Location: Texas
Frankie Lee Sims Interview
“I always could sing see. I always could sing but my hobby, what I really loved, was the guitar. You go somewhere where the guitar was at. I just didn’t pay no attention.”
Read MoreMartín Echeverría Interview – Los Hermanos Chavarría
Along with Rocha & Martinez, Martin and Alphonso Echeverría, Los Hermanos Chavarría, as their name was always spelled on the record labels, were one of the pioneer duetos to record in San Antonio and their fierce rural, defiant, and unrestrained vocal style made them remarkably popular for over a decade.
Read MoreDown 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...
Read MoreChris 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...
Read MoreStrachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican American and Mexican Recordings
Visit the UCLA Frontera Website. Listen to the recordings, view the record labels and album covers, read the blog, read the biographies, add to the knowledge, leave...
Read MoreChris 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...
Read MoreLightning Hopkins & the Zydeco Uprising
In 1962 Chris Strachwitz was writing a blues column for Jazz Report magazine. Here is part one of three articles about his travels in the south,...
Read MoreThe Blues Come To Texas — Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick’s Unfinished Book
The book signing party and discussion with Alan Governar, Chris Strachwitz, and Joel Selvin. Held at Down Home Music in El Cerrito, California July 16, 2019....
Read MoreGuillermo Hernandez Corrido Film
Watch the entire 56 minute film “El Mundo del Corrido de Guillermo Hernandez,” about the late UCLA professor Guillermo Hernandez and his love for Mexican American...
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