Doug Sahm

Douglas Wayne Sahm ( November 6, 1941 in San Antonio, Texas, † November 18, 1999 in Taos, New Mexico ) was an American country, blues and rock musicians. He is regarded as the most important figure of the so-called Tex-Mex style and was mainly known as a leader of the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados later.

  • 2.1 Albums ( selection)
  • 2.2 Compilations ( selection)
  • 2.3 recordings of other musicians (selection)

Biography

Doug Sahm began his career as a child prodigy in country music. At the age of 6 years he appeared in local radio shows. In December 1952, the 11 -year-old Sahm was with Hank Williams on stage, just a few weeks before his death. At age 13, he made as Little Doug Sahm his first recording (A Real American Joe ) and already played guitar, steel guitar, mandolin and violin. It is, Sahm was even then a regular appearance on the Grand Ole Opry has been offered, but his mother insisted that he first left school. As of 1957, Sahm several bands with names like The Markays, The Spirits, The Knights and The Pharaoh, played in the clubs of San Antonio and took some singles for local labels on, among other things, Crazy Daisy ( 1959), Can not Believe You Wanna Leave ( 1959) and Sapphire (1961 ) for the label Harlem.

The Sir Douglas Quintet and the 70s

At the suggestion of producer Huey Meaux founded Sahm Sir Douglas Quintet in 1964, the first had with She's About A Mover and The Rains Came hits. After moving to the hippie capital of San Francisco followed by the label Mercury Records with Mendocino (1969 ), Dynamite Woman ( 1969) Nuevo Laredo ( 1970) more hits. Under the pseudonym of Douglas Wayne Sahm published 1970 rehearsed in Nashville Country Single Be Real.

In 1973, producer Jerry Wexler Sahm for Atlantic Records contract - without his Quintet. That there rehearsed with guest musicians David " Fathead " Newman, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, David Bromberg, and Flaco Jimenez, Doug Sahm And Band Album applies - although it reached only accommodate 125 of the U.S. charts - a milestone of Tex- Mex. With Texas Tornado followed under the band name Sir Douglas band a second album for Atlantic, after Sahm published under various labels plates with different stylistic emphases. The rock Groover 's Paradise (1974 ) with Stu Cook and Doug Clifford of Creedence Clearwater Revival, the country album Texas Rock For Country Rollers ( 1975), again a collaboration with producer Huey P. Meaux and the Blue Plate Hell Of A Spell (1980 ), a tribute to his idol Guitar Slim.

The 80s and 90s

In the '80s Sahm Sir Douglas Quintet reformed its Publications at the Swedish label Sonet, he continued to take on solo material and formed the rockabilly lineup Texas Mavericks and with Amos Garrett and Gene Taylor, the Formerly Brothers.

In 1989, Sahm with Freddy Fender, Flaco Jimenez and Augie Meyers, the Tex-Mex supergroup Texas Tornados, with whom he four studio albums, one live album and a best-of compilation published until 1999. In between, there came in 1994 a renewed Reunion of the Sir Douglas Quintet. Also in 1994 was Sahms album The Last Real Texas Blues Band, a new tribute to the Texas blues of T -Bone Walker, nominated for a Grammy.

Doug Sahm died on 18 November 1999 during a stay in Taos, New Mexico in his hotel room of a heart attack. The following year, posthumously released his last album The Return Of Wayne Douglas, which was stylistically a return to his country and western swing roots.

Doug Sahm sons are also active in the music business. Shawn Sahm, who played back in the 80's guitar in the Sir Douglas Quintet, converts stylistically with his band, Tex- Mex Experience in the footsteps of his father and released the solo CD ( Shawn Sahm, 2002). Shandon Sahm, the younger brother, was a drummer member of the rock band Meat Puppets and released the solo album (Good Thoughts Are Better Than Laxatives, 2002).

Discography

Albums ( selection)

  • Doug Sahm & Band (Atlantic 1973)
  • Texas Tornado (Atlantic 1973) as Sir Douglas band
  • Groover 's Paradise ( Warner Bros 1974)
  • Texas Rock For Country Rollers (MCA 1975) as Sir Doug & The Texas Tornados
  • Hell Of A Spell ( Takoma 1980)
  • Juke Box Music ( Antone's, 1987)
  • Who Are These Masked Men? ( New Rose, 1987) as the Texas Mavericks
  • Live ( Bear Tracks 1988)
  • The Return Of The Formerly Brothers ( Rykodisc 1989)
  • The Doug Sahm / Amos Garrett / Gene Taylor Band Live In Japan ( New Rose, 1991)
  • The Last Real Texas Blues Band ( Antone's, 1994)
  • S.D.Q. '98 ( Watermelon 1998)
  • The Return Of Wayne Douglas ( Tornado / Evangeline 2000)
  • Live From Austin TX (New West 2007 ) live recording from 1975

Compilations ( selection)

  • The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet ( Polygram / ​​Mercury 1990)
  • The Best of The Atlantic Sessions ( Sequel 1994)
  • San Antonio Rock: The Harlem Recordings 1957-1961 (Norton, 2000)

Recordings of other musicians (selection)

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