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Adventure In Country Swing | 
 enlarge | Artists: The Light Crust Doughboys, Nokie Edwards
Label: Art Greenhaw
Category: Music
Buy New: $15.99
New (10) Used (5) from $8.70
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 298393
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 663525700420
EAN: 0663525700420
ASIN: B000051SG7
Release Date: September 27, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | I'm Walkin' | | • | Welcome To My World | | • | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | | • | I Love You Because | | • | Doughboy Polka | | • | Amarillo By Morning | | • | Lonesome Town | | • | Faded Love | | • | Panhandle Rag | | • | A Fool Such As I | | • | Fraulein | | • | Your Cheatin' Heart | | • | Blue Blossom Special |
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Album Description
Former Ventures' lead guitarist Nokie Edwards joins talents with pioneers of Western Swing, The Light Crust Doughboys and former Rick Nelson and Buck Owens steel guitarist Tom Brumley. The meeting is an aural feast of traditional country and folk sounds by some of the finest instrumentalists to ever pick guitars and banjos.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 A low- energy slog.... May 20, 2008
As an enthusiast of Western Swing and a disc jockey who has programmed Western Swing for 24 years on Atlanta FM radio, I looked forward eagerly to hearing "Adventures In Country Swing" and playing it for my listeners. The reviews were so positive and glowing that I thought I'd just take the plunge- after all I know the Light Crust Doughboy's work from the 1940's (nice stuff!) and I dug the Ventures from way,way back.
I'm sad to say that this CD is as low on energy as any I've heard in recent memory. Nokie Edwards is relegated to acoustic guitar for the most part and Tom Brumley is primarily restrained by the anemic rhythm section. Bland electric keyboards shackle any enthusiasm the music might generate and the arrangements are weak........... what a huge disappointment. This could have been a sparkling, energetic romp but for the most part is a real slog. Do the other reviewers even know what exciting Western Swing is? I wonder..
 A Country Western and Guitar Masterpiece November 22, 2007
They say that there are only a few things folks will fight over: music, politics, religion and the opposite sex. That might explain why there are such strong opinions about masterworks such as this, and why legends like The Light Crust Doughboys and Nokie Edwards and The Ventures evoke such strong reactions. Make no mistake about it, this is one outstanding music project in the traditional country and in the Ventures mold. As a Tennessean once said: "Why with this album you can enjoy both of the world's greatest music styles: country AND western!" Seriously though, this project has got it all, if you like twanging, Nokie Edwards/Ventures guitar tones combined with rich, Americana and folk roots music. I heard this was the first of the famous Grammy-Winning Doughboys-Nokie sessions, and it's more reverent than some of their later offerings due to its inclusion of some of the most beautiful of all the country ballads. There's something for everybody on this collection, but if your tastes tend toward the wilder and more rocking, seek out at any price the ultra-rare and collectible Nokie-Doughboys TWANGING GUITARS AND SOULFUL VOICES, CHRISTMAS IN GUITARLAND, BEST OF NOKIE ROOTS VOL. 1 & 2. On all these releases, Nokie and The Light Crust Doughboys are so hot, they're cool. And it's the same with this tremendous release, it's just that this CD edges more toward countrypolitan while sprinkling in the Texas-style jazz banjo to give this album a real folk flavor. A best-in-the-west, 5-star listening experience, expertly produced and recorded, with special appeal for classic country and instrumental fans.
In Future = No Sound Samples = Won't Buy. March 30, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was hoping for western swing with a little more surf twang in the leads than the Bob Wills variety, what I got was what it would sound like if a Monkees cover band did these tunes and dropped out the vocals. Overproduced, overbearing country-type elevator music. As each track started I kept reaching to turn down the volume a little more ...and Beer Barrel Polka wherein someone is banging against a mic does not help the mix. Lesson learned.
Nokie Edwards A+ Grammy Award Level Performance September 10, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wonder why the Ventures were the largest selling instrutmental recording group of all time. Two words come to mind, Nokie Edwards!
If you haven't followed Nokie's career then this CD will probably be a revelation. Guitar playing doesn't get much better than this.
Those guitar mags that feature the same no talent rock guitarists that all play variations on the same 6 riffs & these cats call themselves guitarists, let alone muscians. PLEASE!!! Buy this country western theme CD & listen to a true guitarists guitarist & a true musicians musician. Ladies & gentleman presenting NOKIE EDWARDS!!!
Very Best in its Field September 8, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the first instrumental album I turn to for car and home listening. It's an essential album for guitar fans and for country music fans and students. It's unlike Nokie's later albums with The Doughboys which are more pop-oriented and Ventures'-style. This masterpiece, however, is much rawer and roots-oriented, and it sizzles from song-to-song with funky feel. Just wait until you hear "The Orange Blossom Special" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds". I heard Nokie with The Doughboys in concert in Mesquite, Texas, and it was the best variety show and musical festival I've ever attended. The electricity between the musicians and in the auditorium was atomic-powered.
This Nokie-Light Crust Doughboys series including CHRISTMAS albums, country-folk albums and pop albums is one of the greatest series of albums in instrumental music history.
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