A Christmas album for those who might not like the usual!
Ann Smith | Houston, Texas | 06/24/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What an album! This is a seasonal offering for those of us who get tired of the same seasonal fare...As a matter-of-fact, I play this CD every week, several times a week. You haven't heard tradtional Christmas carols until you've heard them by Ventures' great, Nokie, and 50 tenor banjos! Nope this is not your typical, elevator Christmas music! It's got feeling and soul! For you historians, this is the last CD released by tenor banjo king, Smokey Montgomery of The Light Crust Doughboys, during his famous 88-year life-line. His banjo heritage is obvious throughout, as is The Light Crust Doughboys' folk and gospel heritage...But wait, there's even some yuletide surf instrumentals that are worth the price of the entire CD by themselves! Innovative, super producer and Ventures protege Art Greenhaw evidently brought together his guitar idol and Doughboy bandmates for this folk-oriented Christmas gift that keeps on giving---every week of the year! I predict it'll be a classic just like THE VENTURES' CHRISTMAS ALBUM! It's completely different than that one---all except for that awesome guitar tone of the meloday master, Nokie Edwards. Run-don't walk to Amazon.com for this one friends, a Christmas album for fans nine to ninety, a country/folk gem, and a smile bringer-on for every day of the year...Yep, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he looks a lot like Nokie Edwards and the Kings of Texas Swing, The Light Crust Doughboys..."
Awesome songs-awesome guitar
Ann Smith | 11/29/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you want the coolest christmas cd of music and sounds like you've never heard, this has got to be it. My dad's favorite group the Light Crust Doughboys. I'm trying to play electric guitar like this. Nookie is the coolest player. I hope someday to play guitar just like this and to play swan christmas and christmas carol rock and the other songs."
Christmas Music Like No Other
Lon McElroy | 11/22/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"You'll never hear a Christmas album like this one. For Christmas or any other season, there's something for every folk music lover here. From banjos to twanging guitars to gospel voices, this mostly instrumental album is an Americana delight. If you're maybe a bit weary of the same "Chestnuts Roasting" songs and the other easy-listening pop ballads, then this album could be your pearl-of-great-price. A Christmas treasure of Nokie Edwards of The Ventures, banjo bands, guitar sounds, and The Light Crust Doughboys. Reverb-laden and straight from the jukebox of a coffee shop in Texas or Tennessee. If you want a bit more Ventures-style Christmas with Nokie Edwards on classic fuzz guitar and Ventures' producer and arranger Art Greenhaw on guitars and all fretted instruments, then seek out at all costs the CD album CHRISTMAS IN GUITARLAND by Nokie, Art and The Light Crust Doughboys. Art and The 'Boys are the Academy of Western Artists Western Swing Group of the Year and Will Rogers Award Winners."
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1