Keeps Me Wonderin’ What Might’ve Been

Posted by Lance Davis - April 23, 2013 - Dolly Parton, Doug Sahm, George Drakoulias, Jayhawks, LaVern Baker, Lone Justice, Los Angeles, Maria McKee, Sir Douglas Quintet

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Maria McKee, You Gotta Sin To Get Saved, 1993

“And where will you be in 1993? Still sitting in the same chair Sinning is for sinners and I’m just a beginner But, I’ve never really been touched there” —Soul Asylum, “Never Really Been,” 1986 “You gotta sin to get saved.” –Maria McKee, 1993 It’s largely overlooked, if not outright dismissed, but Maria McKee‘s […]

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 […]