Chris Strachwitz
| Chris Strachwitz | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christian Alexander Maria Strachwitz |
| Born | 1 July 1931 |
| Origin |
Gross Reichenau, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Bogaczów, Poland) |
| Occupation(s) | Record company executive, record producer |
| Years active | Since 1960 |
| Website | http://chrisstrachwitz.blogspot.com/ |
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. He has a grand niece named Alexandra Enstad (age 11) who lives in Edmonds, Washington.
He was born Christian Alexander Maria, Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz, in Gross Reichenau, Lower Silesia, then within Germany and now known as Bogaczów, Poland. His family were aristocratic farm owners, with some American antecedents; Strachwitz's mother's grandfather was US Senator Francis G. Newlands. In 1945, under the terms of the Potsdam Agreement after World War II, he and his family were among the millions of German-speaking people forcibly resettled to the west of the Oder-Neisse line which became the eastern boundary of Germany. Strachwitz's family settled temporarily with relatives in Braunschweig, in the British zone of Allied-occupied Germany, where he first heard swing music played on Armed Forces Radio.
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