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This is your last week to see “Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records”, which is on display post-security in Terminal 2. This image was posted on June 04, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #mancelipscomb #blues #folkmusic #texas
This is your last week to see “Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records”, which is on display post-security in Terminal 2. This image was posted on June 04, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #mancelipscomb #blues #folkmusic #texas
This is your last week to see “Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records”, which is on display post-security in Terminal 2. This image was posted on June 04, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #mancelipscomb #blues #folkmusic #texas
“So long, so long / Best of friends, they got apart / You know some may be your lover, some may be the one / Oh yes, may be the one breakin' your heart” - “Bad Luck N’ Trouble” by Lightnin’ Hopkins Born in Centerville, Texas, country bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins (1912–82) learned to play the guitar from his older brother John Henry Hopkins. This video was posted on April 30, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #texas #lightninghopkins #blues #albumcover
“So long, so long / Best of friends, they got apart / You know some may be your lover, some may be the one / Oh yes, may be the one breakin' your heart” - “Bad Luck N’ Trouble” by Lightnin’ Hopkins Born in Centerville, Texas, country bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins (1912–82) learned to play the guitar from his older brother John Henry Hopkins. This video was posted on April 30, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #texas #lightninghopkins #blues #albumcover
Many of the musicians on “Oakland Blues” came from Louisiana and Texas to work in Bay Area shipyards around World War II. This image was posted on April 24, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #mancelipscomb #blues #oakland #albumcover
Chris Strachwitz explains on the liner notes to “When Women Sang the Blues” that Mamie Smith made the first ever vocal blues recording “Crazy Blues” in 1920. This video was posted on March 27, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #blues #womenshistorymonth
Chris Strachwitz explains on the liner notes to “When Women Sang the Blues” that Mamie Smith made the first ever vocal blues recording “Crazy Blues” in 1920. This video was posted on March 27, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #blues #womenshistorymonth
Arhoolie Records’ subsidiary label Blues Classics was the first to reintroduce the work of Memphis Minnie (1897–1973) to a new (and largely white) audience. This image was posted on March 12, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #mancelipscomb #tenantfarmer #blues #folkmusic #ballads #gospel #texas
Arhoolie Records’ subsidiary label Blues Classics was the first to reintroduce the work of Memphis Minnie (1897–1973) to a new (and largely white) audience. This image was posted on March 12, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #mancelipscomb #tenantfarmer #blues #folkmusic #ballads #gospel #texas
Arhoolie Records’ subsidiary label Blues Classics was the first to reintroduce the work of Memphis Minnie (1897–1973) to a new (and largely white) audience. This image was posted on March 12, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #mancelipscomb #tenantfarmer #blues #folkmusic #ballads #gospel #texas
Arhoolie Records’ subsidiary label Blues Classics was the first to reintroduce the work of Memphis Minnie (1897–1973) to a new and largely white audience. This image was posted on January 31, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #memphisminnie #mississippi #blues #memphis #guitar #louisiana #singer #songwriter #recordalbum