Genre: Country
Arhoolie Records 45rpm Discography
Arhoolie Records 45rpm Discography by Tom Ball Arhoolie Records was founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz. Throughout the years of the vinyl disc, Arhoolie Records released...
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Down Home Music 1963 Film
For a limited time watch the entire documentary for free. Down Home Music A Journey Through the Heartland 1963 filmed by Dietrich Wawzyn In 1963 German...
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Chris Strachwitz 1960 Blues Article
In 1960 Chris Strachwitz was running a small mail order record service and newsletter called the International Blues Record Club (IBRC). In the summer of 1960...
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New Lost City Ramblers Film – Always Been A Rambler
For a limited time watch the entire documentary for free. ALWAYS BEEN A RAMBLER A film by Yasha Aginsky This hour-long documentary celebrates fifty years of the...
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Chris Strachwitz 1962 Article
[feather_share] International Blues Record Club Bulletin Vol. 2 No. 1 December 1962 Searching for music in 1962 with Chris Strachwitz Now, that the commercials...
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Bill Neely Interview
Bill Neely has been singing and picking guitar since 1929 when Jimmie Rodgers showed him a few basics. In the late 1940s he started writing his own songs and has been doing it ever since. The songs on this, Bill’s first album, are almost all his own compositions.
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Maddox Brothers and Rose Photo Gallery
The Maddox Brothers and Rose “America’s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band” These images were collected by Chris Strachwitz and are part of the Arhoolie Foundation’s Chris Strachwitz...
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Fred and Rose Maddox Interview
“I had about 10 pounds in my sack and I sat down and just started thinking…’Fred, what are you doing back there?’ I said, ‘I’m thinking.’ ‘What are you thinking?’ I said, ‘I’m thinking let’s go into the music business.”
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J.E. Mainer Interview
Joseph Emmett Mainer talks about growing up, working in the cotton mills and playing with his brother Wade for the Crazy Water Crystal Company-sponsored radio shows, and recording for RCA Victor, King Records and Alan Lomax.
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