Tweets about Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records We've posted 32 Tweets about this exhibition since it opened.

“Oakland Blues” is an #Arhoolie compilation of material from 1948–57 that spotlights some #Oakland bluesmen and women from Louisiana and Texas who came to work in Bay Area shipyards around World War II. #StoryofArhoolie This tweet was posted on April 24, 2019.

One of the most individualistic, great Texas barrelhouse pianists, Alex Moore (1899–1989) made his first recordings with Columbia Records in the late 1920s. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie @ArhoolieFdn This tweet was posted on April 17, 2019.

"Down-Home Music: The Story of #Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46UL9SuX #StoryofArhoolie This tweet was posted on March 12, 2019.

#Arhoolie Records’ subsidiary label Blues Classics was the first to reintroduce the work of #MemphisMinnie (1897–1973) to a new (and largely white) audience. #StoryofArhoolie #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 12, 2019.

#Arhoolie Records’ subsidiary label Blues Classics was the first to reintroduce the work of Memphis Minnie to a new audience. Minnie enjoyed a successful career performing beginning in the 1920s and continuing well into the 1950s. #TheStoryofArhoolie This tweet was posted on January 31, 2019.

"Down-Home Music: The Story of #Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46UL9SuX #StoryofArhoolie This tweet was posted on January 16, 2019.

"Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46UL9SuX #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on January 03, 2019.

Cleveland Chenier, considered the most innovative and accomplished rubboard player, beat and scraped the instrument with bottle openers—six on each hand—to create varied sounds. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on January 03, 2019.

Although Cleveland Chenier was not the first to play a rubboard, his younger brother Clifton was the first to design this instrument to fit like a vest over his chest, a style which came to be emulated by other zydeco musicians who followed after him. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on January 03, 2019.

Cleveland Chenier, the older brother of the "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier, played the rubboard in Clifton's zydeco band. The rubboard is a rhythm instrument made from a corrugated steel board. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on January 03, 2019.

A unique form of #gospel music, #SacredSteel music features lap and pedal steel #guitars. Developed in the 1930s by members of the House of God, music serves as an integral part of their church services. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie https://t.co/ZxjCgBFJob This tweet was posted on December 19, 2018.

"Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46ULrtmv #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on December 05, 2018.