Sir Douglas Quintet – Live Texas Tornado
US American rock band active from 1964 to 1999, with several spinoffs, e.g. The Sir Douglas Band (1973) or Sir Doug & The Texas Tornados (1976). Despite their British sounding name, they came out of San Antonio, Texas and featured a Tex-Mex sound.
Their most familiar lineup included:
Doug Sahm aka Sir Douglas (lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, bajo-sexto, fiddle)
Augie Meyers (organ, piano, accordion, guitar, vocals)
Frank Morin (sax, trumpet and keyboards)
Harvey Kagan (bass)
Johnny Perez (drums)
It also included:
Doug "Cosmo" Clifford (drums)
Jack Barber (bass)
Alvin Crow (fiddle, organ, guitar, vocals)
Louie Ortega (guitar, vocals)
Rocky Morales (saxophone, harmonica, vocals)
John "X" Reed (guitar, vocals)
Clay Meyers (drums)
Shawn Sahm (guitar, vocals)
Martin Fierro (various horns)
Bobby Black (pedal steel guitar)
Ernie Durawa (drums)
Mike Buck (drums)
Jon Blondell (bass)
Speedy Sparks (bass)
... and many, many others.
Live Texas Tornado The Sir Douglas Quintet CD 1998 Takoma
Live Texas Tornado Review by Alex Henderson
In the 1960s and early '70s, no band better illustrated the richness of the Texas musical experience than the Sir Douglas Quintet. Lead singer Doug Sahm and his friends could almost always be counted on for versatility, and they could usually be counted on to cook. A 1998 reissue, Live Texas Tornado is a gem-filled CD that boasts classic live performances at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go in Hollywood and the Club Foot in Austin, TX. The band is in excellent form on everything from Tex-Mex ("Who Were You Thinking Of" and "The Rains Came") to 1960s rock ("She's About a Mover," "Wooly Bully") to 1940s-type R&B (T-Bone Walker's "T-Bone Shuffle"). Another high point of the CD is an interpretation of Charley Pride's country smash "Is Anybody Going to San Antone," which gets the Tex-Mex treatment instead of the Nashville treatment.
Sir Douglas Quintet - Live Texas Tornado
Label: Takoma – TAKCD-6505-2
Format: CD, Album, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
Track List:
1 The Rains Came
Written-By – Huey P. Meaux
2:43
2 Wooly Bully
Written-By – Domingo Samudio*
2:52
3 Who Were You Thinking Of
Written-By – Pelltier*, Glasser*, Gauvin*
2:47
4 Texas Tornado
Written-By – Doug Sahm
2:57
5 Medley: Mendocino / Dynamite Woman
Written-By – Sahm*
5:08
6 (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone
Written-By – Kirby*, Martin*
2:19
7 She's About A Mover
Written-By – Sahm*
3:14
8 Oh, Boy!
Written-By – Tilghman*, Petty*, West*
2:35
9 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Written-By – Bob Dylan
3:45
10 T-Bone Shuffle
Written-By – T-Bone Walker
5:29
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Fantasy, Inc.
Mixed At – Dirk Dalton Studios
Remastered At – Fantasy Studios
Copyright © – Fantasy, Inc.
Art Direction – Jamie Putnam
Bass Guitar – Speedy Sparks
Cover, Photography By – John Van Hamersveld
Design – Gilles Margerin
Drums – Johnny Perez (2)
Fiddle, Vocals – Alvin Crow
Guitar – Louis Ortega*
Liner Notes – Michael Point
Mixed By – Tom Davis (2)
Organ – Augie Meyers
Producer – Craig Leon, Denny Bruce
Remastered By – Joe Tarantino
Vocals, Guitar – Doug Sahm