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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.
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.
Clifton Chenier (1925–87), considered the “King of Zydeco,” invented and popularized the musical genre to audiences nationwide as well as in Europe. In 1976, Arhoolie released Chenier’s “Bogalusa Boogie,” his seventh and most famous album. #storyofarhoolie https://t.co/cYoJpTStzf This tweet was posted on May 16, 2019.
During the 1930s, Santiago Jiménez, Sr., and Narciso Martínez pioneered the use of the accordion in Texas-Mexican music. Jiménez, Sr., enjoyed a long recording career into the 1950s and ’60s. #storyofarhoolie This tweet was posted on February 21, 2019.
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.
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 1934, #LydiaMendoza recorded her most famous ballad, “Mal Hombre” (Bad Man). Many of her songs explore dark themes of heartbreak and suffering. #StoryofArhoolie https://t.co/3G6HP708Ei This tweet was posted on November 29, 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.
Louis Overstreet (1921–80) began singing in gospel quartets at an early age. Overstreet performed a unique blend of musical street evangelism using his powerful singing voice, an amplified guitar, and his gospel quartet made up of his four sons. #StoryofArhoolie https://t.co/KDravDmiYF This tweet was posted on January 26, 2019.
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.
North Carolina native #ElizabethCotten (1895–1987) first picked up her brother’s banjo at the age of eight. Left-handed, she taught herself to play the right-handed guitar upside down. #StoryofArhoolie #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/u2NcUZLiPs This tweet was posted on March 21, 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.
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: Have you seen the #storyofarhoolie exhibit at @SFOMuseum? We hear from people all the time who were thrilled to see treasu… This tweet was posted on November 05, 2018.
Rather than use the traditional button accordion typical in #Cajun and #Creole music, #CliftonChenier played a piano accordion, which can play in any key. While playing music, he worked in various trades including agriculture and truck driving for oil refineries. #StoryofArhoolie This tweet was posted on November 03, 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.
The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band has performed together since 1977. Composed of members, Marc Savoy, Ann Savoy, and Michael Doucet, they have played important roles in the preservation and revitalization of Cajun music and culture. #storyofarhoolie https://t.co/VRTK0UpcsH This tweet was posted on May 23, 2019.
The lap steel guitar was developed in Hawai’i and is attributed to an adolescent named Joseph Kekuku (1874–1932). He began playing a regular guitar on his lap and sliding a piece of metal along its strings. #StoryofArhoolie This tweet was posted on January 16, 2019.
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.
“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.
“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 #StoryofArhoolie https://t.co/ZOaT8JvRVX This tweet was posted on April 30, 2019.