Arhoolie

Arhoolie Records is an American small independent record label that was run by Chris Strachwitz and is based in El Cerrito, California , United States. (It is actually located in Richmond Annex , but has an El Cerrito postal address.) The label was founded by Strachwitz in 1960 as a way for him to record and produce music by previously obscure "down-home blues" artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins , Snooks Eaglin , and Bill Gaither . Strachwitz despised most commercial music as "mouse music." Arhoolie still publishes blues and folk music , Tejano music including Lydia Mendoza , Los Alegres de Terán , Flaco Jiménez , regional Mexican music, cajun , zydeco , and bluegrass .

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