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Arhoolie Records (El Cerrito, California
El Cerrito, California

El Cerrito, California may refer to:*El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California*El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, a small unincorporated area surrounded by Corona, California...
) is a small record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 run by Chris Strachwitz
Chris Strachwitz

Christian Alexander Maria, Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz , is the founder and president of Arhoolie Records.Strachwitz was a son of Alexander Maria Hubertus Hyacinthus, Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz and wife Friederike Frances Adelheid von Bredow , daughter of Leopold Waldemar von Bredow ...
. The label was founded by Strachwitz in 1960
1960 in music

Events*January 14 - Elvis Presley is promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army*February 6 - Songwriter Jesse Belvin dies in an automobile accident in Los Angeles, California....
 as a way for him to record and publish previously obscure "down home blues" artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins

Sam "Lightnin?" Hopkins was a country blues guitarist, from Houston, Texas, Texas, United States....
, Snooks Eaglin
Snooks Eaglin

Snooks Eaglin, born Fird Eaglin, Jr. , was a guitarist and singer in New Orleans. He has also been referred to as Blind Snooks Eaglin in this early years....
 and Bill Gaither
Bill Gaither (musician)

Bill Gaither , sometimes known as "Little Bill" Gaither or Leroy's Buddy, was a blues guitarist and singer. Gaither recorded hundred of songs for labels such as Decca Records, Arhoolie and OKeh....
. Arhoolie still publishes blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 and folk music
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
, Tejano
Tejano

Tejano is a term used to identify a Texas of Hispanic and/or Latin-American descent....
 music including Lydia Mendoza
Lydia Mendoza

Lydia Mendoza was an United States guitarist and singer of Tejano music. She is considered by many "the queen of Tejano music". She is also known as La Alondra de la Frontera ....
 and regional Mexican music, cajun
Cajun

Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles and peoples of other ethnicities with whom the Acadians eventually intermarried on the semitropical frontier....
, zydeco
Zydeco

'Zydeco' is a form of American roots or traditional music. It evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 20th century from forms of Louisiana Creole music....
, and bluegrass
Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Folk music of Ireland, Music of Scotland, Music of Wales and Folk Music of England traditional music....
... the best of "roots" music.

Other artists who recorded for the Arhoolie label include: Dave Alexander
Dave Alexander (blues musician)

Dave Alexander aka Omar Sharriff, Omar Hakim Khayam is an United States blues singer, and pianist....
, Nathan Beauregard
Nathan Beauregard

Nathan Beauregard, real name Nathan Bogard, was an African American blues-singer and guitarist.Born blind, Beauregard soon became a musician, his repertoire consisting of songs of the pre-blues era and dance tunes like "Spoonful" and "Pretty Bunch of Daisies"....
, Juke Boy Bonner
Juke Boy Bonner

Weldon H. Philip Bonner, better known as Juke Boy Bonner was an United States blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. He was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, and Slim Harpo....
, Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier

Clifton Chenier a Creole French-speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, Louisiana, was an eminent performer and recording artist of Zydeco, which arose from Cajun music and Louisiana Creole music, with rhythm and blues, jazz, and blues influences....
, Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten

Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an United States blues and folk musician.Self-taught and having no knowledge of conventional guitar tunings , Cotten developed her own original style....
, Jesse Fuller
Jesse Fuller

Jesse Fuller was an United States one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". ...
, Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker

Earl Hooker was an United States blues guitarist. Hooker was a Chicago slide guitarist in the same league as Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, and his mentor, Robert Nighthawk....
, John Jackson
John Jackson (blues musician)

John Jackson was a talented blues musician in the Piedmont blues style; his music did not become primary until his accidental "discovery" by folklorist Chuck Perdue in the 1960s....
, Mance Lipscomb
Mance Lipscomb

Mance Lipscomb was an influential blues singer, guitarist and songster. Born Beau De Glen Lipscomb near Navasota, Texas, Texas, he as a youth took the name of 'Mance' from a friend of his oldest brother Charlie ....
, Mississippi Fred McDowell, 'Whistlin' Alex Moore, Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite

Charlie Musselwhite is an American blues-harp player and bandleader, one of the non-black bluesmen who came to prominence in the early 1960s, along with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield....
, Doctor Ross
Doctor Ross

Doctor Ross , aka Doctor Ross, the harmonica boss, was an United States blues, guitarist, harmonica and drummer ? a one-man band ? who was born Charles Isaiah Ross, in Tunica, Mississippi, Mississippi....
, Bukka White
Bukka White

Bukka White was a delta blues guitarist and singer. "Bukka" was not a nickname, but a misspelling of White's Given name by his second record label, ....
, Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams

Big Joe Williams was an United States Delta blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality....
, Black Ace
Black Ace

Black Ace was the most frequently used stage name of United States blues musician Babe Kyro Lemon Turner , who was also known as B.K. Turner, Black Ace Turner or Babe Turner....
, BeauSoleil
Beausoleil

BeauSoleil is a musical group specializing in Cajun music. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, the group members are brothers Michael Doucet and David Doucet , Jimmy Breaux , Billy Ware , Tommy Alesi , and Mitchell Reed ....
, Jerry Hahn
Jerry Hahn

Jerry Hahn is an American jazz guitarist.Hahn studied at Wichita State University, then moved to San Francisco in 1962, where he played with John Handy ....
, the Savoy Family Band, the Pine Leaf Boys, and Rose Maddox
Rose Maddox

Roselea Arbana "Rose" Brogdon was an United States country music singer/songwriter/fiddle player. She is referred to as "The Original Hillbilly Filly" and "The Grandmother of Rockabilly"....
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Arhoolie Records (El Cerrito, California
El Cerrito, California

El Cerrito, California may refer to:*El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California*El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, a small unincorporated area surrounded by Corona, California...
) is a small record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 run by Chris Strachwitz
Chris Strachwitz

Christian Alexander Maria, Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz , is the founder and president of Arhoolie Records.Strachwitz was a son of Alexander Maria Hubertus Hyacinthus, Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz and wife Friederike Frances Adelheid von Bredow , daughter of Leopold Waldemar von Bredow ...
. The label was founded by Strachwitz in 1960
1960 in music

Events*January 14 - Elvis Presley is promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army*February 6 - Songwriter Jesse Belvin dies in an automobile accident in Los Angeles, California....
 as a way for him to record and publish previously obscure "down home blues" artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins

Sam "Lightnin?" Hopkins was a country blues guitarist, from Houston, Texas, Texas, United States....
, Snooks Eaglin
Snooks Eaglin

Snooks Eaglin, born Fird Eaglin, Jr. , was a guitarist and singer in New Orleans. He has also been referred to as Blind Snooks Eaglin in this early years....
 and Bill Gaither
Bill Gaither (musician)

Bill Gaither , sometimes known as "Little Bill" Gaither or Leroy's Buddy, was a blues guitarist and singer. Gaither recorded hundred of songs for labels such as Decca Records, Arhoolie and OKeh....
. Arhoolie still publishes blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 and folk music
Folk music

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including:* Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definition...
, Tejano
Tejano

Tejano is a term used to identify a Texas of Hispanic and/or Latin-American descent....
 music including Lydia Mendoza
Lydia Mendoza

Lydia Mendoza was an United States guitarist and singer of Tejano music. She is considered by many "the queen of Tejano music". She is also known as La Alondra de la Frontera ....
 and regional Mexican music, cajun
Cajun

Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles and peoples of other ethnicities with whom the Acadians eventually intermarried on the semitropical frontier....
, zydeco
Zydeco

'Zydeco' is a form of American roots or traditional music. It evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 20th century from forms of Louisiana Creole music....
, and bluegrass
Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Folk music of Ireland, Music of Scotland, Music of Wales and Folk Music of England traditional music....
... the best of "roots" music.

Other artists who recorded for the Arhoolie label include: Dave Alexander
Dave Alexander (blues musician)

Dave Alexander aka Omar Sharriff, Omar Hakim Khayam is an United States blues singer, and pianist....
, Nathan Beauregard
Nathan Beauregard

Nathan Beauregard, real name Nathan Bogard, was an African American blues-singer and guitarist.Born blind, Beauregard soon became a musician, his repertoire consisting of songs of the pre-blues era and dance tunes like "Spoonful" and "Pretty Bunch of Daisies"....
, Juke Boy Bonner
Juke Boy Bonner

Weldon H. Philip Bonner, better known as Juke Boy Bonner was an United States blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. He was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, and Slim Harpo....
, Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier

Clifton Chenier a Creole French-speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, Louisiana, was an eminent performer and recording artist of Zydeco, which arose from Cajun music and Louisiana Creole music, with rhythm and blues, jazz, and blues influences....
, Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten

Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an United States blues and folk musician.Self-taught and having no knowledge of conventional guitar tunings , Cotten developed her own original style....
, Jesse Fuller
Jesse Fuller

Jesse Fuller was an United States one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". ...
, Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker

Earl Hooker was an United States blues guitarist. Hooker was a Chicago slide guitarist in the same league as Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, and his mentor, Robert Nighthawk....
, John Jackson
John Jackson (blues musician)

John Jackson was a talented blues musician in the Piedmont blues style; his music did not become primary until his accidental "discovery" by folklorist Chuck Perdue in the 1960s....
, Mance Lipscomb
Mance Lipscomb

Mance Lipscomb was an influential blues singer, guitarist and songster. Born Beau De Glen Lipscomb near Navasota, Texas, Texas, he as a youth took the name of 'Mance' from a friend of his oldest brother Charlie ....
, Mississippi Fred McDowell, 'Whistlin' Alex Moore, Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite

Charlie Musselwhite is an American blues-harp player and bandleader, one of the non-black bluesmen who came to prominence in the early 1960s, along with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield....
, Doctor Ross
Doctor Ross

Doctor Ross , aka Doctor Ross, the harmonica boss, was an United States blues, guitarist, harmonica and drummer ? a one-man band ? who was born Charles Isaiah Ross, in Tunica, Mississippi, Mississippi....
, Bukka White
Bukka White

Bukka White was a delta blues guitarist and singer. "Bukka" was not a nickname, but a misspelling of White's Given name by his second record label, ....
, Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams

Big Joe Williams was an United States Delta blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality....
, Black Ace
Black Ace

Black Ace was the most frequently used stage name of United States blues musician Babe Kyro Lemon Turner , who was also known as B.K. Turner, Black Ace Turner or Babe Turner....
, BeauSoleil
Beausoleil

BeauSoleil is a musical group specializing in Cajun music. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, the group members are brothers Michael Doucet and David Doucet , Jimmy Breaux , Billy Ware , Tommy Alesi , and Mitchell Reed ....
, Jerry Hahn
Jerry Hahn

Jerry Hahn is an American jazz guitarist.Hahn studied at Wichita State University, then moved to San Francisco in 1962, where he played with John Handy ....
, the Savoy Family Band, the Pine Leaf Boys, and Rose Maddox
Rose Maddox

Roselea Arbana "Rose" Brogdon was an United States country music singer/songwriter/fiddle player. She is referred to as "The Original Hillbilly Filly" and "The Grandmother of Rockabilly"....
.

See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...


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