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This Ain’t No Mouse Music
September 18, 2014 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
This Ain’t No Mouse Music
Thursday, September 18, 7:00PM
The Cerrito Theater, 10070 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, 510-273-9250
$8
“See the story of El Cerrito’s own record label!
This Ain’t No Mouse Music is a new documentary about Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records. Chris is the founder of Arhoolie and Down Home Music, the record store in El Cerrito that’s just a few blocks from the theater. He’s a German immigrant who fell in love with American traditional music and created a record company so he could capture it. He’s been running Arhoolie Records since 1960, and in that time has recorded Cajun and Zydeco, New Orleans brass bands, Tex-Mex, blues, bluegrass, country and many other types of music. What it all has in common is authenticity and gutsiness – Strachwitz isn’t interested in anything that’s wimpy or watered down.
This Ain’t No Mouse Music was produced and directed by Maureen Gosling and Chris Simon (both former collaborators of Les Blank). They will be present for a Q and A session after the movie, as will Chris Strachwitz himself. The event is a benefit for the Arhoolie Foundation, which is dedicated to the preservation of vernacular culture.”