Rock's Backpages Library Rock's Backpages

Chris Strachwitz: Slices From Arhoolie

Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 1985

EL CERRITO, Calif. – "Since I only record music I really love, it's like being a preacher or a junkie," mused Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie Records. "You always want to convert somebody to the stuff you love. I still get off on documenting people. I guess I just like to collect people's lives or something."

Total word count of piece: 934

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.

Login

Login via your library

If your local library has signed up with Rock's Backpages, please enter your card number below: