Chris Strachwitz Net Worth

Chris Strachwitz Net Worth is
$18 Million

Chris Strachwitz Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Chris Strachwitz (born July 1, 1931) 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.

Date Of BirthJuly 1, 1931
Place Of BirthGross Reichenau, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Bogaczów, Lubuskie, Poland]
ProfessionProducer, Sound Department, Director
Star SignCancer
#Fact
1Emigrated to California in 1947.
2Founder and President of Arhoolie Records, formed in 1960 (in El Cerrito, CA) as a way for him to record and publish previously obscure "down-home blues" artists such as Lightnin 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, Black Ace.
3Son of Alexander Maria Hubertus Hyacinthus Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz and wife Friederike Frances Adelheid von Bredow.
4He has made a career out of finding and publishing previously unrecorded or obscure blues and folk musicians.
5In 2000 resided in 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530.
6Although of German extraction, his maternal grandmother was an American, born in California (to where he moved), daughter of a Representative and Senator from Nevada son of Scottish parents, and maternal granddaughter of another Senator from Nevada.

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Always Been a Rambler2009Documentary executive producer
Everything But the Squeak!1998Video short executive producer
J'ai été au bal1989Documentary producer
Chulas Fronteras1976Documentary producer

Sound Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Gap-Toothed Women1987Short documentary additional sound recordist
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers1980Documentary extra sound

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
J'ai été au bal1989Documentary

Camera Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers1980Documentary additional camera operator

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Well Spent Life1972Documentary short advisor

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Stag1997thanks
Hot Pepper1973Documentary thanks: help from

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Meeting Mance Lipscomb2013Documentary shortHimself
No Man Like Mance2013Documentary shortHimself
This Ain't No Mouse Music2013DocumentaryHimself
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe1980Documentary shortDwarf Voice (voice)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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