Blues / Jazz / Gospel
Blues, Jazz & Gospel
Whether collecting 78s and releasing them on the Blues Classics label or recording Lightning Hopkins, Big Mama Thornton, Reverend Overstreet, Billie and Dee Dee Pierce, and many more for his Arhoolie Records label, Chris Strachwitz has always been associated with blues, jazz and gospel.
The Ahroolie Foundation website features many items from the Chris Strachwitz Archive.
Audio Interviews
Listen to legendary musicians tell their story in their own voices.Bongo Joe (George Coleman) Clifton Chenier
Listen to legendary musicians tell their story in their own voices.Bongo Joe (George Coleman) Clifton Chenier
John Littlejohn (John Wesley Funchess)
The Staple Singers (Roebuck, Mavis and Yvonne)
Marcellus Thomas
Big Mama Thornton
Don Tosti
T-Bone Walker with his mother Movelia Jimerson
Mercy Dee Walton
Big Joe Williams
Photos / Posters
You will find photos all over this website. Here are some specific galleries where you will find blues, jazz, and gospel images.Zydeco, Cajun, Gospel, and Rhythm & Blues PostersChris Strachwitz Photo Archive
You will find photos all over this website. Here are some specific galleries where you will find blues, jazz, and gospel images.Zydeco, Cajun, Gospel, and Rhythm & Blues PostersChris Strachwitz Photo Archive
Big Mama Thornton Photo Gallery
1986 – Photos by Chris Strachwitz
DVDs
Streaming Video
Written Words
Articles and information pertaining to blues, jazz, and gospel music1960 Journey to the South – Chris Strachwitz. – The beginings of Arhoolie Records1962 Trip In 1962 Chris took a very long trip through the south, up to New York, to Chicago, and down through the south again.
Articles and information pertaining to blues, jazz, and gospel music1960 Journey to the South – Chris Strachwitz. – The beginings of Arhoolie Records1962 Trip In 1962 Chris took a very long trip through the south, up to New York, to Chicago, and down through the south again.
1962 Lightning and the Zydeco Uprising – Chris Strachwitz
1962 The Houston “Record Men” – Chris Strachwitz
1962 Louisiana – Chris Strachwitz
