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The Sir Douglas Quintet Was An American Rock Band Active In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s. Despite Their British Sounding Name They Came Out Of San Antonio Texas And Are Perhaps Best Known For Their 1965 Hit Single Written By Doug Sahm The 12-Bar Blues "She's About A Mover" Named The Number One 'Texas' Song By Texas Monthly. The Sir Douglas Quintet Is Considered A Pioneering Influence In The History Of Rock And Roll For Incorporating Tex-Mex And Cajun Styles Into Rock Music. A Lone Star Original With A German Surname An Edwardian Suit A Beatles Haircut A Loving Knowledge Of The Blues And R&b Western Swing And Tex-Mex Sounds A Voice Like A Flayed And Tanned Hide A Deliriously Eclectic Bag Of Tunes A Bare Handful Of Nationally Charting Hits And A Cult That Includes Admirers Jerry Wexler Bod Dylan Elvis Costello And Joe "King" Carrasco? Nothing About Douglas Wayne Sahm Is Quite What It Appears To Be. Born In San Antonio On November 6 1941 Sahm Descended From "squareheads" As The German Settlers Who Contributed The Accordion To Border Music Are Known In Texas At The Turn Of The Century His Grandfather Had What Sahm Calls "a German Oom-Pah-Pah Band". Doug Himself Started Playing Tripleneck Steel Guitar At The Tender Age Of Six. When He Was Nine His Father Began Taking Him To Local Joints Like The Barns To See Stars Like Webb Pierce Hank Williams And Bob Wills. " I Used To Watch The Steel Players" He Grins. "Before I Even Had A Guitar I Took A Box And Drew Strings On It And When The Radio Would Come On With Fifteen Minutes Of Country Bands I'd Fantasize That I Was Playing The Steel Over The Radio". By His Teens He Was Past-Fantasy Gigging Around In Local Bar Bands On Guitar And Fiddle Playing The Time's Typical Stew Of R&b Stompers Rockabilly Rave-Ups Roadhouse Blues And Western-Swing And Two Step Rhythms. Sahm Recalls "I Was Listening To Hank Ballard And Chuck Berry Webb Pierce And Howlin' Wolf The Drifters And Hank Williams And Johnny Ace All That '50s Stuff. Little Richard Was My Favorite. The Music Really Incensed A Lot Of Parents Although It Wasn't Very Racial At All. The East Side Of San Antonio Where I Grew Up Was Predominantly Black Then -Now It's All Black-. San Antonio's Very Racially Mixed Always Has Been The Older People Mix Really Well. So Parents Just Knew There Was Something In That Black Music That The Kids Loved. They Had No Idea What Was Coming". Neither Did The Kids Themselves "When I Saw Elvis In '56 It Just Blew My Mind. I Put The Pompadour Up Got In Front Of The Mirror And Started To Practice Shaking". The Sir Douglas Quintet Is Considered A Pioneering Influence In The History Of Rock And Roll For Incorporating Tex-Mex And Cajun Styles Into Rock Music. Early Influences On The Band's Emerging Texas Style Were Even Broader Than This And Included Ethnic And Pop Music From The 1950s And 1960s Such As Doo-Wop Electric Blues Soul Music And British Invasion. The Quintet Brought The Older Styles Into A Contemporary Context For Instance By Adapting The Doo-Wop Feel Beat And Chord Progressions. Perhaps Even More Off-Beat For A Late 1960s Rock Band Than Some Inclusion Of Doo-Wop Type Songs Was That The Band Also Played In Styles Like Western Swing And Polka A Country & Western Form And Rhythmic Style From The Texas Hill Country Rather Than A Straight European Style . They Approached These Styles With An Instrumental Line-Up That Was Typical Of Blues Bands One Guitarist Keyboardist Bassist And Drummer And A Member Who Could Play Either Trumpet Or Saxophone. In The Mid 1960s The Band Relocated To The San Francisco Bay Area And Absorbed Features Of The San Francisco Sound Including The Loud And Lush Electric Bass Tone And Freer Percussion And Guitar Stylings. Band Members Also Explored Musical Elements Specific To Modern Jazz At That Time. For Studio Recordings They Sometimes Added An Extra Session Musician Or Two Often To Flesh Out The Brass Dimension Of A Track's Sound. Good Examples Of What They Achieved When They Absorbed The New Jazz And Psychedelic Elements Into Their Music Can Be Found On The Album Sir Douglas Quintet 2. In Live Performances Blues Often With Swing Or Shuffle Beats Was Usually A Substantial Component Of The Set. Besides Doing Their Own Original Material The Quintet Revived Several Classics Such As Jimmie Rodgers' "In The Jailhouse Now" And Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" To Be Found On The Albums Son Of San Antonio And Texas Fever Respectively. In Addition To Their Best-Known Song "She's About A Mover " 1965 The Band Is Known For Its Songs "Mendocino " 1968 "Can You Dig My Vibrations?" 1968 And "Dynamite Woman" 1969 . "Mendocino" Was Released In December 1968 And Reached #14 In The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 By Early 1969 Spending 15 Weeks In The Chart. It Was Even More Successful In Europe Selling Over Three Million Copies. In Addition To Sahm And Meyers Original Sir Douglas Quintet Members Included Jack Barber On Bass Frank Morin On Saxophone Trumpet And Keyboards And Johnny Perez Ernie Durawa And T.J. Ritterbach On Drums. In 1969 Harvey Kagan Joined The Quintet On Bass Forming Their Most Familiar Line Up - Kagan Morin Perez Sahm And Meyers. Bassist Jim Stallings Also Contributed To Several Albums During This Period Of Shifting Personnel Which Included Among Others Guitarist Tom Nay Of Sarasota Florida Who Played With The Group For About A Year And John York Who Later Replaced Chris Hillman In The Byrds. In 1972 The Group Split Up When Sahm Contracted To Produce A Solo Album. Meyers Perez Morin And Stallings Briefly Regrouped As The Quintet With Farlow Taking Sahm's Place. In 1973 Several Sir Douglas Quintet Outtakes Were Released In Their Final Album From The Group's Classic Era Rough Edges. Doug Sahm And Several Members Of The Sir Douglas Quintet Released The Album 'Texas Tornado' In 1973 As The Sir Douglas Band. Sahm And Meyers Continued To Work Together Throughout The Late 1970s And Rejoined With Perez In 1980 For A Reunion Tour And Album. Sahm And Meyers Were Also Members Of The Texas Tornados In The Early 1990s. In 2005 The Sir Douglas Quintet Were Among The New Class Of Musicians Chosen For The Nominating Ballot To The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Taken From The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet's Booklet Mercury 1990 By Gene Santoro.
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The Sir Douglas Quintet Was An American Rock Band Active In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s. Despite Their British Sounding Name They Came Out Of San Antonio Texas And Are Perhaps Best Known For Their 1965 Hit Single Written By Doug Sahm The 12-Bar Blues "She's About A Mover" Named The Number One 'Texas' Song By Texas Monthly. The Sir Douglas Quintet Is Considered A Pioneering Influence In The History Of Rock And Roll For Incorporating Tex-Mex And Cajun Styles Into Rock Music. A Lone Star Original With A German Surname An Edwardian Suit A Beatles Haircut A Loving Knowledge Of The Blues And R&b Western Swing And Tex-Mex Sounds A Voice Like A Flayed And Tanned Hide A Deliriously Eclectic Bag Of Tunes A Bare Handful Of Nationally Charting Hits And A Cult That Includes Admirers Jerry Wexler Bod Dylan Elvis Costello And Joe "King" Carrasco? Nothing About Douglas Wayne Sahm Is Quite What It Appears To Be. Born In San Antonio On November 6 1941 Sahm Descended From "squareheads" As The German Settlers Who Contributed The Accordion To Border Music Are Known In Texas At The Turn Of The Century His Grandfather Had What Sahm Calls "a German Oom-Pah-Pah Band". Doug Himself Started Playing Tripleneck Steel Guitar At The Tender Age Of Six. When He Was Nine His Father Began Taking Him To Local Joints Like The Barns To See Stars Like Webb Pierce Hank Williams And Bob Wills. " I Used To Watch The Steel Players" He Grins. "Before I Even Had A Guitar I Took A Box And Drew Strings On It And When The Radio Would Come On With Fifteen Minutes Of Country Bands I'd Fantasize That I Was Playing The Steel Over The Radio". By His Teens He Was Past-Fantasy Gigging Around In Local Bar Bands On Guitar And Fiddle Playing The Time's Typical Stew Of R&b Stompers Rockabilly Rave-Ups Roadhouse Blues And Western-Swing And Two Step Rhythms. Sahm Recalls "I Was Listening To Hank Ballard And Chuck Berry Webb Pierce And Howlin' Wolf The Drifters And Hank Williams And Johnny Ace All That '50s Stuff. Little Richard Was My Favorite. The Music Really Incensed A Lot Of Parents Although It Wasn't Very Racial At All. The East Side Of San Antonio Where I Grew Up Was Predominantly Black Then -Now It's All Black-. San Antonio's Very Racially Mixed Always Has Been The Older People Mix Really Well. So Parents Just Knew There Was Something In That Black Music That The Kids Loved. They Had No Idea What Was Coming". Neither Did The Kids Themselves "When I Saw Elvis In '56 It Just Blew My Mind. I Put The Pompadour Up Got In Front Of The Mirror And Started To Practice Shaking". The Sir Douglas Quintet Is Considered A Pioneering Influence In The History Of Rock And Roll For Incorporating Tex-Mex And Cajun Styles Into Rock Music. Early Influences On The Band's Emerging Texas Style Were Even Broader Than This And Included Ethnic And Pop Music From The 1950s And 1960s Such As Doo-Wop Electric Blues Soul Music And British Invasion. The Quintet Brought The Older Styles Into A Contemporary Context For Instance By Adapting The Doo-Wop Feel Beat And Chord Progressions. Perhaps Even More Off-Beat For A Late 1960s Rock Band Than Some Inclusion Of Doo-Wop Type Songs Was That The Band Also Played In Styles Like Western Swing And Polka A Country & Western Form And Rhythmic Style From The Texas Hill Country Rather Than A Straight European Style . They Approached These Styles With An Instrumental Line-Up That Was Typical Of Blues Bands One Guitarist Keyboardist Bassist And Drummer And A Member Who Could Play Either Trumpet Or Saxophone. In The Mid 1960s The Band Relocated To The San Francisco Bay Area And Absorbed Features Of The San Francisco Sound Including The Loud And Lush Electric Bass Tone And Freer Percussion And Guitar Stylings. Band Members Also Explored Musical Elements Specific To Modern Jazz At That Time. For Studio Recordings They Sometimes Added An Extra Session Musician Or Two Often To Flesh Out The Brass Dimension Of A Track's Sound. Good Examples Of What They Achieved When They Absorbed The New Jazz And Psychedelic Elements Into Their Music Can Be Found On The Album Sir Douglas Quintet 2. In Live Performances Blues Often With Swing Or Shuffle Beats Was Usually A Substantial Component Of The Set. Besides Doing Their Own Original Material The Quintet Revived Several Classics Such As Jimmie Rodgers' "In The Jailhouse Now" And Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" To Be Found On The Albums Son Of San Antonio And Texas Fever Respectively. In Addition To Their Best-Known Song "She's About A Mover " 1965 The Band Is Known For Its Songs "Mendocino " 1968 "Can You Dig My Vibrations?" 1968 And "Dynamite Woman" 1969 . "Mendocino" Was Released In December 1968 And Reached #14 In The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 By Early 1969 Spending 15 Weeks In The Chart. It Was Even More Successful In Europe Selling Over Three Million Copies. In Addition To Sahm And Meyers Original Sir Douglas Quintet Members Included Jack Barber On Bass Frank Morin On Saxophone Trumpet And Keyboards And Johnny Perez Ernie Durawa And T.J. Ritterbach On Drums. In 1969 Harvey Kagan Joined The Quintet On Bass Forming Their Most Familiar Line Up - Kagan Morin Perez Sahm And Meyers. Bassist Jim Stallings Also Contributed To Several Albums During This Period Of Shifting Personnel Which Included Among Others Guitarist Tom Nay Of Sarasota Florida Who Played With The Group For About A Year And John York Who Later Replaced Chris Hillman In The Byrds. In 1972 The Group Split Up When Sahm Contracted To Produce A Solo Album. Meyers Perez Morin And Stallings Briefly Regrouped As The Quintet With Farlow Taking Sahm's Place. In 1973 Several Sir Douglas Quintet Outtakes Were Released In Their Final Album From The Group's Classic Era Rough Edges. Doug Sahm And Several Members Of The Sir Douglas Quintet Released The Album 'Texas Tornado' In 1973 As The Sir Douglas Band. Sahm And Meyers Continued To Work Together Throughout The Late 1970s And Rejoined With Perez In 1980 For A Reunion Tour And Album. Sahm And Meyers Were Also Members Of The Texas Tornados In The Early 1990s. In 2005 The Sir Douglas Quintet Were Among The New Class Of Musicians Chosen For The Nominating Ballot To The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Taken From The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet's Booklet Mercury 1990 By Gene Santoro.
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Group's Origins
Doug Sahm A Veteran Of The Professional Music Scene Who First Sang On The Radio At The Age Of Five Formed The Quintet First Called Simply "Sir Douglas" In 1964 With Longtime Friend Augie Meyers And The Other Original Members Jack Barber Frank Morin And Johnny Perez. Sahm Had Started In Country Music And Had Played At Age Eleven On-Stage With Hank Williams Sr. During The Latter's Final Performance. Sahm Went On To Play In Blues Clubs In His Teenage Years And Gained Experience As A Band Leader. The Initial Success Of The New Group The Quintet On The Airwaves And Sales Charts Was Achieved When They Made Records In Conjunction With Houston Music Producer Huey P. Meaux. Houston's Recording Industry Had Become The Centre Of Texas R&B Music. The Quintet Was Born In A Cross-Cultural South Texas Musical Melting Pot That Included The Sounds And Traditions Of Mexico Ireland Scotland Appalachia Bohemia Poland Czechoslovakia Germany And African America. Aware Of Major Trends Producer Huey Meaux Advised Connecting The New Group With The English Pop Music Trend. As A Consequence The Texas-Local R&B Tex-Mex And Other Veins The Musicians Were Familiar With Initially Went Through A Period Of Influence By The British Pop Bands Of The Early And Mid-1960s. For A Short While The Youthful Members Of The Group Emulated Beatles-Like "mop-Top" Demeanours And Antics On Stage. However They Soon Outgrew These Trappings. Best Known Tracks
The Quintet Is Perhaps Best Known For The 1965 Hit Single "She's About A Mover" Written By Doug Sahm. The Song Which Has A 12-Bar Blues Structure Was Once Named The Number One 'Texas' Song By Texas Monthly. With An Infectious Vox Continental Organ Riff Provided By Augie Meyers And Soulful Vocals From Sahm The Track Has A Tex-Mex Sound. The Regional Smash Became A Breakaway Hit And The Recording Was Used In The Soundtracks Of The Films Echo Park 1986 American Boyfriends 1989 The Doors 1991 Riding In Cars With Boys 2001 Sorority Boys 2002 And Beautiful Darling 2010 . The Quintet's Recordings Were Used As Well In The Soundtracks Of Other Films Such As Cisco Pike And An Officer And A Gentleman. In Addition To "She's About A Mover " The Band Is Known For Its Songs "The Rains Came" 1966 "Mendocino" 1968 "It Didn't Even Bring Me Down" 1969 And "Dynamite Woman" 1969 . "Mendocino" Was Released In December 1968 And Reached No. 27 On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 By Early 1969 Spending 15 Weeks In The Chart. It Was More Successful In Europe Selling Over Three Million Copies There. The Track Was Featured In The Generally Highly Regarded Film High Fidelity Starring John Cusack And Jack Black. Having Made A Considerable Musical Impact The Quintet At One Point Went On To Share The Same European Bill As The Beach Boys And The Rolling Stones.In 1983 Sahm And Augie Meyers Signed With The Swedish Sonte Label And Made Several Extensive European Tours That Revitalized Their Careers. The Single "Meet Me In Stockholm" From Their Midnight Sun LP Went Platinum And Was One Of The Biggest-Selling Records Ever In Scandinavia. "We Were Having Riots On Stage " Said Doug. "Swedish Chicks Were Running Up On Stage Knocking Me Over Ripping My Clothes." Style
The Quintet Played Varied Styles With An Instrumental Lineup That Was Typical Of Blues Bands One Guitarist Keyboardist Bassist And Drummer And A Member Who Could Play Either Trumpet Or Saxophone. Despite The Blues Band Lineup And A Musical Influence From The Blues The Quintet's Live Sets Did Not Overemphasize Misery Or Tension In The Lyrical Content Or Musical Feeling Of The Songs. In Their Sets And On Record The Quintet Included Such Blues Classics As "I Don't Believe" Originally By Bobby Blue Bland Along With The Upbeat "Hey Little Girl" Originally By Texas Blues Man Frankie Lee Sims And "T-Bone Shuffle" Originally By Blues Giant T-Bone Walker . "The Hallmark Of Doug Sahm's Warm Reliable Steady-Rocking Tex-Mex Is That It Always Sounds Like You've Heard It Before—not The Lyrics Which Doug Just Jotted Down On Some Rolling Papers Five Minutes Ago But The Riffs. This Can Drive You Crazy ... When The Mood Is Right Though It Gives The Music A Kind Of Folkish Inevitability That Doesn't Get Boring Because Tex-Mex Is Such A Stew Of Influences." —Christgau's Record Guide Rock Albums Of The Seventies 1981 The Sir Douglas Quintet Is Considered A Pioneering Influence In The History Of Rock And Roll For Incorporating Tex-Mex And Cajun Styles Into Rock Music. However Early Influences On The Band's Emerging Texas Style Were Of Course Broader Than This And Included Ethnic And Pop Music From The 1950s And 1960s Such As Doo-Wop Electric Blues Soul Music And British Invasion. In The Mid-1960s The Band Relocated To The San Francisco Bay Area And Absorbed Features Of The Nascent San Francisco Sound Including The Loud And Lush Electric Bass Tone And Freer Percussion And Guitar Stylings. Band Members Also Explored Musical Elements Specific To Modern Jazz. For Studio Recordings They Sometimes Added An Extra Session Musician Or Two Often To Flesh Out The Brass Dimension Of A Track's Sound. Good Examples Of What They Produced By Absorbing The New Jazz And Psychedelic Elements Into Their Music Can Be Found On The Album Sir Douglas Quintet 2. The Lyrics In A Quintet Song Such As "The Song Of Everything" Are Plainly In The Realm Of The Mystical Whimsical Lyrics Regarded As One Of The Characteristics Of Psychedelic Music. In Live Performances Blues Often With Swing Or Shuffle Beats Was Usually A Substantial Component Of The Set. Besides Doing Their Original Material The Quintet Revived Several Classics Such As Jimmie Rodgers' "In The Jailhouse Now" And Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" To Be Found On The Albums Son Of San Antonio Originally On The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet 1966 And Texas Fever Originally On The Return Of Doug Saldana 1971 Respectively. In 2005 They Were Among The New Class Of Musicians Nominated For Induction Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame For The 2006 Induction Ceremony. Members
In Addition To Sahm And Meyers Original Sir Douglas Quintet Members Included Jack Barber On Bass Frank Morin On Saxophone Trumpet And Keyboards And Johnny Perez Ernie Durwa Or T.J. Rittenbach On Drums. Martin Fierro Joined The Band On Tenor Sax In 1968. In 1969 Harvey Kagan Joined The Quintet On Bass Forming Their Most Familiar Lineup – Kagan Morin Perez Sahm And Meyers. Bassist Jim Stallings Also Contributed To Several Albums During This Period Of Shifting Personnel Which Included Among Others Guitarist Tom Nay Of Sarasota Florida Who Played With The Group For About A Year And John York Who Later Replaced Chris Hillman In The Byrds And Contributions From San Antonio Crooner/saxophonist Danny Segovia. Sahm And Meyers Were Later Also Members Of The Texas Tornados With Freddy Fender And Flaco Jiménez In The Early 1990s. Frank Morin And Martin Fierro Both Appeared On The First Mother Earth Album "Living With The Animals" 1968 . In 1972 The Group Split Up When Sahm Contracted To Produce A Solo Album. Meyers Perez Morin And Stallings Briefly Regrouped As The Quintet With Sonny Farlow Taking Sahm's Place. In 1973 Several Sir Douglas Quintet Outtakes Were Released In Their Final Album From The Group's Classic Era Rough Edges. Sahm And Meyers Continued To Work Together Throughout The Late 1970s And Rejoined With Perez In 1980 For A Reunion Tour And Album. Throughout The 1980s And 1990s The Band Was Joined By Louie Ortega Formerly Of The 1960s Band Louie & The Lovers And Currently Of The Texas Tornados. Founder Doug Sahm Died Of A Heart Attack In His Sleep In A Motel Room In Taos New Mexico On November 18 1999 At The Age Of 58. Johnny Perez Owned Topanga Skyline Studios With "the Vibe And The Magic Of The '70's." Skyline's Grand Woodwork Welcoming Business Culture And "western Fort" Dirt Courtyard Set The Stage For Drummer Perez To Mentor And Inspire Generations Of Young Artists – Until His Death On September 11 2012 At The Age Of 69 In A California Hospital From Complications Of Cirrhosis Of The Liver. Harvey Kagan Performed With A San Antonio Area Wedding/event Band The Oh So Good! The Band Is Best Known For Discovering American Idol Contestant Haley Scarnato. Kagan Died On July 5 2019 Aged 73. Augie Meyers Continues To Tour And Record On His Independent Record Labels Based In Bulverde Texas. Frank Morin Remains Active In Music With Teaching Production And Film Soundtrack Work. Jim Stallings Lives In Albuquerque New Mexico Where He Plays Bass Guitar And Keyboards At Local Pro-Jam Sessions. He Is Also In The Process Of Writing His Autobiography With Heavy Emphasis On His Time With Sir Douglas Quintet And The Effect That Experience Had On His Life. Selected Discography
Albums
1966 – The Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Tribe Not A Compilation Despite Its Title 1968 – Sir Douglas Quintet 2 Honkey Blues Smash 1969 – Mendocino Smash 1970 – Together After Five Smash 1970 – 1 1 1 4 Philips 1971 – The Return Of Doug Saldaña Philips 1972 – Future Tense As Simply The Quintet Without Doug Sahm
1973 – Rough Edges Mercury 1975 – Reunion Of The Cosmic Brothers Crazy Cajun LIVE SDQ With Freddy Fender And Roky Erickson At Armadillo World HQ
1977 – Live Love Texas Re-Cord Co. Recorded At Armadillo World HQ Austin Texas In 1977
1978 – The Tracker Crazy Cajun 1978 – Don Goldie & The Sir Douglas Quintet Crazy Cajun 1979 – Wanted Very Much Alive Sonnet UK Same 1977 LIVE Material As "Live Love"
1980 – Motive Mercury W. Germany "Sir Douglas Quintet" Spelled With A Double "t" At The End ? On The Cover And Labels
1981 – Border Wave Takoma 1981 – The Tracker UDL 2343 White Cover Unauthorized LP Release
1981 – Quintessence Varrick 1982 – Still Growing Sonnet Sweden Augie Meyers With Doug Sahm
1983 – Live Texas Tornado Takoma 1983 – Midnight Sun Sonnet 1984 – Rio Medina Sonnet 1985 – Luv Ya' Europa Sonnet 1994 – Daydreaming At Midnight Elektra / Nonesuch 1998 – S. D. Q. '98 Watermelon With The Gourds
2006 – Live From Austin Texas New West 1981 LIVE Recordings From Austin City Limits TV Show
2007 – Live From Austin Texas New West 1975 LIVE Recordings From Austin City Limits TV Show
2013 – Nuevo Wave Live Fuel Records Re-Release Of "Live Texas Tornado"
2018 – Live From Austin TX 180 G Limited Edition New West Records 2LP Recorded Live January 21 1981 At Austin City Limits
Compilation Albums
1969 – The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet DBI 1970 – What About Tomorrow? Mercury Switzerland 1975 – Pop Gold Oval W. Germany 1980 – The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet Takoma 1986 – The Collection Castle Communication UK Reissue Of 2 Takoma LP Releases
1988 – Sir Doug's Recording Trip The Mercury Years Edsel 1988 – Spotlight Sonnet 1990 – The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968–1975 Mercury 1994 – Collection San Juan Music Group 22 LIVE Tracks From All Eras Of Doug Sahm Performances
1994 – KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 2 KGSR 1 Live Track By The SDQ Other Artists
2000 – The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet Sundazed / Beat Rocket 2004 – Prime Of Sir Douglas Quintet The Best Of The Tribe Recordings Westside 2005 – The Complete Mercury Masters Hip-O Select 2008 – Scandinavian Years Universal Music Norway 2011 – The Mono Singles '68-'72 Sundazed Singles
Year Title US UK AU CA DE Label
1965 "She's About A Mover" 13 15 21 8 - Tribe
1965 "The Tracker" 105 - 95 - -
1965 "In Time" - - - - -
1966 "The Rains Came" 31 - - 19 -
1966 "Quarter To Three" 129 - - - -
1966 "Beginning Of The End" - - - - -
1966 "She Digs My Love" 132 - - - -
1968 "Are In-Laws Outlaws?" - - - - - Smash
1968 "Mendocino" 27 - 15 14 2
1969 "It Didn't Even Bring Me Down" 108 - - - -
1968 "Dynamite Woman" 83 - 41 75 7
1969 "At The Crossroads" 104 - - - -
1970 "Nuevo Laredo" - - 74 - 24
1971 "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" - - - - - Philips
1975 "Roll With The Punches" - - - - - Casablanca
1981 "Sheila Tequila" 3 Others EP - - - - - Chrysalis
1983 "Meet Me In Stockholm" - - - - - Sonnet
See Also
Doug Sahm
Texas Tornados
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The Sir Douglas Quintet Was An American Rock Band Formed In San Antonio Texas In 1964. With Their First Hits They Were Acclaimed In Their Home State. The Band Relocated To The West Coast When Their Career Was Established After With Texas Record Producer Huey Meaux . Their Move Coincided With The Burgeoning San Francisco Psychedelic Rock Scene Of The Mid-1960s To Early 1970s. Overall The Quintet Were Exponents Of Good-Times Music With Strong Roots In Blues And Texas-Regional Traditions. The Band's Songs Were Most Noted For The Instantly Distinguishable Organ Sound Of Augie Meyers' Vox Continental.Group's Origins
Doug Sahm A Veteran Of The Professional Music Scene Who First Sang On The Radio At The Age Of Five Formed The Quintet First Called Simply "Sir Douglas" In 1964 With Longtime Friend Augie Meyers And The Other Original Members Jack Barber Frank Morin And Johnny Perez. Sahm Had Started In Country Music And Had Played At Age Eleven On-Stage With Hank Williams Sr. During The Latter's Final Performance. Sahm Went On To Play In Blues Clubs In His Teenage Years And Gained Experience As A Band Leader. The Initial Success Of The New Group The Quintet On The Airwaves And Sales Charts Was Achieved When They Made Records In Conjunction With Houston Music Producer Huey P. Meaux. Houston's Recording Industry Had Become The Centre Of Texas R&B Music. The Quintet Was Born In A Cross-Cultural South Texas Musical Melting Pot That Included The Sounds And Traditions Of Mexico Ireland Scotland Appalachia Bohemia Poland Czechoslovakia Germany And African America. Aware Of Major Trends Producer Huey Meaux Advised Connecting The New Group With The English Pop Music Trend. As A Consequence The Texas-Local R&B Tex-Mex And Other Veins The Musicians Were Familiar With Initially Went Through A Period Of Influence By The British Pop Bands Of The Early And Mid-1960s. For A Short While The Youthful Members Of The Group Emulated Beatles-Like "mop-Top" Demeanours And Antics On Stage. However They Soon Outgrew These Trappings. Best Known Tracks
The Quintet Is Perhaps Best Known For The 1965 Hit Single "She's About A Mover" Written By Doug Sahm. The Song Which Has A 12-Bar Blues Structure Was Once Named The Number One 'Texas' Song By Texas Monthly. With An Infectious Vox Continental Organ Riff Provided By Augie Meyers And Soulful Vocals From Sahm The Track Has A Tex-Mex Sound. The Regional Smash Became A Breakaway Hit And The Recording Was Used In The Soundtracks Of The Films Echo Park 1986 American Boyfriends 1989 The Doors 1991 Riding In Cars With Boys 2001 Sorority Boys 2002 And Beautiful Darling 2010 . The Quintet's Recordings Were Used As Well In The Soundtracks Of Other Films Such As Cisco Pike And An Officer And A Gentleman. In Addition To "She's About A Mover " The Band Is Known For Its Songs "The Rains Came" 1966 "Mendocino" 1968 "It Didn't Even Bring Me Down" 1969 And "Dynamite Woman" 1969 . "Mendocino" Was Released In December 1968 And Reached No. 27 On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 By Early 1969 Spending 15 Weeks In The Chart. It Was More Successful In Europe Selling Over Three Million Copies There. The Track Was Featured In The Generally Highly Regarded Film High Fidelity Starring John Cusack And Jack Black. Having Made A Considerable Musical Impact The Quintet At One Point Went On To Share The Same European Bill As The Beach Boys And The Rolling Stones.In 1983 Sahm And Augie Meyers Signed With The Swedish Sonte Label And Made Several Extensive European Tours That Revitalized Their Careers. The Single "Meet Me In Stockholm" From Their Midnight Sun LP Went Platinum And Was One Of The Biggest-Selling Records Ever In Scandinavia. "We Were Having Riots On Stage " Said Doug. "Swedish Chicks Were Running Up On Stage Knocking Me Over Ripping My Clothes." Style
The Quintet Played Varied Styles With An Instrumental Lineup That Was Typical Of Blues Bands One Guitarist Keyboardist Bassist And Drummer And A Member Who Could Play Either Trumpet Or Saxophone. Despite The Blues Band Lineup And A Musical Influence From The Blues The Quintet's Live Sets Did Not Overemphasize Misery Or Tension In The Lyrical Content Or Musical Feeling Of The Songs. In Their Sets And On Record The Quintet Included Such Blues Classics As "I Don't Believe" Originally By Bobby Blue Bland Along With The Upbeat "Hey Little Girl" Originally By Texas Blues Man Frankie Lee Sims And "T-Bone Shuffle" Originally By Blues Giant T-Bone Walker . "The Hallmark Of Doug Sahm's Warm Reliable Steady-Rocking Tex-Mex Is That It Always Sounds Like You've Heard It Before—not The Lyrics Which Doug Just Jotted Down On Some Rolling Papers Five Minutes Ago But The Riffs. This Can Drive You Crazy ... When The Mood Is Right Though It Gives The Music A Kind Of Folkish Inevitability That Doesn't Get Boring Because Tex-Mex Is Such A Stew Of Influences." —Christgau's Record Guide Rock Albums Of The Seventies 1981 The Sir Douglas Quintet Is Considered A Pioneering Influence In The History Of Rock And Roll For Incorporating Tex-Mex And Cajun Styles Into Rock Music. However Early Influences On The Band's Emerging Texas Style Were Of Course Broader Than This And Included Ethnic And Pop Music From The 1950s And 1960s Such As Doo-Wop Electric Blues Soul Music And British Invasion. In The Mid-1960s The Band Relocated To The San Francisco Bay Area And Absorbed Features Of The Nascent San Francisco Sound Including The Loud And Lush Electric Bass Tone And Freer Percussion And Guitar Stylings. Band Members Also Explored Musical Elements Specific To Modern Jazz. For Studio Recordings They Sometimes Added An Extra Session Musician Or Two Often To Flesh Out The Brass Dimension Of A Track's Sound. Good Examples Of What They Produced By Absorbing The New Jazz And Psychedelic Elements Into Their Music Can Be Found On The Album Sir Douglas Quintet 2. The Lyrics In A Quintet Song Such As "The Song Of Everything" Are Plainly In The Realm Of The Mystical Whimsical Lyrics Regarded As One Of The Characteristics Of Psychedelic Music. In Live Performances Blues Often With Swing Or Shuffle Beats Was Usually A Substantial Component Of The Set. Besides Doing Their Original Material The Quintet Revived Several Classics Such As Jimmie Rodgers' "In The Jailhouse Now" And Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" To Be Found On The Albums Son Of San Antonio Originally On The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet 1966 And Texas Fever Originally On The Return Of Doug Saldana 1971 Respectively. In 2005 They Were Among The New Class Of Musicians Nominated For Induction Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame For The 2006 Induction Ceremony. Members
In Addition To Sahm And Meyers Original Sir Douglas Quintet Members Included Jack Barber On Bass Frank Morin On Saxophone Trumpet And Keyboards And Johnny Perez Ernie Durwa Or T.J. Rittenbach On Drums. Martin Fierro Joined The Band On Tenor Sax In 1968. In 1969 Harvey Kagan Joined The Quintet On Bass Forming Their Most Familiar Lineup – Kagan Morin Perez Sahm And Meyers. Bassist Jim Stallings Also Contributed To Several Albums During This Period Of Shifting Personnel Which Included Among Others Guitarist Tom Nay Of Sarasota Florida Who Played With The Group For About A Year And John York Who Later Replaced Chris Hillman In The Byrds And Contributions From San Antonio Crooner/saxophonist Danny Segovia. Sahm And Meyers Were Later Also Members Of The Texas Tornados With Freddy Fender And Flaco Jiménez In The Early 1990s. Frank Morin And Martin Fierro Both Appeared On The First Mother Earth Album "Living With The Animals" 1968 . In 1972 The Group Split Up When Sahm Contracted To Produce A Solo Album. Meyers Perez Morin And Stallings Briefly Regrouped As The Quintet With Sonny Farlow Taking Sahm's Place. In 1973 Several Sir Douglas Quintet Outtakes Were Released In Their Final Album From The Group's Classic Era Rough Edges. Sahm And Meyers Continued To Work Together Throughout The Late 1970s And Rejoined With Perez In 1980 For A Reunion Tour And Album. Throughout The 1980s And 1990s The Band Was Joined By Louie Ortega Formerly Of The 1960s Band Louie & The Lovers And Currently Of The Texas Tornados. Founder Doug Sahm Died Of A Heart Attack In His Sleep In A Motel Room In Taos New Mexico On November 18 1999 At The Age Of 58. Johnny Perez Owned Topanga Skyline Studios With "the Vibe And The Magic Of The '70's." Skyline's Grand Woodwork Welcoming Business Culture And "western Fort" Dirt Courtyard Set The Stage For Drummer Perez To Mentor And Inspire Generations Of Young Artists – Until His Death On September 11 2012 At The Age Of 69 In A California Hospital From Complications Of Cirrhosis Of The Liver. Harvey Kagan Performed With A San Antonio Area Wedding/event Band The Oh So Good! The Band Is Best Known For Discovering American Idol Contestant Haley Scarnato. Kagan Died On July 5 2019 Aged 73. Augie Meyers Continues To Tour And Record On His Independent Record Labels Based In Bulverde Texas. Frank Morin Remains Active In Music With Teaching Production And Film Soundtrack Work. Jim Stallings Lives In Albuquerque New Mexico Where He Plays Bass Guitar And Keyboards At Local Pro-Jam Sessions. He Is Also In The Process Of Writing His Autobiography With Heavy Emphasis On His Time With Sir Douglas Quintet And The Effect That Experience Had On His Life. Selected Discography
Albums
1966 – The Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Tribe Not A Compilation Despite Its Title 1968 – Sir Douglas Quintet 2 Honkey Blues Smash 1969 – Mendocino Smash 1970 – Together After Five Smash 1970 – 1 1 1 4 Philips 1971 – The Return Of Doug Saldaña Philips 1972 – Future Tense As Simply The Quintet Without Doug Sahm
1973 – Rough Edges Mercury 1975 – Reunion Of The Cosmic Brothers Crazy Cajun LIVE SDQ With Freddy Fender And Roky Erickson At Armadillo World HQ
1977 – Live Love Texas Re-Cord Co. Recorded At Armadillo World HQ Austin Texas In 1977
1978 – The Tracker Crazy Cajun 1978 – Don Goldie & The Sir Douglas Quintet Crazy Cajun 1979 – Wanted Very Much Alive Sonnet UK Same 1977 LIVE Material As "Live Love"
1980 – Motive Mercury W. Germany "Sir Douglas Quintet" Spelled With A Double "t" At The End ? On The Cover And Labels
1981 – Border Wave Takoma 1981 – The Tracker UDL 2343 White Cover Unauthorized LP Release
1981 – Quintessence Varrick 1982 – Still Growing Sonnet Sweden Augie Meyers With Doug Sahm
1983 – Live Texas Tornado Takoma 1983 – Midnight Sun Sonnet 1984 – Rio Medina Sonnet 1985 – Luv Ya' Europa Sonnet 1994 – Daydreaming At Midnight Elektra / Nonesuch 1998 – S. D. Q. '98 Watermelon With The Gourds
2006 – Live From Austin Texas New West 1981 LIVE Recordings From Austin City Limits TV Show
2007 – Live From Austin Texas New West 1975 LIVE Recordings From Austin City Limits TV Show
2013 – Nuevo Wave Live Fuel Records Re-Release Of "Live Texas Tornado"
2018 – Live From Austin TX 180 G Limited Edition New West Records 2LP Recorded Live January 21 1981 At Austin City Limits
Compilation Albums
1969 – The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet DBI 1970 – What About Tomorrow? Mercury Switzerland 1975 – Pop Gold Oval W. Germany 1980 – The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet Takoma 1986 – The Collection Castle Communication UK Reissue Of 2 Takoma LP Releases
1988 – Sir Doug's Recording Trip The Mercury Years Edsel 1988 – Spotlight Sonnet 1990 – The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968–1975 Mercury 1994 – Collection San Juan Music Group 22 LIVE Tracks From All Eras Of Doug Sahm Performances
1994 – KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 2 KGSR 1 Live Track By The SDQ Other Artists
2000 – The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet Sundazed / Beat Rocket 2004 – Prime Of Sir Douglas Quintet The Best Of The Tribe Recordings Westside 2005 – The Complete Mercury Masters Hip-O Select 2008 – Scandinavian Years Universal Music Norway 2011 – The Mono Singles '68-'72 Sundazed Singles
Year Title US UK AU CA DE Label
1965 "She's About A Mover" 13 15 21 8 - Tribe
1965 "The Tracker" 105 - 95 - -
1965 "In Time" - - - - -
1966 "The Rains Came" 31 - - 19 -
1966 "Quarter To Three" 129 - - - -
1966 "Beginning Of The End" - - - - -
1966 "She Digs My Love" 132 - - - -
1968 "Are In-Laws Outlaws?" - - - - - Smash
1968 "Mendocino" 27 - 15 14 2
1969 "It Didn't Even Bring Me Down" 108 - - - -
1968 "Dynamite Woman" 83 - 41 75 7
1969 "At The Crossroads" 104 - - - -
1970 "Nuevo Laredo" - - 74 - 24
1971 "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" - - - - - Philips
1975 "Roll With The Punches" - - - - - Casablanca
1981 "Sheila Tequila" 3 Others EP - - - - - Chrysalis
1983 "Meet Me In Stockholm" - - - - - Sonnet
See Also
Doug Sahm
Texas Tornados
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