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Original artyfacts from the first psychedelic era 19651968, mendocino, and shes about a mover well take our last walk tonight. The sir douglas quintet was a texmex rock band formed in san antonio, texas in 1964 by augie meyers and doug sahm november 6, 1941 november 18, 1999. Sir douglas quintet the handbook of texas online texas. Their most familiar lineup included doug sahm lead vocals, augie meyers organ, vocals, frank morin sax, trumpet and keyboards, harvey kagan bass, and johnny perez drums. This is the shining diamond among all sir douglas quintet albums. The new sir douglas quintet gigged regularly around the bay area and signed with the mercury subsidiary smash. Doug sahm and his band, the sir douglas quintet, were enjoying a phenomenal year in 1965. Augie meyers doug sahm frank morin harvey kagen john perez jim stallings peter ferst. Thanks to the hit singles shes about a mover and the rains came, the san antonians were. The sir douglas quintet the sir douglas quintet is back. Augie meyers doug sahm frank morin harvey kagen john perez jim stallings. Sir douglas of the quintet is back in texas douglas sahm would like to thank all his beautiful friends all over the country for all their beautiful vibrations. Arguably the greatest and most influential texmex group ever, the sir. Other original members included jack barber, frank morin, and johnny perez, with a number of personnel changes along the way.

Meaux, sahm partnered with his longtime friend, organist augie meyers, and jack barber, frank morin, and johnny perez to form the sir douglas quintet. Sir douglas quintet was a rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The sir douglas quintet was an american rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The sir douglas quintet songs top songs chart singles. The five lads from san antonio capitalized on the british invasion craze of the mid1960s with their hit shes about a mover. San francisco in late 68 and the quintet now composed of doug, augie, john perez, frank morin. Flying bear medicine show 1969 this lp was recorded at the college of marin county near san francisco, ca. Mendocino is the second album by country rock group the sir douglas quintet, released in april 1969 on smash records.

The sir douglas quintet biography, albums, streaming. Despite their british sounding name, they came out of san antonio, texas and featured a texmex sound. 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. Arpaio is the dick behind the setup drug bust of the sir douglas quintet, doug sahm, augie meyers, frank morin, and charlie prichard theyre the ones who should be pardoned the screenshot appended to the post appears to come from the corpus christi callertimes. Unstated, doug sahm, frank morin, john perez, augie meyer, harvey kagan sir douglas quintet mendocino music. Doug sahm, a veteran of the professional music scene who first sang on 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.

The sir douglas quintet top songs top songs chart singles discography. Sir douglas quintet canta en espanol nuevo laredo 1970 youtube. Medlemmar i gruppen var i original doug sahm sang, gitarr, augie meyers orgel, jack barber basgitarr, och johnny perez trummor. Shes about a mover well take our last walk tonight sahm 2. Sir doug and the genuine texas cosmic groove musicfilmweb. Sir douglas quintet was a rock band active from 1964 to 1999. All tracks sir douglas quintet sir douglas quintet topic. Sir douglas quintet var ett rockband bildat 1964 i san antonio, texas, usa. The sir douglas quintet biography, albums, streaming links. During his lifetime, doug sahm came to embody texas music. Rock sir douglas quintet the crazy cajun recordings 2 cd. Saxophone player for the band sir douglas quintet in the sixties, then became a session musician. Shes about a mover, mendocino, at the crossroads alternate mix, dynamite woman, nuevo laredo, biography.

Their breakthrough hit shes about a mover joins sir dougs unique treatments of the folk standard it was in the pines and in the jailhouse now plus the tracker. Augie meyers and frank morin both provide seriously funny anecdotes about the texmex british invasion that was the sir douglas quintet as. File sir douglas quintet the crazy cajun recordings disc 1. The sir douglas quintet album discography allmusic. Sahm had started in country music and had played at age eleven onstage with hank williams, sr.

Sep, 2012 his greatest claim to fame was his time in the 1960s with san antonios legendary sir douglas quintet with doug sahm, augie meyers, frank morin and jack barber. The sir douglas quintet best of on collectors choice music. I bought together after five over 40 years ago and never want to part from it. Under various guises sir douglas quintet, texas tornados, and wayne douglas to name a few, sahm mastered every conceivable form of lone star roots music, from blues and country to western swing and tejano. Augie meyers, frank morin, doug sahm, jack barber, johnny perez. Sir douglas of the quintet is back in texas rolling stone. Saxophone player for the band sir douglas quintet in the sixties.

The release of the album was expedited as the result of the success of the title song, which peaked at no. The members of the buddy miles express, sir douglas quintet, linn county, mccoys, shades of joy and group therapy decided to jam between members of the groups. Sep 04, 2019 the new sir douglas quintet gigged regularly around the bay area and signed with the mercury subsidiary smash. Doug sahm and his band, the sir douglas quintet, were enjoying a. The sir douglas quintet was an american rock band, formed in san antonio in 1964. Following the arrest, sahm and morin left the lone star state for san francisco, the mecca of the hippie counterculture movement. His greatest claim to fame was his time in the 1960s with san antonios legendary sir douglas quintet with doug sahm, augie meyers, frank morin and jack barber. 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 12bar blues shes about a mover named the number one texas song by texas monthly. Music profile for sir douglas quintet, formed 1965. Meaux, sahm partnered with his longtime friend, organist augie meyers, and jack barber, frank morin.