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The Best of Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975 (CD)

By: Doug Sahm (Artist)

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Doug Sahm Artist Snapshot:

As Texan as his hair was long, Doug Sahm was a roots rock titan whose mastery of the three musical pillars of the Lone Star State--tejano, country, and the blues--inspired Jerry Wexler to describe him as "the Rosetta Stone of Southern music." Most famous for the psychedelic age tex-mex of his Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm enjoyed a long, accomplished career both in and out of the Quintet. From two Wexler-produced, early '70s masterpieces (backed by the likes of Bob Dylan and Dr. John) to the Grammy-winning tejano supergroup, the Texas Tornados, Sahm nailed whatever task his very restless muse assigned him with an ebullient spirit spilling over into all his recordings. A central figure in both the '60s San Francisco and '70s Austin music scenes, Sahm died of heart failure in 1999. His moving song "At the Crossroads" remains an unofficial state anthem for Texans everywhere.

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DISC 1 for The Best of Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975 (CD) Album By Doug Sahm (Artist)
1   Mendocino
2   Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Grove Day
3   I'm Glad For Your Sake (But I'm Sorry For Mine)
4   Texas Me
5   You Never Get Too Big And You Sure Don't Get To Heavy, That You Don't Have To Stop And Pay Some Dues Sometime
6   Song Of Everything
7   Catch The Man On The Rise
8   At The Crossroads
9   In The Dark
10   Nuevo Laredo
11   I Wanna Be Your Mama Again
12   I Don't Want To Go Home
13   Be Real
14   Papa Ain't Salty
15   Gypsy, The
16   Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
17   Michozcan
18   Westside Blues Again
19   San Antone, (Is Anybody Going To)
20   Texas Tornado
21   Baby, Let's Go To Mexico
22   I'm Not That Kat Anymore
 

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Goldmine - Highly Recommended

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Produced for CD by Greg Greller.

During his lifetime, Doug Sahm came to embody Texas music. 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. THE BEST OF DOUG SAHM & THE SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET 68-75 offers 22 tracks of the singer/songwriter/guitarist in his absolute prime.

Listening to Sir Doug front the Quintet on "Mendocino" and "Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Grove Day," it's clear that, while Sahm and his band (which boasted, among others, the incomparable Augie Meyers on keyboards) were steeped in C&W, blues, and Tex-Mex, they could effortlessly translate those forms into groovin' 1960s rock & roll. Given the brief time span this collection covers, BEST OF 68-75 is by no means definitive, and the Quintet's signature song, the garage-rock classic "She's About a Mover," is unfortunately absent. Still, tracks like the beautifully mournful "At the Crossroads," the mid-tempo, hippie lope "I Wanna Be Your Mama Again," and Sham's ragged take on the Charlie Pride hit "San Antone, (Is Anybody Going To)" are so soulful and so fun that the collection remains a must-have for music lovers across the board.

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