ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Audio Interviews
Audio interviews by Chris Strachwitz during his research into the music he was recording for his label Arhoolie Records as well as for his radio programs on KPFA-FM (Berkeley, CA) in the 1960’s through 1980’s, and by Dr. Manuel Peña during his research for his several books on Mexican American music.
Staple Singers Interview
Staple Singers Interview “…he wanted us to sing blues. He said, Mavis can make a lot of money if we sang blues. I didn’t want to...
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Mercy Dee Walton Interview
Mercy Dee Walton Interview “The blues to me was a way of getting rid of your trouble through your music. During those times when I started...
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Moise Robin Interview
Moise Robin Interview “[My daddy] had an accordion and I would go to school and when I would come back from school instead of make my...
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Moses Asch Interview (Folkways Records)
Moses Asch Interview “Harry Smith is a nut, right? He knows every date, he knows every place, he knows everything.” – Moses Asch Moses Asch (1905 –...
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T-Bone Walker Interview
T-Bone Walker Interview “To be the best, I’d have to stick with my style. I can’t get away from it. That’s the reason why I don’t...
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Nathan Beauregard Interview
Nathan Beauregard Interview Singer-guitarist Nathan Beauregard is one of the most interesting of the newly discovered veteran performers of blues and Negro folksong. The vigor and...
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Paul Oliver Interview
Paul Oliver Interview Paul Oliver & Mance Lipscomb at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival In this hour long interview, British blues historian and author Paul...
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Piano Red (Willie Lee Perryman) Interview
Piano Red Interview “I started wandering about then, from town to town, after I found out I could make a buck playing. We would go from...
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Santiago Jiménez, Sr. Interview
Santiago Jiménez, Sr. Interview Santiago Jiménez, Sr. learned to play accordion watching his father, Patricio Jiménez, who was the only accordion player Santiago recalls playing at...
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Adolph Hofner Interview
Adolph Hofner Interview “There wasn’t very many such things as Guitars back in community I lived with, it was all brass and drums and tubas and...
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