If You Ain't Got the Do-Re-Mi”
Arhoolie Records - 1996
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Jimmy Choates, “Belle Isle Waltz”
from Cajun Honky Tonk: The Khoury Recordings, Vol. 2
Arhoolie Records - 2012
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The Carter Family, “Oh, Death”
from American Epic: The Best of The Carter Family
Columbia/Legacy - 2017
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Clifton Chenier, “Old Country Waltz”
from Live! at the 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival
Arhoolie Records - 2000
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Frank Quinn, “Rafferty's Reel”
from If You Are Irish: Pioneer Irish-American Recordings 1923-34
Arhoolie Records - 1997
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Cliff Carlisle, “When the Evening Sun Goes Down”
from A Country Legacy 1930-1939: CD A
JSP Records - 2007
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Mariachi Tapatio de Jose Marmolejo, “Mi Tierra”
from México's Pioneer Mariachis, Vol.2: Mariachi Tapatío De José Marmolejo: El Auténtico
Arhoolie Records - 1993
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Adolph Hofner, “Sage Brush Shuffle”
from Top 50 Classics - The Very Best of Adolph Hofner
GRR Music - 2015
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Billie Pierce, “Going Back to Florida”
from Billie & Dede Pierce and Paul Barbarin with Chris Barber's Jazz Band 1960
GHB - 1994
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Carl Martin, Howard Armstrong & Ted Bogan, “Nothing in the Wide World for Me”
from Louie Bluie (Original Film Soundtrack)
self-released - 2008
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Herman E. Johnson, “Where the Mansion's Prepared for Me”
Arhoolie Records - 1996
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Treme Brass Band, “My Bucket's Got a Hole In It”
from New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City
Smithsonian Folkways - 2015
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