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In
2007, hear and see Art Greenhaw & The Light Crust Doughboys
performing on stage and recording with THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS MODEL
ASC guitars and basses, BURNS OF LONDON guitars and basses, ROTOSOUND
strings and DR strings. For info on all these products and the best
values in musical equipment, contact the legendary McWhorter-Greenhaw
store, est. 1943, at art@artgreenhaw.com
or 972/285-5441 (telephone - USA).
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is always in the loop when it comes to Mosrite guitars throughout the world
for sale or trade! If you quest for an authentic Mosrite, the brand made famous
by Nokie Edwards, The Ventures, The Light Crust Doughboys, Joe Maphis, The
Collins Kids, and others, contact Art.
One of Art's missions is introducing new players, particularly young people, to
the lifetime joys of guitar playing. For the best possible guidance and instruments, contact Art.
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Art plays a Gibson
EB 650 bass and a
Trini Lopez Deluxe Model Gibson on
the "TRINI LOPEZ LEGACY: MY TEXAS ROOTS" sessions. Note
the Trini
Model-inspired features of the bass which include the deep cutaway, the
cream body binding, the "diamond" sound holes, the ebony
fingerboard,
and more.
Here's original Gibson ad copy for the EB 650.
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Art with his Gibson EB 650 bass,
a big brother to the
Trini Lopez model Deluxe Gibson!
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Is
this a taste of heaven for guitar lovers? A beautiful lady, Nokie
Edwards, The Light Crust Doughboys, and 3 Artist Signature Model Guitars
(L-R): a Nokie Carvin electric, a Nokie Fender electric, and a Nokie
Santa Cruz acoustic!
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Rare, collectible guitars are always available through the Fan Club.
Contact us through our contact info for our always-changing selection!
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Some past beauties offered by Art and his
music shop at vintage guitar shows!
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Rowan - Light Crust Doughboys Model
Art’s favorite model of fan club merchandise — blonde beauty, Jennifer, playing
a Light Crust Doughboys Model Rowan. Price is $799,
including hardshell case, and is available autographed by The Light Crust Doughboys at no
additional cost. Colors include jet black (shown), candy apple red, antique white, and
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INSPIRED SOUND
Musicians team
with Garland, Texas guitar maker to market individually crafted instruments
The Light Crust Doughboys are on a roll. A
Grammy nomination for the year’s best country-gospel album. And a new line of
signature electric guitars. All in the same week.
"We’re making plans to be
L.A.-Bound" said Art Greenhaw, a guitar player with the longtime Western swing band.
The Doughboys, formed by country music
legend Bob Wills in the 1930’s, have been there before. They were nominated for a
Grammy last year for their album Keep Lookin’ Up, a collaboration with
gospel music guru James Blackwood.
This year, the Doughboys have teamed with
Mr. Blackwood again for They Gave the World a Smile: The Stamps Quartet Tribute
Album, which has been nominated in the gospel category.
The Doughboys have also begun another
collaboration, this time with a Garland, Texas custom guitar maker to market their own
line of electric guitars.
"I’ve always had a real
admiration for entrepreneur musician-craftsmen", Mr. Greenhaw said.
The Rowan-Light Crust Doughboys guitars
will list for $995, but the group will knock a couple hundred bucks off the price during
an introductory offer, "so we can put these models in player’s hands for
$795", Mr. Greenhaw said.
The signature guitars bear the band’s
logo featuring its name in red, white and blue letters - plus a yellow fiddle, because as
they say in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.
The guitars will be available in white,
red, black and sandstone beige, Mr. Rowan said. The instrument has a "good,
all-around Western-style" design that will produce a range of tones, he said.
A bit of a picker himself, Mr. Rowan said
he decided to make his own after growing weary of the poor quality in assembly-line
instruments. Mass producers seemed more interested in profits than perfection, he said.
"Assembly-line guitars just don’t
have any soul", he said. "I just don’t think people are getting what they
pay for."
The attention to detail on mass-produced
guitars is lacking, he said. The parts sometimes don’t fit perfectly, and the
materials aren’t always the best available.
"Most of that stuff today is
bottom-line driven," Mr. Rowan said.
Mr. Rowan said some makers produce as many
as 500 - 600 guitars a day. He builds his one at a time, with special attention given to
hand-fitting all of the parts - body, neck, fingerboards, headstock, frets, position
markers and pickups.
"I can afford to spend more time just
making sure everything works as it’s supposed to", he said.
Excerpt from The Dallas Morning
News
January 8, 1999
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Art's
Music Shop, a
division of the historic McWhorter-Greenhaw store and building in
Mesquite, Texas, is a pioneering dealer in vintage guitars and was an
early participant and dealer in the first Dallas vintage guitar shows of
the early 1980s. Art's specialties are Mosrite guitars, USA-made
Epiphones, Rickenbackers and pre-CBS Fenders.
Art's Music Shop can assist with guitar parts and accessories shipped
directly to your location. Click here to
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There is
limited availability of these First Edition books and songbooks.
Email art@artgreenhaw.com
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The
Light Crust Doughboys Are on the Air: Celebrating Seventy Years
of Texas Music
by John Mark Dempsey
Millions of Texans and
Southwesterners have been touched over the years by the Light
Crust Doughboys. From 1930 to 1952, fans faithfully tuned in
to their early-morning and, later, noontime radio program, and
turned out in droves to hear them play live. The Doughboys
embodied the very essence of the “golden era” of radio —
live performances and the dominance of programming by
advertising agencies. Their radio program began as a way to sell
Light Crust Flour. Their early impresario, W. Lee “Pappy”
O'Daniel, quickly learned how to exploit the power of radio to
influence voters, and he put that lesson to good use to become a
two-time Texas governor and the model for Pappy O'Daniel in the
movie, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? But the group
was more than a way to push flour; the talented musicians
associated with them included Bob Wills and Milton Brown, each
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the demise of their regular radio program, the Light Crust
Doughboys had to remake themselves. Trailblazers in western
swing, the Doughboys explored many other musical genres,
including gospel, for which they were nominated for Grammys in
1998, 1999, 2001, and 2002. They continue to play together with
versatility and wide-ranging talent — “official music
ambassadors of the Lone Star State” as declared by the state
legislature in 1995. Their legendary banjo player, Smokey
Montgomery, was with the group for sixty-six years before his
death in 2001.
For the first time, here is
the story of the Doughboys phenomenon, from their debut
broadcast to their contemporary live performances. This is a
rich slice of Texas musical and broadcasting history. Included
inside is a bonus CD containing seventy-two minutes of Doughboys
music, from early studio recordings to contemporary tunes.
"This is the most
definitive work on the beginning and evolution of Western Swing
music and the history of the Light Crust Doughboys that I have
seen.” — James
Blackwood, nine-time Grammy winner
“This book will rank
highly with Texas music fans, music historians, and most country
and western music lovers.”
— Phil York, producer
John Mark Dempsey is a native Texan and long-time admirer
of the Light Crust Doughboys. His involvement in radio is also
long-standing. He currently works as a newscaster for the Texas
State Network and as an assistant professor of broadcast
journalism at the University of North Texas. Dempsey is the
editor of The Jack Ruby Trial Revisited: The Diary of Jury
Foreman Max E. Causey by UNT Press. Dempsey holds
degrees from East Texas State University and a Ph.D. from Texas
A&M. He lives in Denton, Texas.
6 x
9. 320 pages. 31 photos. Discography. Notes. Bib. Index;
Publication Date: September 2002 ; Foreword
by Art Greenhaw
ISBN:
1-57441-151-9 cloth with audio cd $29.95 |
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The Light Crust
Doughboys Songbook: Pioneers of Western Swing as
studied by Art’s favorite court reporter, blonde bombshell,
Jennifer.
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The
Light Crust Doughboys Songbook
by Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery and Art Greenhaw.
The Light Crust
Doughboys have been the heartbeat of western swing since 1931.
After original members like Bob Wills and Milton Brown nurtured
the music through the early days of the Great Depression, the
Doughboys became a group as hot as any of the thirties’ jazz
bands. Members like "Zeke" Campbell, Bert Dodson,
Kenneth Pitts, Knocky Parker, Dick Reinhart, Jim Boyd and Smokey
Montgomery swung their way through a repertoire of tunes that
extended from Fort Worth to Harlem . . . and from Bob Wills to
Stephane Grappeli. Now, thanks to the collaboration of
producers/members Smokey Montgomery and Art Greenhaw, the Light
Crust Doughboys blaze into the next century. Since their
inception in 1931, these "Pioneers of Western Swing"
have continued to break new ground as they enter into a new era
of hot "western string". Echoing the wonderful early
days of the band, these old-time favorites get a breath of fresh
air, full of spirit and ongoing vitality. Each song is shown as
a melody line with guitar chords. The book presents 54 songs, 20
of which are found on the companion CD.
The Light
Crust Doughboys Songbook 112 Pages — 8-3/4 x 11-3/4"
Songbook Standard Notation Book/CD Set * MB96632BCD* $22.95
Mel
Bay Publications, Inc. |
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Jennifer studies the
just-released James Blackwood & The Light Crust Doughboys The
Ultimate All-Day Singing Songbook.
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James
Blackwood & The Light Crust Doughboys
The Ultimate
All-Day Singing Songbook
by Marvin Smokey Montgomery and Art Greenhaw
This all-gospel
songbook with many of Art’s original songs presents
approximately 30 religious favorites derived from the
performance repertoires of Art, The Light Crust Doughboys, James
Blackwood and The Blackwood Brothers. Includes many
Stamps-Baxter tunes and a generous photo essay on the artists’
history and evolution in the gospel music field. 120 pages.
Book/Compact
Disc Set $22.95
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T-Shirts
Fan Club charter member, pretty Jennifer models a Light Crust
Doughboys T-Shirt; Sizes Med.; Large; X-Large; XX-Large. You
pick the size, we pick the color.
T-Shirt $10.00 |
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Headgear
Jennifer’s ready for the sun in her Light Crust Doughboys
headgear. Includes neat embroidered patch with Ed "Big
Daddy" Roth - designed logo. One size fits all. We pick the
color.
Headgear $10.00 |
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