Is Arhoolie Records still in business?
Royalties from the song eventually enabled Strachwitz to purchase a building in El Cerrito, California, which served as Arhoolie’s headquarters, and today continues to house the Arhoolie Foundation and Down Home Music Store. What is the meaning arhoolie? He met up with historian Mack McCormick, and together they traveled to Navasota, Texas where Strachwitz recorded…