Chris Strachwitz
German-Silesian-born American record label executive and record producer · United States · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1931 to 2023 · aged 91
Christian Alexander Maria Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz was a German-born American record label executive and record producer.
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He was the founder and president of Arhoolie Records, which he established in 1960 and which became one of the leading labels recording and issuing blues, Cajun, norteño, and other forms of roots music from the United States and elsewhere in the world. Strachwitz despised most commercial music as mouse music.
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Cris WilliamsonBoth received Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
Rick HallBoth received Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for ExecutiveSam PhillipsBoth received Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive