Chris Strachwitz Collection Archives - Page 6 of 8

Eddie Shuler – Goldband Records

“Of course I had a good band, The Hackberry Ramblers were backing me up on all that stuff. You know Luderin Darbone, he’s hard to beat when it comes to playing that Cajun fiddle that he’s got. Do you know they’re going to go play at the World’s Fair this year?…”

Moise Robin Interview – Cajun

“[My daddy] had an accordion and I would go to school and when I would come back from school instead of make my lesson. I was more interested in accordion … and I learned when I was nine years of age.”

Moses Asch – Folkways Records

Moses Asch was the founder of Asch Records, Folkways Records, and Disc Records. Listen to his 1981 interview with Arhoolie Foundation’s Chris Strachwitz.

Big Mama Thornton Interview

“…I would like very much to do spirituals. Because I feel that I got the voice. I feel like I got the power. I just feel like I could just do them. You would be surprised, mostly my occupation every morning is turn on my radio and listen to spirituals. I love those spirituals. I love good singing.”

Los Alegres de Terán Photo Gallery

Los Alegres de Terán Photo Gallery Los Alegres de Terán were one of the earliest Mexican Norteño bands started by Eugenio Abrego and Tomás Ortiz in...

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...

Paul Oliver Interview

In this hour long interview, British blues historian and author Paul Oliver and Chris Strachwitz discuss the Ann Arbor Blues Festival, blues, American music, culture, and much more.

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.”

Joe Patek Interview – Czech Polka

“We don’t do it for money, [or] trying to make a living out of it. We do it for hobby because we love music. I don’t go fishing. I don’t go hunting. I don’t own a gun and don’t own a fishing pole but I’ll go 150 and 200 miles to play a dance.”

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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