He’s About a Mover
The old friend who’d arrived out of the blue an hour before was standing now on the small landing outside my front door. He was confused. His head bowed with uncertainty while his neck tensed with...
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Thirty years before Patrick Swayze pranced across the silver screen, kids along the Gulf Coast and in South Texas were dirty-dancing to the sound of pounding pianos, descending horn riffs, and...
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Hot CDsYou could plunk Doug Sahm and Augie Meyers down on a stage anywhere in the world, with any sidemen, and they could deliver the irresistible dit-dit-dit they’ve plied for more than thirty years...
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Hot CDsI was already familiar with James Brown’s Say It Live and Loud (Polygram), which was recorded live at Memorial Auditorium in Dallas on August 26, 1968. I was there, a couple of rows back from...
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MUSICSwingin’ The Wheel on Wills.Asleep at the WheelRide With Bob DreamworksIT’S HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER Ride With Bob is a tribute to the late Bob Wills, the king of Western swing, or a tribute to...
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Augie Meyers
The 69-year-old San Antonio keyboardist used his Vox organ to bridge the gap between sixties psychedelia and Tex-Mex and gave the Sir Douglas Quintet its signature sound. In 1990 he and his Quintet...
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Furry Friday: Red Headed Kittie
We all know the Internet is made of cats, and the latest kitty meme to bubble up is a Tumblr called “The Kitten Covers,” which reimagines classic album art in feline form.Willie himself (or at least,...
View ArticleSome Things Never Change: Doug Deep
Listen to Doug Sahm sing and play guitar, fiddle, or piano, and you’ll learn all you need to know about country, rock, blues, conjunto, Cajun, and other indigenous sounds, how they are part and parcel...
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He’s About A Mover
Excerpted from Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm, by Jan Reid, with Shawn Sahm. Published with permission from the University of Texas Press.Doug Sahm and his band, the Sir Douglas...
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Exclusive Sneak-Peek: The Doug Sahm Documentary
Doug Sahm was many things to many people. He was a musical polymath with a cool streak as long as his hair. He sang with soul and played the steel guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and piano. He was deft at...
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