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About Me

On November 3, 1960, the first Arhoolie LP (LP stands for Long Play, 33 1/3 rpm record, for anyone too young to remember) arrived from the pressing plant: 250 copies of Mance Lipscomb's "Texas Sharecropper and Songster." Founder/president Chris Strachwitz and co. sat around his kitchen table gluing printed cover slicks onto black jackets. They stuffed the discs into the jackets and inserted a booklet which included Mack McCormick's interesting and informative notes and the texts of the songs. After a lot of hard work they finally had 250 "homemade" copies for sale.Forty plus years, and a few music formats later, Chris Strachwitz is still busy releasing the music he likes, the way he likes it. Arhoolie remains an independant record label, devoted to releasing down home music. Among these are: Blues, Cajun, Zydeco, Tejano, Mexico Regional, Gospel, Bluegrass, Jazz, Old-Timey, Country, Folk, and world, to name several.

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Member Since: 9/11/2006
Band Website: arhoolie.com
Band Members: Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb, Lightning Hopkins, Rose Maddox, Big Mama Thornton, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Lydia Mendoza, Michael Doucet and Beausoleil, Flaco Jimenez, No Speed Limit, The Lee Boys, The Pine Leaf Boys, The Magnolia Sisters, The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, Conjunto Bernal, Santiago Jimenez Jr., The Campbell Brothers, Amede Ardoin, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Jackson, Valerio Longoria, Los Pinguinos Del Norte, Csokolom, The Carter Family, The Maddox Brothers and Rose, Del McCoury, Treme Brass Band, Sonny Simmons, Aubrey Ghent, Isidro Lopez, Sonny Treadway, Don Tosti, The Savoy Family Band, and many more!
Sounds Like: Blues, Cajun, Zydeco, Tejano, Mexican Regional, Gospel, Bluegrass, Old-Timey, Country, Jazz, World Music, Folk, and on and on and on.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Arhoolie New Release: Beto Villa: Father of Orquesta Tejana, Vol. 1

Arhoolie Records is happy to share our latest release: Beto Villa: Father of Orquesta Tejana, Vol. 1, in stores now, and available for direct purchase online!This collection brings you some of the fir...
Posted by Arhoolie Records on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:25:00 PST

This is Rose Maddox (with the Vern Williams Band)

This 14 song disc, in stores now, features the legendary Rose Maddox backed by the equally legendary Vern Williams Band.Along with her brothers, Rose Maddox, the Queen of West Coast Country Music, def...
Posted by Arhoolie Records on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:32:00 PST

Conjunto Bernal, Mi Unico Camino

Arhoolie Records is pleased to announce the release of Conjunto Bernal, "Mi Unico Camino," in stores now!Although these recordings were made fifty years ago, Conjunto Bernal is still popular in South ...
Posted by Arhoolie Records on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:46:00 PST

Tamburitza! Hot String Band Music

Tamburitza, Hot String Band Music: From the Balkans to America: 1910-1950.Due out this March (street date: March 27, 2007), the Tamburitza! set offers two CDs worth of hot Balkan string band music. Th...
Posted by Arhoolie Records on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:28:00 PST

Pine Leaf Boys in the New York Times

The New York Times have published a snazzy story about the Pine Leaf Boys, "Cajun Sound, Rock 'n' Roll Energy," By Geoffrey Himes. The story highlights their entrancing live presence. To quote: "A spe...
Posted by Arhoolie Records on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:05:00 PST

Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams band. All gospel bluegrass.

Arhoolie is proud to announce the upcoming release of Rose Maddox, with the Vern Williams Band, "Beautiful Bouquet," expected to hit stores in late March (street date: March 27, 2007).The legendary Ro...
Posted by Arhoolie Records on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:08:00 PST

NEW Pine Leaf Boys

Available March 13th, The newest Pine Leaf Boys album continues with their young, fresh, energetic take on traditional Cajun and Creole dance music and songs. From the mournful blues singing and fiddl...
Posted by Arhoolie Records on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:05:00 PST

ARHOOLIE GIVES AWAY THE STORE!!!

Dear Arhooligans, We wanted to kick off the holiday season right by giving away a FREE song every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Just go to http://www.arhoolie.com and look und...
Posted by Arhoolie Records on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:10:00 PST