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Getting Started
By: Noel Date: February 28, 2013, 10:40 am
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NokieMania – A Festival Honoring Nokie Edwards
In my interview with Art Greenhaw about his experiences playing
and recording with Bob Bogle and Nokie Edwards, Art told me, “I
believe the best thing we could all do is come together for an
annual NOKIE EDWARDS APPRECIATION SOCIETY MEET & PLAY ... NOKIE
STUDENTS/FANS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!!” Art’s idea is that we’d
come together to celebrate Nokie Edwards and his music, play a
lot, talk a lot, hang out and listen to some terrific music, and
eat some great Texas food. Sounds wonderful. I said so.
Then he asked me to help. I couldn’t say no. Here’s what there
is at this stage. Art has a venue in Mesquite, Texas, the
McWhorter-Greenhaw Building. It has classroom space, a showroom
for guitar displays and an auditorium that seats around 100 for
performances. The area has an old downtown square atmosphere and
there are cooperative motels in the immediate vicinity. And Art,
who is a Grammy-winning recording artist and record producer,
brings his considerable knowledge and talents to this project.
There are already East and West-Coast events celebrating The
Ventures and Nokie Edwards. This isn’t intended to conflict with
those in any way, but to add to the fun and bring some of it to
the middle of the country.
NokieMania is the working name for now. There has been at least
one previous NokieMania, but it sounds a lot better than “The
Nokie Project”. And it’s short.
What needs to happen next is for some folks to help find ten to
twelve friends and fans of Nokie Edwards who are willing and
able to organize and put on this event. I don’t know the people
who can do this, but some of those reading this do. Let the
search begin!
If you’re interested in finding people to help, know some people
who might, or even want to be part of this yourself, please let
me know. Let me know if you just have an idea for something you
want to share.
I can be reached directly at noel.squitieri@att.net
Thank you.
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