Various Artists - This Ain't No Mouse Music! (Soundtrack)

Contains 2CDs and a 32 page full colour book with historical and biographical information written by Chris Strachwitz and Grammy-winning writer Adam Machado.For the past 54 years Arhoolie Records has documented a wealth of regional and vernacular music, including Blues, Cajun, Zydeco, Tex-Mex, Country, Jazz, Mexican, Klezmer, and other traditional music from the United States and around the world. It is a seminal independent record label and critical contributor to the American musical canon. This 2CD collection contains music from Maureen Gosling and Chris Simon's documentary film about award-winning roots music producer Chris Strachwitz and his label Arhoolie Records. 38 cuts heard in their entirety from such giants as Lightning Hopkins, Big Mama Thornton, Clifton Chenier, Flaco Jim�nez, Ry Cooder, Lydia Mendoza, Michael Doucet, Los Alegres de Ter�n, the Treme Brass Band, and many more.