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 […]

Paradise Waits For Me

Posted by Lance Davis - September 4, 2009 - Doug Sahm, Gourds

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One day [Doug Sahm] said to me, ‘You know, in the early Seventies, man, Willie was the old guy. He brought it to us and gave it to us to carry it on, and that’s what I’m doing with you guys. You guys are it. You guys take it and go with it.’ –Kevin […]

All God’s Kids, They Wanna Rock

Posted by Lance Davis - September 2, 2009 - Curtis Mayfield, Dexateens, Doug Sahm, Glossary, Gourds, Grand Champeen, Li'l Cap'n Travis, Neckbones, New York Dolls, Prescott Curlywolf, Reigning Sound, Sam Cooke, Slobberbone, Vulture Whale

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As we transition from summer to fall, I think it’s only appropriate that we kick summer’s angry ass out the door Adios Lounge style. Here’s a compilation of music that’s helped keep me sane during a summer of continuous 100+ degree weather. I think it’s a good mix of soul and rock, but those designations […]

It Might Be One O’Clock and It Might Be Three

Posted by Lance Davis - August 21, 2009 - Britt Daniel, Doug Sahm, Elvis Costello, I love you Leilani, Li'l Cap'n Travis, Sam Cooke, Spoon

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“Sam (Cooke) had a way of singing, it was like Mahalia Jackson. She could sing a Christmas carol and people would cry. Sam had that same communication line. He could sing to an audience and he would have their complete (attention). I would look down the rows from the stage and everybody would be […]