THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS 75TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM, The Light Crust
Doughboys....$14.99
AROUND THE WORLD: TUNES WE PLAYED IN EUROPE -
The Light Crust Doughboys....$14.98
Folk and Blues of the American Southwest: The Light Crust Doughboys....$14.98
LONE STAR SITAR....$14.99 ART GREENHAW, VATSAL DAVE, NEEL BHATT, LARRY "T-BYRD" GORDON
SOUTHERN MEETS SOUL: AN AMERICAN GOSPEL JUBILEE....$12.99 GRAMMY AWARD-NOMINATED. The Jordanaires, The Light Crust Doughboys, Nokie Edwards, Larry "T-Byrd" Gordon
ART GREENHAW'S GUITAR FESTIVAL VOL. 1....$14.99 Nokie Edwards, The Light Crust Doughboys, Art Greenhaw, Robert Shumy, Vatsal Dave & Neel Bhatt, The Salty Dogs
TWANGING GUITARS AND SOULFUL VOICES....$12.99 Nokie Edwards, Art Greenhaw, Robert Shumy
GOD BLESS AMARILLO....$14.99 The Light Crust Doughboys
20TH CENTURY GOSPEL: FROM HYMNS TO BLACKWOOD BROTHERS TRIBUTE TO CHRISTIAN COUNTRY....$12.99 Grammy Award Nominated
GUITAR BAND CLASSICS!....$12.99 Nokie Edwards & The Art Greenhaw Guitar Celebration Band
GUITARS OVER TEXAS....$12.99 Nokie Edwards & The Art Greenhaw Guitar Celebration Band
WE CALLED HIM MR. GOSPEL MUSIC: THE JAMES BLACKWOOD TRIBUTE ALBUM....$14.99 2003 Grammy Award Winner. The Jordanaires, Larry Ford and The Light Crust Doughboys
GOD IS LOVE: THE GOSPEL SESSIONS....$14.99 Grammy Award Nominated. Ann-Margret, The Jordanaires, The Light Crust Doughboys... with James Blackwood
ADVENTURES IN COUNTRY SWING....$12.99 Nokie Edwards and The Light Crust Doughboys
SONGS OF REAL LIFE AND REAL LOVE....$12.99 Art Greenhaw solo CD
STEEL AWAY!....$12.99 The Light Crust
Doughboys with James Blackwood and Tom Brumley (a country-gospel tribute to the steel guitar featuring Hall of Famer
Tom Brumley of Rick Nelson and Buck Owens fame)
HIGH ROAD ON THE HILLTOP....$14.99 Light Crust Doughboys & SMU Mustang Band
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Daily Campus Album Rating: A
BAND COLLABORATION BRINGS BLAST FROM THE PAST
. . .jazzy jukebox tunes of THE HIGH ROAD CD. The album consists of a wide range of influences, including those of jazz, swing, and country and western styles. The 19 track CD is great mood music, perfect . . .
For instance, "Hangin? ?Round Deep Ellum", a song written by The Doughboys singer/guitarist/electric bassist, Art Greenhaw, is about Dallas? downtown nightspot, a place prominent in the music and art scenes today. THE HIGH ROAD ON THE HILLTOP is the sound of our heritage, a connection between the past and the present.
Excerpts from THE DAILY CAMPUS NEWSPAPER
Southern Methodist University, September 11, 1997
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack....$14.99
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This official soundtrack offers original period music from Lugosi's films, a rare 1932 novelty song recorded in tribute to the film White Zombie, and modern versions of Lugosi-related music by Art Greenhaw. The disc also includes a variety of radio shows with Lugosi, including a duet with Boris Karloff. The soundtrack is approxminately 75 minutes of material, all completely unique from any of the DVD extras.
From the start, dedicated Lugosi scholar, Gary Don Rhodes and musical collaborator Art Greenhaw (a Texas-based composer, arranger, and musician) were apparently undeterred by their limited budget. Instead, they turned that potential liability into an asset by making judicious use of existing soundtrack material, and augmenting it with Greenhaw?s original music and his new arrangements of existing melodies. Further, Rhodes located rare, seldom-heard Lugosi radio broadcasts, mining them for moments that sum up Bela?s special appeal. The result is unique - the last a much-over-used word, yes, but one that best describes this CD.
For instance, take Greenhaw?s treatment of the overture to Tchaikovsky?s "Swan Lake", the Dracula signature melody, interpreted here three times - first by piano, baritone saxophone, and (hold on) banjos, playing the melody as a lively fox trot. I know this seems peculiar, but Greenhaw and the Dallas Banjo Band make it work. I don?t believe I?ve ever heard as effective a mix of 19th-century European classicism and 20th-century Americana.
"Swan Lake" turns up again in Greenhaw?s pleasingly orchestrated version dominated by electric organ, and, lastly, as "Swan Lake Rock", the arranger?s audacious and completely successful melding of the Tchaikovsky piece with the Ventures-style guitar. The cut is simultaneously rockin? and traditionally melodic. I loved it.
Greenhaw?s other adaptations/arrangements of existing melodies are no less clever.
Original compositions include Greenhaw?s "A Hunchback Named Ygor", a regrettably brief piece dominated by melancholy oboe; and "Child of the Night", a sincere Rhodes-Greenhaw collaboration that seizes upon Bartok, and other early 20th-century modernists, for inspiration.
-excerpts from FilmFax Magazine, July 1998
KEEP LOOKIN' UP....$12.99 Grammy Award Nominated. James Blackwood & the Light Crust Doughboys —The Texas Swing Sessions
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James Blackwood is perhaps the most honored gospel singer in history, and The Light Crust Doughboys are the world's longest-running country band and the first inductees in the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame. BAND MEMBERS: James Blackwood, Art Greenhaw, Smokey Montgomery, Bill Simmons, Jerry Elliott, John Walden, and Jim Baker.
This Grammy-Nominated "best southern, country, or bluegrass gospel album" for 1997 showcases the majestic voice of gospel legend James Blackwood of The Blackwood Brothers soaring throughout the string band swing of the original Texas Swing Band, The Light Crust Doughboys.
The Best of Nokie Edward's Roots Music....$12.99 NOKIE EDWARDS & ART GREENHAW
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For this retrospective album, the famous golden-age lead guitarist of
The Ventures plays some of his greatest, Award-winning roots, blues,
folk and Americana music of the Greenhaw Records years.
Art Greenhaw Official International Fan Club: The Best Of Art Greenhaw....$12.99
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For this retrospective album, the Grammy Award-Winning leader of The
Light Crust Doughboys and producer-arranger for The Ventures, Engelbert
Humperdinck, Ann-Margret, Trini Lopez, James Blackwood and other greats
plays and sings some of his most-requested originals.
One of the rarest, silver-age collections of The Light Crust Doughboys,
this album also features the popular brass and reed horn ensemble of
The Light Crust Doughboys which has been such a crowd-pleasing component
of the band's Pocket Sandwich Theatre and select Texas stage shows for
many years.
The Light Crust Doughboys: Favorite Piano And Guitar Classics Volume 1....$12.99
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This special, commemorative album celebrates the production of the
7-instrument line of THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS MODEL guitars, bass,
banjo and mandolin and was featured at the National Association of Music
Merchants' Anaheim, California convention. Some of the greatest guitar
and piano selections you'll ever hear are on this release--in western
swing, pop, gospel, country and classical stylings.
The Light Crust Doughboys: Early Years Plus....$14.99
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For this commemorative, retrospective album which spans 54 years,
Greenhaw Records takes you on a fabulous trip into the recording vaults
for innovative Light Crust Doughboys' music dating from their classic
1940s decade up through their Grammy Award-Winning present age. Nine of
the songs have never been released in any format until their debut in
the 21st century! EARLY YEARS PLUS is produced by Art Greenhaw and
Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery with special thanks to musicians Jerry
Elliott, Johnny Strawn, Jim Boyd, Bill Simmons, John Walden, Dale Cook,
Jim Baker, Maurice Anderson, Bob Krenkel, James Blackwood, The
Jordanaires, the SMU Mustang Band, the East Gate Mass Choir and Tom
Brumley. Thanks to Phil York and Roland Wright. Songs 3,4,5,6,7 composed
by Marvin Montgomery. Songs 15,17,22,23 composed by Art Greenhaw. Song
24 composed by Barbara Cohen-Marvin Montgomery.
The Light Crust Doughboys: Doughboy Rock....$12.99
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Produced in celebration of The Light Crust Doughboys' induction into the
Rockabilly Hall of Fame, this historic album is all up-tempo and
rockin'! Not even one pretty ballad is on this collection, all cuts are
lively western swing, boogie and rockabilly! Special guest stars are
Europe's and Austria's famous rockabilly ensemble, The Salty Dogs.
How does the woman do it? Ann-Margret turned 64 this year, and I swear that she still possesses more fired-up sex appeal and stylish glamour in her little pinky than Britney Spears has in her entire carcass. Wow. The star of "Bye Bye Birdie," "Viva Las Vegas" and "Tommy," Ann-Margret has the patented purr, the delightfully kittenish intonation, the verve, the everything that a legendary icon of her status should have.
Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection is exactly what a fan would hope for--and even better than one might expect. After all these years, Ann-Margret's voice remains sweetly seductive and remarkably intact. She exudes satin with a hint of huskiness on eleven holiday favorites and one "Bonus Song" ("Jesus Loves Me"). The Jordanaires (www.jordanaires.com), the world-famous "doowop" group that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2000, provides impressive back-up vocal support on four tracks. The band's accompaniment provides just the right touch--smooth, very professional, and not too intrusive. The mood is playful, yet sophisticated, throughout; the tempo is often luxuriously languid; and there is an occasional country kick.
This delightful album opens with Ann-Margret's gentle, yet sultry, interpretation of "The Christmas Song." Soooo sweet! She really ramps up the energy on "Jingle Bells," an upbeat treatment that had me swinging in my chair. Perhaps my favorite track is "I'll Be Home for Christmas," which vividly showcases Ann-Margret's magnificent strengths. For the most part, these arrangements are tasteful and traditional, in a jazzy sort of way. There are, however, occasional surprises to keep the project bubbling; for example, playful orchestration pumps a little surfer excitement into "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." The Jordanaires are in especially fine form on "Go Tell It on the Mountain," providing rhythmic harmonies that electrify the well-known gospel tune.
For her legions of loyal fans, buying Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection is a no-brainer. And for those who are somehow not familiar with the amazing A-M, consider making this classy assortment of Christmas carols your very own this holiday season. You won't be sorry!
--Carol Swanson (Reviewed in 2005)
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Born in Sweden but adopted by America, she is the consummate entertainer. One of the world's most glamorous and versatile superstars, she has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, won five Golden Globe Awards, and received five Emmy nominations. She draws sell-out crowds in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Radio City Music Hall and is a three-time winner of the "Female Star of the Year" award given by the United Motion Picture Association.
The Light Crust Doughboys: Texas Swing: The Light Crust Doughboy Way....$14.99
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This is the ground-breaking CD album that ushered in the silver-age
renaissance of The Light Crust Doughboys in the 1990s. This extra-length
CD marks several "firsts": first album production of Smokey Montgomery
and Art Greenhaw together, first album by The Light Crust Doughboys to
feature brass and reeds, and more. Album contains Doughboys' stage show
fan favorites for decades including "San Antonio Rose", "Time Changes
Everything", others. More of a pop album than some of the group's and
Art's later, rootsier, funkier, bluesier projects, this work has long
been an essential pick for fans of dixieland, variety and big band. Both
this and its follow-up album, YESTERDAY AND TODAY by The Light Crust
Doughboys, were Best-Of-Show at the 1996 State Fair of Texas-Hall Of
State-The Light Crust Doughboys exhibit.
Some of the world's most critically-acclaimed and best-selling popular Christmas music features the distinctive guitar of Nokie Edwards, former lead guitarist of The Ventures. On this long-awaited new Christmas project, Nokie returns to his famous fuzz guitar sounds of the 1960s which he pioneered, and he, Art & The Light Crust Doughboys deliver a thrilling combo Christmas album for "today" sprinkled with country and gospel classics. "Jingle Bell Fuzz", "Christmas Memories", 13 songs in all. You'll have a ball naming the classic Christmas and gospel songs upon which these new arrangements are based.
Promise Keeping Man....$14.99
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This is the rarest of all of the acclaimed Greenhaw Records' gospel
titles. Only a very limited amount of these discs is available. Fans
consider this to be almost "basement tapes" in uniqueness, since you'll
hear "demos" of songs which later have become Art Greenhaw and friends'
production masters. This album is a great showcase for the guitar sounds
of Nokie Edwards in sparse, combo form, and you'll hear "first-take",
raw vocals of Art. This collector's items also includes T-Byrd Gordon,
The Jordanaires, Carrie Gordon, Lil' Larry-----and the classic song
written by Eddie Ray and previously recorded by Nokie for the Japan
market, "Hearts of Stone". The concept with this project was a thematic
follow-up album to the Grammy-Nominated album SOUTHERN MEETS SOUL.
THE BEST OF NOKIE EDWARDS' ROOTS MUSIC VOL. 2....$14.99
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Vol. 2 in a series of "Roots-Americana" music which has been especially
popular in Japan at Nokie's stage shows and especially requested by
Nokie's Japan Fan Club. This is a great sampling of some of the
Grammy-Nominated music by Art, Nokie and The Light Crust Doughboys
combined with the authentic, Texas blues of T-Byrd Gordon and his Music
People Luv Band. Nokie, Art and friends play the blues, the country
classics and gospel music. Electric and acoustic guitar mastery by the
famous lead guitarist of The Ventures.
Essential James Blackwood and Light Crust Doughboys: The Complete Texas Swing Sessions. Two CD Set.
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The ground-breaking, complete "Gospel swing" sessions in Texas combining
the southern gospel singer of the century, James Blackwood, with the
top, historical western swing band, The Light Crust Doughboys. A must
for all James Blackwood fans, Blackwood Brothers fans and fans of
Doughboys "Gospel". Southern and country gospel music at its rootsiest
and most authentic. Disc 1 was Grammy-Nominated for "Best ...Gospel
Album of the Year". Produced by Art Greenhaw and Marvin "Smokey"
Montgomery. Critically-acclaimed by GOSPEL VOICE and other gospel music
magazines.
DEEP ELLUM BLUES: FROM LEMON TO LEAD BELLY TO T-BYRD....$12.99
Larry "T-Byrd Gordon/Art Greenhaw/Nokie Edwards/ with The Music People
Luv Band
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Celebration of American music in the style of both contemporary and
traditional blues. "Country blues" rooted in the legacy of Lemon
Jefferson, Lead Belly Ledbetter, T-Byrd Gordon as interpreted by T-Byrd
himself, his band (The Music People Luv Band), Art Greenhaw of The Light
Crust Doughboys and Nokie Edwards of The Ventures. Includes a special
"blues version" of the Eddie Ray classic composition, "Hearts of Stone",
a tribute to T-Byrd's friend and mentor, Eddie Ray. Funky, blues
guitar-playing by Nokie Edwards in a style that you've never quite heard
Nokie play heretofore.
Includes longer-than-usual playing time per song and some extended-play
blues jams.
The Gospel People Love Revue: Sounds of Texas, Nashville, Florida and Pacific Northwest....$14.99
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It was a very good year, the year 2007, when we recorded, layered,
mixed, mastered and edited the tracks which became THE GOSPEL PEOPLE LUV
REVUE album. And what a happy time it was for us to re-unite most of the
principal artists from our 2002 Grammy Award-Winning tribute album to
the great James Blackwood, WE CALLED HIM MR. GOSPEL MUSIC. Back in their
starring roles for our new production are The Jordanaires (James called
them the greatest-ever backing vocal band), Larry Ford (James called him
"the finest tenor in gospel music--period!") and The Light Crust
Doughboys (James chose them to be his collaborators in fresh and
innovative "gospel western swing"). Added to our recording team since
the Grammy win of 2002, and Grammy Award Nominees in the Gospel field
for recent adventures on Greenhaw Records, are Larry "T-Byrd" Gordon (I
call him a genius of soul gospel) and Nokie Edwards (I call him the
greatest-ever instrumental combo lead guitarist).
Jazz great Shorty Rogers has always said that it's easy to make a hit
record or a Grammy-Winning record, "All you need is God in the booth
with you." I believe God was in the booth with us for our previous album
joining the above-mentioned greats. And I believe God was in the booth
this time for THE GOSPEL PEOPLE LUV REVUE album and the blending once
again of The Jordanaires, Larry, The Light Crust Doughboys, T-Byrd,
Nokie..and me.
There's something on this album for all fans of classic Gospel music,
particularly fans of southern and country gospel music. There's even a
sprinkling of classical and surf to keep things a bit cutting-edge. And
last-but-not-least, there's James Blackwood himself on this album, the
southern gospel singer of the century, in spirit and in song, for it was
James who brought many of us together.
And to James Blackwood, on behalf of all of us on THE GOSPEL PEOPLE LUV
REVUE album--"we'll see you at the Gate..."
-----Art Greenhaw
GOLDEN POP INSTRUMENTALS: NOKIE, ART & T-BYRD PLAY THE HITS....$9.99
Nokie Edwards/Art Greenhaw/Larry "T-Byrd" Gordon
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This limited-edition, collector's item CD is the rarest of all of the
Nokie Edwards-Art Greenhaw collaborations. Also known as "The Gold
Album", Nokie's definitive guitar stylings are given a new "twist" with
the big band, jazz and r&b arrangements of T-Byrd, Art and The Music
People Luv Band. This successful adventure led to Art and The Ventures
recording a big part of The Ventures' 2007 studio album at T-Byrd's
Dallas studio in the tradition of this album. Classic, extended-play
songs and jams. A favorite, fan club-type rarity with Nokie's jazz and
pop fans worldwide. Cuts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 are all "live" studio
recordings with all the musicians, no overdubs. Mostly instrumental but
also including a sprinkling of vocal performances by Art, Carrie Gordon
and T-Byrd.