Forum From the Archives: ‘Down Home Music’ Captures Arhoolie Records’ History in Photos

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Legendary Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz transversed the United States and Mexico for decades recording traditional roots music and unknown artists. The El Cerrito-based producer, who died last year, was known for his ear for music, but he also had an eye for capturing images. More than 150 of those photos documenting his travels and recording sessions are collected in a new book, “Arhoolie Records Down Home Music: The Stories and Photographs of Chris Strachwitz.” Co-author and veteran music journalist Joel Selvin joins us to talk about Strachwitz’s art and legacy. Guest: Joel Selvin, San Francisco-based music journalist and author. His latest book is "Arhoolie Records: Down Home Music." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.6	This week, we're listening back on our interviews that spotlight the creativity that abounds in the Bay Area. And today we talk about
1:18.4	our Huli Records founder, Chris Strachwitz, who died last year. He'd spent 60 years recording
1:24.6	roots music, the blues, Zidico, Norteno, a bunch of other stuff.
1:28.6	While he's known for the sound that he captured, he also brought along a camera,
1:32.7	and the photos he took have been collected into a book co-authored with veteran journalist Joel Selvin.
1:37.9	We listen to selections from the Arhuli catalog and talk about the life and legacy of Chris Strachwitz.
1:43.9	That's all coming up next after this news.
1:58.1	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
2:03.9	We're joined this morning by Joel Selvin, San Francisco-based music journalist and co-author of Our Huli Records Down Home Music, The Stories and Photographs of Chris Strachwitz. Welcome, Joel.
2:12.7	Great to be here. I want to tell people, we've got some of the photos up from this book on our Instagram.
2:17.8	They are amazing. And before we start talking, I want to tell people, we've got some of the photos up from this book on our Instagram. They are amazing. And before we start talking, I want to get people a sense of what our Huli
2:23.4	Records was about. So, it's 1960. We're in Los Gatos, little shack off Highway 17. It's the house
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