Chris Strachwitz
Businessperson, Record Producer
1931 –
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Who is Chris Strachwitz?
Chris Strachwitz is a German-born American record label executive and record producer. He is 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 US and elsewhere in the world.
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- Born
- Jul 1, 1931
Bogaczów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship - Also known as
- Christian Alexander Maria Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz
- Chris
- Christian Alexander Maria, Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz
- Christian Alexander Maria Strachwitz
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Pomona College
- University of California, Berkeley
- Cate School
- Lived in
- Silesia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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