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REFLECTIONS ON THE NEW TRINI LOPEZ
ALBUM WITH ART...Coming soon at the MERCHANDISE pages of www.artgreenhaw.com
During the 2001 Christmas
season, my musical hero and singing, guitar-playing and entertainment
idol Trini Lopez returned to his Texas roots to begin work on an album
I'd always dreamed he would record. The forever youthful and
expressive voice, the famous Trini beat, the infectious rhythms
flowing out of his Trini Lopez Deluxe Model Gibson guitar — and so
much more — all came together like Jupiter in line with Mars over a
period of weeks in Trini's hometown of Dallas to create some of the
most exciting and innovative moments in Texas (or LA or New York or
Nashville for that matter!) recording history.
Jesse Lopez, Trini Lopez & Art
Jesse Lopez, a great
artist and sax/harmonica man, was there. Phil York, a great engineer
and studio production ace, was there. Trini's whole family and my
family — great supporters, true believers and the roots of our Texas
values — were there.
There's a story behind
every song on this album, and the stories are about being
"one" in a musical spirit. We musicians were "one"
in the spirit on this album. I believe you'll be "one" in
the spirit with us as you listen. When we played, sang and composed
together, for some brief, shining moments, there was Camelot. For some
of the songs, it was like we had "come home" to our best
friends, family and faith. On some other songs, we'd journeyed to a
place where our best girl is always the prettiest, where hamburgers
are always the juiciest and where our guitars and cars are always the
coolest. At every recording session for this album, the spirits of the
patron saints of folk music, rockabilly and even all of American music
seemed to be watching and guiding us as we created. And at the center
of all the tracks is always Trini himself, like he's been for all my
life's music (and probably your life's music, too).
It warms our hearts that folks we admire like Trini's sister, Lucy,
have said about this album's music, "It's the very best of the
American spirit". Become one in that spirit with us, if you
haven't already. Grab your Trini Model guitar, pack up all your cares
and woes, get happy, sing along and join Trini and his Texas
troubadours. Your roots may not be in Texas, but we know you got here
as fast as you could! Here's to the "whole enchilada" (to
borrow a phrase Trini coined)...for you and yours...of love between
our brothers and our sisters...all over this land.
ART GREENHAW
The Light Crust Doughboys
Dallas, Texas
Summer 2002
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