Art Greenhaw Records

05/15/2025

Remembering singer, and guitarist Trini Lopez who was born Trinidad López III on this date May 15, 1937 in Dallas, TX.

Lopez formed his first band in Wichita Falls, Texas, at the age of 15. Around 1955/56 Lopez and his band worked at The Vegas Club. In 1957, at the recommendation of Buddy Holly's father, Trini and his group "The Big Beats" went to producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico.

Petty secured a contract for them with Columbia Records, which released the single "Clark's Expedition"/"Big Boy", both instrumental. Lopez left the group and made his first solo recording, his own composition "The Right To Rock", for the Dallas-based Volk Records, and then signed with King Records in 1959, recording more than a dozen singles for that label, none of which charted.

In late 1962, after the King contract expired, Lopez followed up on an offer by producer S***f Garrett to join the post-Holly Crickets as vocalist. . After a few weeks of auditions in Los Angeles, that idea did not go through. He landed a steady engagement at the nightclub PJ's in Hollywood, where his audience grew quickly. He was heard there by Frank Sinatra, who had started his own label, Reprise Records, and who subsequently signed Lopez.

His debut live album, "Trini Lopez at PJ's" , was released in 1963. The album included a version of Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer", which reached number one in 36 countries (no. 3 in the United States),. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. He also performed his own version of the traditional Mexican song "La Bamba" on the album; his recording of the tune was later reissued as a single in 1966

Another live album from PJ's was recorded later that same year under the title "By Popular Demand More Trini Lopez at PJ's" which contains the song Green, Green which was written by Randy Sparks and Barry McGuire and originally recorded by the New Christy Minstrels earlier that year for their Columbia album "Ramblin".

Lopez scored 13 chart singles through 1968, including "Lemon Tree" (1965), "I'm Comin' Home, Cindy" (1966), and "Sally Was a Good Old Girl" (1968).

On the adult contemporary chart, he racked up 15 hits, including the top-10 singles "Michael" (1964), "Gonna Get Along Without Ya' Now" (1967), and "The Bramble Bush" (1967), which he sang in the movie "The Dirty Dozen". . Beyond his success on record, he became one of the country's top nightclub performers of that era, regularly headlining in Las Vegas. In 1968, he recorded an album in Nashville entitled "Welcome to Trini Country".

Lopez produced a single promoting the Coca-Cola soft drink Fresca in 1967. In 1969, NBC aired a Trini Lopez variety special featuring surf guitar group The Ventures, and Nancy Ames as guests. The soundtrack, released as "The Trini Lopez Show", has him singing his hits with The Ventures as his backing band.

In 2002, Lopez teamed with Art Greenhaw for Legacy: My Texas Roots. The album used the "Texas Roots Combo" including Lopez, Greenhaw, and Lopez's brother, Jesse.

Lopez was still recording and appearing live in the years leading up to his death August 11, 2020 at the age of 83.

04/27/2025

STAR CROSS COMICS spotlight this week is our comic Tales of Nazareth #1

Into a troubled world, long ago, came Jesus of Nazareth, who feared none, and He brought forth truth and enlightenment. The creative team of Art Greenhaw, Ben Dunn, and David Furr presents this new, trend-setting series based upon the actual and the possible adventures of Jesus in his early years: TALES OF NAZARETH: THE BOYHOOD OF JESUS !

Please support by sharing and to purchase this book and other titles on our webstore go to starcrosscomics.com

01/04/2025

letter from Jimmy Carter, 6/08/2005: to Art Greenhaw- Rosalynn joins me in thanking you for the copy of WE CALLED HIM MR. GOSPEL MUSIC: THE JAMES BLACKWOOD TRIBUTE ALBUM. It is a welcomed addition to our collection, and we appreciate your remembering us in such a thoughtful way. With warm best wishes, Sincerely, JIMMY CARTER

12/15/2024

Join us for the LCDB Concert & Reception Dec 19 at 7pm Perkins Chapel, Bridwell Library, SMU Office of the Chaplain and Religious Life

Be sure to RSVP for your free tickets and complementary parking!
https://libcal.smu.edu/calendar/libraryevents/LCDB

12/15/2024

12/15/2024

12/14/2024

The Light Crust Doughboys rare In-Store Appearance, 5:00pm at Record Town before the SPH show.

12/14/2024

The Light Crust Doughboys LIVE on Stage, Hall at 7:30pm.

12/14/2024

FORT WORTH MUSIC HISTORY - THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS

In 1931, a man who would become a Texas music legend named Bob Wills brought a band soon-to-be-called The Light Crust Doughboys to the Burrus Mill Flour Company. It was the beginning of the great American Jazz age, and the glorious time of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Gene Krupa. Bob Wills and his band, The Light Crust Doughboys, introduced the music genre of Texas Western Swing. Though most of the other great “big bands” disappeared along with the flour company, The Light Crust Doughboys are still performing, recording and “On The Air.”

The band initially performed live on the high tech phenomenon of that generation – the radio – and sang commercials for the Burrus Mill Flour Company. W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel ran the company and the flour company owned the band. Although he fired Wills a couple of years after the tremendous initial success of the band, The Light Crust Doughboys continued performing for huge audiences around the country for decades. Despite O’Daniel’s rise to political fame by becoming Governor and U.S. Senator from Texas, and the only politician who ever defeated Lyndon Johnson, O’Daniel believed he would best be remembered for starting The Light Crust Doughboys, one of the most popular bands in music history.

Some of the premier country and western musicians in the world have filled the ranks of the Doughboys, and hundreds of musicians claim to have played with the band when it came through their towns. Over the years, the band boasted its own touring buses and private planes. As with all stories in history, the sad times came with the passing of the once bright stars into their years of illness and ultimate deaths. But somehow, new members came along, and the band would reorganize itself into a cohesive crowd pleaser that just would not disappear. Each new generation of musicians had a cadre of even brighter stars to lead the upward way.

Enter music prodigy, Art Greenhaw, a Mesquite, Texas native who began his musical calling at age 3. A master of several instruments with a vocal range that is the envy of his peers, Greenhaw started working professionally with the band in 1983. By 1993, he had become the youngest official member and co-bandleader of The Light Crust Doughboys. Upon the death of perhaps the greatest four-string banjo player in history, Smokey Montgomery, Greenhaw became the bandleader. In 2003, he produced and won the Grammy Award for "Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album of the Year" for the album WE CALLED HIM MR. GOSPEL MUSIC: THE JAMES BLACKWOOD TRIBUTE ALBUM. This album featured The Light Crust Doughboys, the Jordanaires and Larry Ford. The Light Crust Doughboys also hold the world record for Most Grammy Award Nominations by a Group in the southern-country-gospel Grammy category. The 8 Grammy Nominated albums are: KEEP LOOKIN' UP, THEY GAVE THE WORLD A SMILE, THE GREAT GOSPEL HIT PARADE, GOD IS LOVE, WE CALLED HIM MR. GOSPEL MUSIC, ALWAYS HEAR THE HARMONY, 20th CENTURY GOSPEL, and SOUTHERN MEETS SOUL.

The Light Crust Doughboys have played prestigious festivals throughout the United States, have toured Austria, and make frequent television appearances. Current Light Crust Doughboys are some of the most acclaimed and award-winning musicians in the band's 90+ year unparalleled history. The Light Crust Doughboys were named The State of Texas' Official Music Ambassadors by the 74th Texas Legislature, and are inductees in the Texas Cowboy, Texas Western Swing, Rockabilly, Texas Music, Texas Radio, and Cowtown Society of Western Music Halls of Fame. In every personal appearance by The Light Crust Doughboys, the band pays tribute to its legacy by honoring the musical contributions of Bob Wills, Milton Brown, and especially, Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery, a Light Crust Doughboy from 1935 until his passing in 2001.

In 2013, classically trained violin virtuoso, Marek Eneti, surprised the world by joining The Light Crust Doughboys. His handsome eastern European looks and magnificent showmanship highlight his artistry of playing electric lighted violins and his ability to embrace Western Swing music with an immediate proficiency never seen in the annals of country music before this astonishing alliance!

No two Light Crust Doughboys concerts are ever the same, each one is created for and inspired by the individual audience. Because of this, the numbers will be announced by Art Greenhaw, Marek Eneti, and Larry Gordon. And for tonight's program, sit back and enjoy yourself...you are in for an evening of unique, Texas-style country music entertainment that makes memories of today and recalls the best parts of many yesterdays. You are witnessing The Light Crust Doughboys Western Show Band R***e—an Americana roots music experience unlike anything else in Texas music history.

(Thanks to Art Greenhaw for providing this great bio!)

12/10/2024

Big Day in Cowtown, Fort Worth!

Record Town is delighted to be sponsoring a performance by the Light Crust Doughboys at Southside Preservation Hall Sat. December 14 from 7:30-10:30pm. Record Town will also have an In-Store appearance at 5pm prior to the show. It’s the 90th Anniversary Big Western R***e Christmas Special…!!!