Arhoolie Records
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Arhoolie Records is a small record label run by Chris Strachwitz. The label was founded by Strachwitz in 1960 as a way for him to record and publish previously obscure "down home blues" artists such as Lightning Hopkins, Snooks Eaglin and Bill Gaither and still publishes mainly blues and folk music.
Other artists recorded for the Arhoolie label: Nathan Beauregard, Juke Boy Bonner, Clifton Chenier, Elizabeth Cotten, Jesse Fuller, Earl Hooker, John Jackson, Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Alex Moore, Charlie Musselwhite, Doctor Ross, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams.