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They All Played for Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration

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They All Played for Us: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration

On February 4, 5, and 6, 2011, a musical festival was held in the San Francisco Bay Area to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Arhoolie Records and to honor Chris Strachwitz for documenting and preserving traditional music that helped define Americana roots music.

Over the three-day festival, some 70 musicians performed Tejano, Cajun, zydeco, country and urban blues, folk, gospel, and jazz music. Among the performers were Santiago Jimenez Jr., Ry Cooder, the Creole Belles, the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, Barbara Dane, the Treme Brass Band, Country Joe McDonald, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, the Campbell Brothers, Los Cenzontles, and Taj Mahal.

The recorded performances were edited into almost five hours of music and released in a box set composed of four CDs and a 192-page book in 2013. Among the standout performances are “Vigilante Man” by Ry Cooder, “Sally Gooden” by Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, “Trouble in Mind” with Barbara Dane, “In My Girlish Days” by Suzy Thompson, and “A Jazz Funeral” with the Treme Brass Band.

Track Listing

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Introduction, Vol. 1 Nick Spitzer 00:06  
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Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio Santiago Jimenez Jr. y la familia Peña-Govea 02:59  
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Viva Seguín Santiago Jimenez Jr. y la familia Peña-Govea 03:33  
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Voy Caminando Los Cenzontles 02:52  
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El Chuchumbé Los Cenzontles 03:39  
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Vigilante Man Ry Cooder 06:46  
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Wooly Bully Ry Cooder 03:06  
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Let Me Fall Any Old Time String Band 02:42  
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Long Lost Lover Blues Any Old Time String Band 05:12  
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C-U-B-A Any Old Time String Band 04:55  
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I've Got What It Takes Any Old Time String Band 04:22  
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Bee la Manche David Doucet 03:47  
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La Valse a Pop David Doucet 02:49  
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Boudreaux / J'ai Été Au Zydeco David Doucet 06:24  
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The Free Mexican Air Force Peter Rowan 04:07  
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Break My Heart Again Peter Rowan 05:11  
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O My Malissa Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands 02:47  
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Here Today Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands 05:44  
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Sally Gooden Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands 05:06  
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Texas Blue Bonnets Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands 04:13  
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I Bid You Goodnight Ensemble 03:05  
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Introduction, Vol. 2 Nick Spitzer 00:36  
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Oh by Jingo The Goodtime Washboard 3 03:22  
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Pasadena The Goodtime Washboard 3 03:02  
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Oakland The Goodtime Washboard 3 03:04  
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Step It up and Go The Goodtime Washboard 3 02:52  
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Le Fond de Culottes / La Danse de La Misere Creole Belles 02:11  
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Separation Waltz Creole Belles 02:59  
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Tes Parents Ne Veulent Plus Me Voir Creole Belles 02:07  
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Joe Simien Special Creole Belles 01:45  
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My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It Barbara Dane and Bob Mielke's Jazz All Stars 05:00  
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Make Me a Pallet on the Floor Barbara Dane and Bob Mielke's Jazz All Stars 05:51  
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Milenburg Joys Barbara Dane and Bob Mielke's Jazz All Stars 06:58  
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Trouble in Mind Barbara Dane and Bob Mielke's Jazz All Stars 05:29  
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Midnight Blues / Closer to the Ground Toni Brown and Terry Garthwaite 10:40  
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Port Arthur Blues Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 04:00  
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Marie Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 05:03  
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Midland Two Step Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 04:09  
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I Made a Big Mistake Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 05:03  
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Amédé Two-Step Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band 05:16  
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Parade The Treme Brass Band 01:13  
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Jazz Funeral The Treme Brass Band 06:48  
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My Bucket's Got a Hole in It The Treme Brass Band 07:00  
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Welfare Blues The Treme Brass Band 04:35  
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When the Saints Go Marching In The Treme Brass Band 06:18  
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I Don't Drink No Whiskey Suzy and Eric Thompson 03:11  
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In the Pines Suzy and Eric Thompson 04:51  
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In My Girlish Days Suzy and Eric Thompson 03:22  
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Lake Arthur Stomp Suzy and Eric Thompson 02:59  
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I Feel like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag Country Joe McDonald 03:12  
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Save the Whales Country Joe McDonald 04:44  
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Oklahoma Hills Country Joe McDonald 02:19  
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End of My Journey Campbell Brothers 09:42  
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Going Home on the Morning Train Campbell Brothers 06:26  
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Jump for Joy Campbell Brothers 06:15  
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México Americano Los Cenzontles 02:59  
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Prenda del alma Los Cenzontles 03:57  
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Arizona, estado de vergüenza Los Cenzontles 04:00  
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Puno de tierra Los Cenzontles 03:38  
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Lapin Dans Son Nique The Savoy Family Band 04:10  
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Little Black Eyes The Savoy Family Band 04:20  
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Quo Faire The Savoy Family Band 05:00  
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Reno Waltz The Savoy Family Band 03:47  
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Eunice Two Step The Savoy Family Band 06:36  
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Blues with a Feeling Taj Mahal 05:33  
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Roscoe's Mule Down in Roscoe's Barn Taj Mahal 03:15  
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Fishing Blues Taj Mahal 03:09  
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Corinna Taj Mahal 04:06  
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The New Hula Blues Taj Mahal 04:09  
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Goodnight, Irene Ensemble 03:52