Bob & Doug: Obviously Quintet Believers

Posted by Lance Davis - April 30, 2011 - Augie Meyers, Bob Dylan, Doug Sahm, Huey Meaux, Sir Douglas Quintet

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L-R: Doug Sahm – vocals, guitars, fiddle, arrangements Augie Meyers – organ Johnny Perez – drums Jack Barber – bass Frank Morin – saxophone, percussion, harmony vocals Huey Meaux died a week ago today (April 23, to be precise) at the age of 82, the last 15 years of which were spent behind bars. […]

Love and Conversation: She’s About a Mover

Posted by Lance Davis - April 11, 2011 - Barbara Lynn, Beatles, Doug Sahm, George Baker Selection, Gourds, Huey Meaux, Reservoir Dogs, Sir Douglas Quintet

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Huey Meaux loved to say that he came up with the idea for the Sir Douglas Quintet while holed up in a San Antonio motel armed with nothing but Beatles records, Thunderbird wine, and underage Mexican hookers. His drunkpiphany was that The Beatles were basically playing a variation on the Cajun two-step, with a similar […]

For LP Fans Only: Texas Rock For Country Rollers

Posted by Lance Davis - May 31, 2008 - Atwood Allen, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, Huey Meaux, Sir Douglas Quintet

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“I’m a part of Willie Nelson‘s world and I love it, but at the same time, I’m part of the Grateful Dead‘s world. One night I might be playing twin fiddles at the Broken Spoke and the next night I’ll be down at Antone’s playing blues. In that way Texas is a paradise, because all […]