If I live long enough I will try and put more of my thoughts on paper one day – but right now I do suggest you listen to my interview with Paul back in 1970 over KPFA radio in Berkeley.” – Chris Strachwitz – August 15, 2017Ī Note About the Transcriptions: In order to expedite the process of putting these interviews online, we are using a transcription service. Our trip together in the summer of 1960 along with Paul’s wife Valerie will remain ingrained in my small brain for the rest of my life. I am of course deeply saddened by his death – but Paul had a very good and rewarding life and like Hank Williams ang “You can’t get out of this world alive” and we all have to join him one day and so I bid farewell to one of my most important mentors and teachers. “Paul was a remarkable person and devoted educator who taught me so much and inspired me to become serious about the music and the musicians who continued to create the Blues and who were willing to record for my microphone with which I attempted to document their ever changing music yet which retained a marvelous tradition. In this hour long interview, British blues historian and author Paul Oliver and Chris Strachwitz discuss the Ann Arbor Blues Festival, blues, American music, culture, and much more.Ī note from Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie Records and the Arhoolie Foundation, upon hearing of Paul Oliver’s death:
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