Doughboys rise to the occasion with Pride

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The performance, part of the Doughboys’ Masterworks Concert Series, will begin 7pm on the South Lawn of the beautiful and historic Old Bedford School (http://www.oldbedfordschool.com)

The Old Bedford School is located at 2400 School Lane, Bedford, TX 76021.

This concert is to a free and open to the public!

For more information, contact the Arts Council Northeast at (817) 283-3406.

COVERING TEXAS AS THE STATE OF TEXAS’ OFFICIAL MUSIC AMBASSADORS! “THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS’ ‘BEAUTIFUL TEXAS’ 80TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS”!

Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of The Light Crust Doughboys’ Hit Song, Hit Record & Anthem-to-Texas, “Beautiful Texas”.

Dallas, Texas Inaugural Concerts Feb. 5 & April 16, Pocket Sandwich Theatre, near SMU. Reservations 214-821-1860 from 2 pm to 6 pm daily.

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Call the Pocket daily 2:00-6:00pm for reservations.
214.821.1860

Details: Doors open at 6:15pm for seating and dinner.  Please arrive before 7:15pm.

Call the Pocket daily 2:00-6:00pm for reservations.
214.821.1860

Details: Doors open at 6:15pm for seating and dinner.  Please arrive before 7:15pm.

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Photo courtesy of Texas Highways Magazine, Photo by J. Griffis Smith

by Mary Jane Farmer

It’s been nearly three decades since I had the privilege of being in a Light Crust Doughboys audience, and, like Wolf Brand Chili — that’s too long. It won’t happen again.

The Light Crust Doughboys were the first Bob Wills band, a fact most people don’t know. He built it up in the late 1920s and early 1930s (I’m still studying their history, and will probably add more of that as time and more concerts pass by). They have, of course, lost and added many players over the years, but the music has remained true, and true blue country with all the swing, rock-a-billy, harmonies, trade-off lead vocals, fiddle, steel, stand-up bass, acoustic guitars of stone-cold country music.

For this concert, band leader Art Greenhaw created a 19-song set list — and that was just the first set. They opened with the theme song used to make them so popular as the Burris Mills Flour spokes-band, “We’re the Light Crust Doughboys from Burris Mills,” and that set the tone for the evening. Grammy-award winning Greenhaw, also a songwriter, moved from time to time from his acoustic guitar to a real-live piano, and kicked out some authentic rinky tink sounds out of that rinky dink instrument. He sings a mean low bass and brings it up to hit the high notes with clarity, taking a few lead vocals and stepping back graciously to give focus on everybody else.

Reece Anderson with his steel defied all the glossy slickness of what passes today for mainstream country pickin’. Jim Baker, the fiddler of the group, could make ribs rumble with the sweetness of his bow across the strings. Then, when the two of them got together, the stringed harmonies soared throughout the capacity-crowded room. Baker also took a few lead vocals.

Lyles West on the stand-up bass kept up a steady and solid rhythm, from rock-a-billy to western swing, without missing a beat even when he scratched his nose. Teresa Anderson had the high harmony honors and easily moved from that into lead vocals on many songs. She also easily moved around the room, dancing with the M.C., encouraging the audience to sing and clap along, and peppering the stage with her pleasant antics.

Dion Pride is the newest member of the band, playing acoustic guitar leads and singing, lead or back-up, with a voice that was both as pitch perfect as can be found and punctuated with emotion, strength, and clarity.

After the break, during which they talked and signed autographs and had their pictures taken with fans, the band worked with a set-list-less set, dotted with several Christmas carols and the fun secular songs of the season, accommodated the crowd’s requests, and it was all punctuated with surprise song call-outs from Greenhaw to the band. They were always ready, on their toes, with picks and bows ready.

There were a couple of guests on stage, too. One of those was former Doughboy Ralph Sanford, who also was a member of The Levee Singers. The other was a delightful young man who began dancing his way through the last song, then, when a mic was lowered to reach him, belted out a line or two on the Christmas song that closed the night. Two young girls, with Teresa’s encouragement, sang along and took some leads on “O Holy Night,” a difficult-at-best song which they performed very well.

The Light Crust Doughboys will be back at The Pocket Sandwich Theater in Dallas/Mesquite on February 5, a Tuesday, and again on April 16, also a Tuesday. There will be other performances, too, and all those will be in Scene In Town’s Live Music Calendar.

Dion Pride, the son of legendary Country Music Hall of Famer, Charley Pride, has clearly inherited his father’s talents.

Born with a passion for music and performing, Dion started singing and playing guitar by the age of 5. He began five years of classical and modern piano when he was eight years young, drums at 10, bass at 12 and started performing when he turned 14.

The Doughboys’ are thrilled to have Dion’s beautiful vocals, brilliant guitar and keyboard, and dynamic stage presence to our performances.