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During the 1960s folk music revival, #BigMamaThornton made several records with Arhoolie and performed at a number of festivals in the United States and Europe. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie @Folkways @ArhoolieFdn This tweet was posted on October 12, 2018.
Happy birthday Flaco Jiménez! See more Flaco in our exhibition, "Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records", on display, post-security in Terminal 2. https://t.co/LZ46ULrtmv https://t.co/ocZhNpW3WW This tweet was posted on March 11, 2019.
Hear more from #arhoolierecords in this youtube video: https://t.co/3mXizdFtfT @ArhoolieFdn @Folkways #arhoolie #storyofarhoolie This tweet was posted on September 21, 2018.
In 1959, Chris Strachwitz traveled to Houston, #Texas, where he saw #LightninHopkins perform and was struck by his improvised lyrics and spontaneous exchange with the audience, which inspired him to start #Arhoolie. #storyofarhoolie This tweet was posted on October 23, 2018.
Narciso Martínez (1911–92), the father of Texas-Mexican conjunto/norteño and its most influential early accordion player, made his first recordings in 1936. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 20, 2018.
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.
Powerful rhythm-and-blues singer #BigMamaThornton (1926–84) was first to record the songs “Hound Dog” and her own composition, “Ball n’ Chain,” which would later be made famous by #ElvisPresley and #JanisJoplin. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie @Folkways @ArhoolieFdn This tweet was posted on October 12, 2018.
RT @ArhoolieFdn: Great story from @KQED and @rachaelmyrow on the new Arhoolie Records exhibit at @SFOMuseum Give a listen: https://t.co/8GM… This tweet was posted on September 17, 2018.
Sisters María and Juanita Mendoza were born in Monterrey, Mexico. Although their sister Lydia would become the most famous member of the family, Juanita and María also achieved acclaim as the duet Las Hermanas Mendoza beginning in the 1950s. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie https://t.co/EDCgYBVsC1 This tweet was posted on December 05, 2018.
Special thank you to Chris Strachwitz, @Smithsonian @Folkways Recordings, and @Arhoolifnd. "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 October 12, 2018.
The #French-speaking settlers who left the #Acadian region of #Canada for southwest #Louisiana in 1764 became known as #Cajuns. They brought their traditional ballads and fiddle tunes with them. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 07, 2018.
The #accordion, introduced by #German immigrants to the United States, was incorporated into the #Cajun and #Creole repertoire around the turn of the twentieth century. Lyrics are still sung in #French today. #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 07, 2018.
This is your last week to see “Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. Learn about the odyssey of Chris Strachwitz who released the first LP on his Arhoolie label in 1960. https://t.co/LZ46ULrtmv #storyofarhoolie This tweet was posted on June 03, 2019.
What's going on at the museum? Our curator has made her final selections for our newest exhibition, which is about #Arhoolie Records. See photos from these records sleeves, in "Down-Home Music: The Story of Arhoolie Records" opening soon in Terminal 2. #behindthescenes #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on August 15, 2018.
“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.