Genre: blues
K.C. Douglas Interview – Blues
“This guy, when the high water was in 1927, the Mississippi River had all that, they had all kind of”…”The guy made a record called “Barbecue Bob” about Mississippi Heavy Water Blues.”…”That’s the biggest high water they ever had in the Mississippi River. That’s the time, oh man. Washing houses and everybody, people was going down there to sit on top of houses, just going on out.”
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Blues Musician Big Joe Williams Interview 1960
Born in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi in 1903, Joe Lee “Big Joe” Williams is a renowned blues musician known for his use of a nine-string guitar. He talks to Chris about making his living traveling with medicine shows, playing with a young Muddy Waters, and making records.
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Chris Strachwitz on Houston Record Labels
Jazz Report Vol. 2 No. 8. In 1962 Chris Strachwitz was writing a blues column for Jazz Report magazine. Here is part two of three articles...
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Bongo Joe Coleman Interview
In this brief interview Bongo Joe is not very talkative; however, he does reveal a few glimpses into his creative personality.
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Howlin’ Wolf Interview 1967
“I always make up songs about the way people live and how people act amongst themselves. Ups and downs they have. Some people have ups and downs, and what caused these things. A lot of people come out and sing but they don’t never put their sweetening into it. You’ve got to tell the peoples why you’re singing this, and what causing this, and showing them what you’re singing.”
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Audio Interviews
share: [feather_share] Luis Acosta Interviewed by Chris Strachwitz Date: May 19, 1974 Language: English Instrument maker, A&R man in San Antonio in the 1930s. Moses...
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Chris Strachwitz Blues Column
In 1962 Chris Strachwitz was writing a blues column for Jazz Report magazine. Here is part three of three articles about his travels in the south, this...
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Chris Strachwitz Writings
Most of Chris Strachwitz’s writing can be found in the liner notes to the LPs and CDs he recorded and produced for his record label Arhoolie...
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Chuck Berry | Berkeley Blues Festival
In 1965 Chris Strachwitz produced the Berkeley Blues Festival bringing Chuck Berry to Berkeley California and then to Los Angeles. Here’s a 7 minute interview conducted a few days after Chuck Berry passed away with Chris remembering those days and the two concerts.
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