Freitag, 18. November 2016

18.11. Ace Moreland, Sidney Maiden, Randy Chortkoff, Dennis Binder, Randy McQuay * Junior Parker, Doug Sahm +








1923 Sidney Maiden* 1)
1928 Dennis Binder*
1950 Randy Chortkoff*
1952 Ace Moreland*
1971 Junior Parker+
1982 Randy McQuay*
1999 Douglas Wayne Sahm (Doug Sahm)+



1) Das genaue Datum ist nicht bekannt

 

 

Happy Birthday

 

Ace Moreland   *18.11.1952

 


Oklahoma-born blues/rock singer, guitarist, and harmonica player. Part Cherokee Indian, Ace Moreland has cut two rocking discs at Bob Greenlee's Florida studios. Sizzlin' Hot, issued on King Snake in 1990, featured Edgar Winter on alto sax, while I'm a Damn Good Time, Moreland's 1992 follow-up, was released on Ichiban. Following 1996's Keepin' a Secret, Moreland spent the remainder of the decade out of the studio, finally returning in mid-2000 with Give It to Get It.

Ace Moreland was born in Miami, Oklahoma, in 1952. He was part Cherokee. A guitar player since age five, Moreland played in his first band by the time he was 12.  Once he figured out the fret board, he concentrated on learning how to play slide guitar, harmonica, and drums.
After an apprenticeship on the Tulsa rock-blues scene, Ace and his left-handed guitar went t to Macon, Georgia in the ‘70s.  He hung on the fringes of the Capircorn-Allman Brother scene for three years before returning to Oklahoma, where he gigged with local heroes like the Cate Brothers; opening slots for Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, .38 Special, George Thorogood, John Hammond, Steve Gaines, Leon Wilkerson and much of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band soon followed. Afterward, he relocated to Jacksonville, Florida with his band in 1987, forming Ace Moreland’s West Side Story and signing with King Snake Records. He played with his band and another band called the Midnight Creepers.  In addition to playing guitars and a harmonica, he was a writer and a vocalist.
Discography
    Sizzlin’ Hot (1990)
    I’m A Damn Good Time (1992)
    I’m A Jealous Man (1993)
    Keepin’ A Secret (1996)
    Give It To Get It (2000)
    Hindsight is 20/20 (2003)

ACE MORELAND 
Down To The Bottom, del album: I'm a Damm Good Time.









Sidney Maiden  *1923

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Sidney Maiden (1923 – 1970)[1] was an American country blues musician. Maiden principally played harmonica accompaniment, but also sang on some of his own recordings, in addition to writing several compositions. His best known work is "Eclipse of the Sun" (1948).

Life and career

Maiden was born in Mansfield, Louisiana, United States.[2] In the early 1940s, Maiden relocated to California and met up with K. C. Douglas. They both steadfastly stuck to playing in a country blues style, and performed in nightclubs on the West Coast. The K. C. Douglas Trio's first recording was "Mercury Boogie" (later renamed "Mercury Blues"), in 1948, which included Maiden playing the harmonica.[3] The B-side was "Eclipse of the Sun", which was also produced by the record label owner Bob Geddins, and released on his Down Town label.[2] It was Maiden's vocal on the latter track.[4]

By 1952, Maiden recorded a session for Imperial Records, where he was backed by the Blues Blowers, which included Douglas. Three years later, another Maiden track, entitled "Hurry Hurry Baby", was released on Flash Records.[2][4] This was followed in 1957, when Maiden teamed up with Al Simmons and Slim Green to record "Hand Me Down Baby" in Los Angeles.[4]

In April 1961, Maiden recorded his only album, Trouble An' Blues,[5] which was originally released by the Prestige Bluesville label, thus reuniting a partnership with Douglas that had started in the 1940s.[2][4] The same year, Arhoolie Records released an album recorded in Stockton, California, entitled Mercy Dee, by Mercy Dee Walton.[6] It featured Walton plus Maiden on harmonica, Douglas on electric guitar and Otis Cherry playing the drums.[2]

Afterwards Maiden performed occasionally in Fresno County, both as a solo performer and in various group settings.[2] His later life is largely unrecorded, although the date of his death is given by various sources as 1970.

Born in Mansfield, LA in 1923, singer and harmonica blower Sidney Maiden made his mark on the blues with the classic "Eclipse of the Sun." In the '40s, Maiden moved to California where he first met guitarist K.C. Douglas. They bonded immediately since they both had a purist attitude towards rural blues and didn't compromise that style of playing once they left the south. They played clubs on the West Coast, and recorded "Eclipse of the Sun" in 1948 for the Down Town label run by Bob Geddins. It would be the first and only hit for Maiden. Four years later a session was recorded for Imperial with the Blues Blowers (including Douglas), followed in 1953 by "Hurry Hurry Baby" for the Flash label. In 1961 Maiden participated in a recording session, set up by Arhoolie Records boss Chris Strachwitz, reuniting him with Douglas for Trouble an' Blues released on Bluesville. Since then Maiden has performed sporadically in the Fresno area in both solo and group situations.


SIDNEY MAIDEN unissued IMPERIAL 











Randy Chortkoff  *18.11.1950

 



 Als Produzent, Labelchef und Konzertpromoter gehörte Randy Chorkoff seit Jahren zu den wichtigsten Figuren der Bluesszene in Kalifornien. Auch als Mann hinter der All-Star-Band The Mannish Boys und als Harpspieler wird er in Erinnerung bleiben. Am 5. Mai 2015 verstarb er in seiner Heimatstadt Los Angeles im Alter von 65 Jahren.

Wenn man bei Bluesfans bestimmte Plattenlabel nur nennt, dann haben diese sofort eine klare Vorstellung von deren Musik vor dem inneren Ohr. In den letzten Jahren gehörten das 2005 ins Leben gerufene kalifornische Label Delta Groove Productions und das Tochterlabel Eclecto Groove zu diesen prägenden Plattenfirmen. Musiker wie Rod Piazza, Lynwood Slim, The Mannish Boys gehörten ebenso zu dieser Labelfamilie wie Ana Popovic oder Jason Ricci.

Schon einige Jahre lang hatte der schon als Kind mit Blues und Jazz aufgewachsene Randy Chrotkoff Alben mit Musikern wie Billy Boy Arnold, King Ernest oder Finis Tasby produziert und bei Labels wie Alligaror oder Evidence veröffentlicht. Doch als er keine Partner für seine Produktionen mit Kirk Fletcher und Franck „Paris Slim“ Goldwasser finden konnte, veröffentlichte er sie selbst und vergab Lizenzen an Cross Cut in Deutschland. Bald danach kamen Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers und Mitch Kashmar heraus. Und bald danach gründeten sich The Mannish Boys als Supergroup des Labels, bei denen im Lauf der Jahre Finis Tasby, Johnny Dyer, Kirk Fletcher und viele weitere Musiker spielten und sich Gäste wie Paul Oscher, Mickey Champion oder Roy Gains für Alben und Konzerte einluden. Die Mannish Boys waren so etwas wie die ultimative Bluesband der kalifornischen Szene geworden. Und Chortkoff war nicht nur der Produzent sondern auch der Harpspieler der Truppe.

Vor Jahren fragte man ihn in einem Interview, wie seiner Meinung nach die Zukunft der Bluesmusik aussehen würde. Hier eine Übersetzung seiner Antwort:

    Gut hoffe ich, oder ich werde nicht viel zu essen haben! Aber ernsthaft: Wenn so viele junge Menschen den Blues fühlen konnten, als sich Bluesplatten noch in Millionenzahlen verkauften, warum können sie das heute nicht? Ich glaube, das liegt daran, dass man ihnen den Blues nicht nahebringt. … Wie Albert King einmal sagte: Wenn Du diese Musik nicht schätzen kannst, dann hast Du ein Loch in Deiner Seele! - Wir brauchen eine weitere British Invasion!

CEO/Producer Randy Chortkoff’s passion for music began at a very young age – his father was a jazz fan who used to bring Louis Armstrong and members of his band home for dinner and informal jam sessions, and young Randy Chortkoff soaked it all up.
As a teenager he became a regular at the legendary blues hot spot The Ash Grove in L.A., and then made his way to San Francisco just in time for the Summer of Love, where he enjoyed the heyday of the groundbreaking music scene centered around Bill Graham’s Fillmore Auditorium and The Family Dogs Avalon Ballrom. There, Randy Chortkoff had the opportunity to witness, not only the icons of the rock generation, such as Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Janis Joplin but also legendary blues artists muddy waters, jimmy reed and howlin' wolf.
Beginning in the 1980s, Randy Chortkoff was working with his own band, and honing his musical skills as a producer, which would eventually lead to his first project as an independent record producer, recording blues legend Billy Boy Arnold. These master tapes were leased by the world’s largest independent blues label, Alligator Records, and were released as Arnold’s highly acclaimed ‘comeback’ release “Back Where I Belong” in the early 1990s.
Over the next several years Randy Chortkoff produced his own sessions featuring a number of prominent blues artists, including the late King Ernest, powerhouse vocalist Finis Tasby, blues-guitar phenomenom Kirk Fletcher and many others, leasing them to major blues labels in the US and in Europe. Finally deciding to reap the fruits of his own labors, Chortkoff created the Delta Groove Productions label and has produced and released projects by a growing number of artists including Elvin Bishop, Mitch Kashmar, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, The Mannish Boys, Phillip Walker, The Hollywood Blue Flames, Candye Kane, Sean Costello, Tracy Nelson, and many more.
Randy Chortkoff has branched out beyond the blues genre with his eclectic subsidiary label, Eclecto Groove Records, which is a home and showcase for music that isn’t easily categorized or pigeon-holed as the blues, from genre-bending artists covering a wide spectrum of musical styles. The first release on Eclecto Groove was from the soulful young European star Ana Popovic, followed by the innovative releases by Jason Ricci & New Blood, Nick Curran, The Soul of John Black, Mike Zito, and it's latest addition, Australian virtuoso Kara Grainger. Eclecto Groove is poised for an exciting future.
Moving forward, Randy Chortkoff is in the process of establishing a cutting-edge alternative label, No Respect Records, that will debut his latest discovery, the electrifying band, My Own Holiday.


Big Pete featuring Randy Chortkoff "Got My Eyes On You" - Blues Now! 2011 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q390j7rg9yg 









Dennis Binder  *18.11.1928

 


A cohort of Ike Turner in the early '50s, Binder recorded entertaining novelty blues for the Modern label in Clarksdale, MS, and United Records in Chicago. Sides from these sessions have been reissued by Ace in England and Delmark/Pearl in the US, including the title track from Pearl's Long Man Blues collection. Binder moved to Lawton, OK, in the mid-'50s and has recorded sporadically since then, devoting most of his time to his job as bail bondsman.

Dennis Binder was born in Rosedale, Mississippi, on November 18, 1928.  He took an interest in music very early in life, singing with his mother and two aunts in their Baptist Church. After church, the children and their parents attended prayer meetings or revivals, and often went to a juke joint or social gathering where music was central.  Although he is a self-taught musician, he had an early introduction to both the piano and the blues by a female impersonator named “Toots,” who sat Dennis on his knee while he played blues piano in the St. Louis style.
As a teenager, Dennis refined his technique and knowledge of music in Chicago. Determined to become a professional musician, he hung around Chess Records, and eventually recorded four songs for the label. In 1951 and 1953, Dennis recorded for Sun Records. In 1954 in Clarksdale, he played on recordings that Ike Turner set up for Modern Records and which were released under Ike’s name as leader, although Dennis was the featured vocalist and arranger. Other recording credits include tracks on United Records in Chicago, released in the 1990s compilation on Delmark Records, titled Long Man Blues. He also  recorded at the Norman Petty Studios in Texas, featuring Buddy Holly and Tommy Allup, and in later years at Benson Studio in Oklahoma City.
While touring in 1956 with Earl Hooker, Junior Wells and A.C. Reed, Dennis stopped in Lawton, Oklahoma, which had an all-night entertainment scene due to the military presence at Fort Sill. He decided to make Lawton his home, and has resided there for fifty years. He worked as a bail bondsman and musician, recording and releasing numerous cds on his own label. In recent years, Dennis has played important festivals, concerts and clubs in the United States, Canada, Europe and Thailand. A friend introduced him in 2004 to Earwig Music Company President Michael Frank, which led to increased bookings and to Dennis signing a recording deal with Earwig, and the Fall 2006 cd release, Everybody Needs A Miracle. The album features Dennis’s unique piano stylings and his hybrid mix of blues, rock ‘n roll, country and western, and inspirational music, with a stellar Chicago quintet of backing musicians.


Dennis Binder on piano and vocals 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB74f-WSfOk






Randy McQuay  *18.11.1982







Life in North Carolina and passion for music, culture, and art led Randy to be a roots musician and songwriter. Traveling solo or with his band around the Southeast region if the U.S. since age of sixteen, he has gained chops, experience, and notoriety. He has an aggressive, soulful, and sultry voice that lures the listener into original, heartfelt lyrics. His acoustic style is derived from claw-hammer and Travis picking styles with added percussion. Like an original troubadour, he harnesses the harmonica around his neck. Adding fast and sweeping single-note lines over rhythm guitar, he creates a full band sound. His idea is to push the boundaries of coordination, playing all the parts with no compromise.

“He is a storyteller, Bluesman, and a master interpreter of modern American roots music. Randy McQuay II sings from the heart, plays guitar with abandon, and blows harmonica like he’s from another planet. He’s the recipient of the prestigious Lee Oskar Top Harmonica Player Award from The Blues Foundation, a Finalist performer at the 2012 International Blues Challenge in Memphis , TN, and the reigning Cape Fear Blues Challenge Solo Champion. Randy’s band, RootSoul Project, performs throughout the Carolinas and he’s a sought-after soloist known for his evocative takes on rhythm & blues, folk, rock & roll, funk, and roots music.” Lan Nichols President, Cape Fear Blues Society

2015 International Blues Challenge Winner

2012 Lee Oskar Harmonica Award Recipient

Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence Recipient


Randy McQuay - IBC 2015





Rehab Blues - Randy McQuay, International Blues Challenge Solo Winner 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDDt6w6_2_M 












R.I.P.

 

Junior Parker   +18.11.1971

 



„Little“ Junior Parker (* 27. Mai 1932 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, als Herman Parker Jr.; † 18. November 1971 in Blue Island, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Blues-Sänger und Mundharmonikaspieler. Parker spielte Anfang der 1950er-Jahre für das Label Sun Records einige Hits ein, die später auch von Rockabilly-Musikern wie Elvis Presley und Hayden Thompson aufgenommen wurden.
Kindheit und Jugend
Junior Parker wurde 1932 im Staat des Delta Blues, Mississippi, geboren. Als Jugendlicher lernte er den Blues von Sonny Boy Williamson, seinem Mentor, und trat mit Gospel-Chören auf. 1949 trat er − noch sehr jung − mit Howlin’ Wolf auf.
Karriere
Anfang der 1950er Jahre spielte Parker in den Beale Streeters und gründete 1951 seine eigene Band, die Blue Flames. Ike Turner entdeckte ihn 1952 und besorgte ihm einen Plattenvertrag mit Modern Records, einem Label dass von den Bihari-Brüdern geführt wurde und auf Rhythm and Blues spiezialisiert war. Die erste Aufnahme war You're My Angel.
Parkers Modern-Single zog die Aufmerksamkeit von Sam Phillips auf sich, der in Memphis, Tennessee, sein Label Sun Records hatte. Phillips nahm Parker unter Vertrag und bereits 1953 folgte der erste Hit mit Feelin' Good, das Platz Fünf der R&B-Charts erreichte. Noch im selben jahr gelangen Parker mit Mystery Train und Love My Baby zwei weitere R&B-Hits.[1] Während Mystery Train 1955 von Elvis Presley gecovert wurde, fand Love My Baby Ende 1956 in der Interpretation von Hayden Thompson Eingang in die Rockabilly-Szene.
Parker wechselte 1953 zu Duke Records und ging mit Johnny Ace und Bobby Blue Bland auf Tournee. Mit letzterem leitete Parker auch die Blues Consolidated Revue, mit der er bis 1966 weitere Hits verzeichnen konnte; Driving Wheel und Sweet Home Chicago, beide von Roosevelt Sykes, Mother-in-Law Blues von Don Robey sowie sein eigenes Stück Stand by Me.
Mitte der 1960er-Jahre ließ der Erfolg nach, trotzdem nahm Parker weiterhin für Labels wie Mercury Records, Blue Rock Records, Minit Records und Capitol Records auf. Parker starb 1971 an einem Hirntumor. 2001 wurde Junior Parker in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen.

Herman "Junior" Parker (May 27, 1932 – November 18, 1971) was an American Memphis blues singer and musician.[2] He is best remembered for his unique voice, which has been described as "honeyed," and "velvet-smooth".[3] He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001.[2]

One music journalist noted, "For years Junior Parker deserted downhome harmonica blues for uptown blues-soul music".[4]

Biography

Junior Parker was born in either Clarksdale, Mississippi,[2] or West Memphis, Arkansas.[5]

He sang in gospel groups as a child,[6] and played on the various blues circuits beginning in his teenage years. His biggest influence as a harmonica player was Sonny Boy Williamson, with whom he worked before moving on to work for Howlin' Wolf in 1949. Around 1950 he was a member of Memphis's ad hoc group, the Beale Streeters, with Bobby 'Blue' Bland and B.B. King.
   
In 1951 he formed his own band, the Blue Flames, with the guitarist Pat Hare.[3] Parker was discovered in 1952 by Ike Turner, who signed him to Modern Records. He put out one single on this record label, "You're My Angel." This brought him to the attention of Sam Phillips, and he and his band signed onto Sun Records in 1953. There they produced three successful songs: "Feelin' Good" (which reached # 5 on the US Billboard R&B chart), "Love My Baby," and "Mystery Train", later covered by Elvis Presley.[3] For Presley's version of "Mystery Train", Scotty Moore borrowed the guitar riff from Parker's "Love My Baby",[7] played by Pat Hare.[8] "Love My Baby" and "Mystery Train" are considered important contributions to the rockabilly genre.[1]

Later in 1953, Parker toured with Bobby Bland and Johnny Ace, and also joined Duke Records. Parker and Bland headed the highly successful Blues Consolidated Revue, which became a staple part of the southern blues circuit. He continued to have a string of hits on the R&B chart, including the smooth "Next Time You See Me" (1957); re-makes of Roosevelt Sykes' song "Driving Wheel" (1961), Robert Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago", Guitar Slim's "The Things That I Used to Do" (1963), and Don Robey's "Mother-in-Law Blues" (1956); plus his own "Stand by Me" (1961).

His success was limited after he left Duke in 1966. He recorded for various labels, including Mercury, Blue Rock, Minit, and Capitol.

Parker died on November 18, 1971, at age 39, in Blue Island, Illinois, during surgery for a brain tumor.
Tributes

On his 1974 album ...Explores Your Mind, Al Green dedicated his original version of the song "Take Me to the River" to Parker, who he describes as "a cousin of mine who's gone on, and we'd kinda like to carry on in his name."



Little Junior Parker - Funny How Time Slips Away












Douglas Wayne Sahm  (Doug Sahm)  +19.11.1999

 




 http://www.laventure.net/tourist/sdq_hist.htm

Douglas Wayne Sahm (* 6. November 1941 in San Antonio, Texas; † 18. November 1999 in Taos, New Mexico) war ein US-amerikanischer Country-, Blues- und Rockmusiker. Er gilt als wichtigste Figur des sogenannten Tex-Mex-Stils und war vor allem bekannt als Leader des Sir Douglas Quintet und später der Texas Tornados.

Biografie
Anfänge

Doug Sahm begann seine Karriere als Wunderkind der Countrymusik. Schon im Alter von 6 Jahren trat er in lokalen Radioshows auf. Im Dezember 1952 stand der 11-jährige Sahm mit Hank Williams auf der Bühne, nur wenige Wochen vor dessen Tod. Mit 13 Jahren machte er als Little Doug Sahm seine erste Plattenaufnahme (A Real American Joe) und spielte bereits Gitarre, Steel-Gitarre, Mandoline und Geige. Es heißt, Sahm sei schon damals ein regelmäßiger Auftritt in der Grand Ole Opry angeboten worden, doch seine Mutter habe darauf bestanden, dass er zuerst die Schule beendet. Ab 1957 gründete Sahm diverse Bands mit Namen wie The Markays, The Spirits, The Knights und The Pharaos, spielte in den Clubs San Antonios und nahm für einige lokale Labels Singles auf, u.a. Crazy Daisy (1959), Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (1959) und Sapphire (1961) für das Label Harlem.

Das Sir Douglas Quintet und die 70er Jahre

Auf Anregung des Produzenten Huey Meaux gründete Sahm 1964 das Sir Douglas Quintet, das mit She’s About A Mover und The Rains Came erste Hits hatte. Nach dem Umzug in die Hippie-Metropole San Francisco folgten beim Label Mercury Records mit Mendocino (1969), Dynamite Woman (1969), Nuevo Laredo (1970) weitere Hits. Unter dem Pseudonym Wayne Douglas veröffentlichte Sahm 1970 die in Nashville eingespielte Country-Single Be Real.

1973 nahm Produzent Jerry Wexler Sahm für Atlantic Records unter Vertrag – ohne sein Quintet. Das dort mit den Gastmusikern David „Fathead“ Newman, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, David Bromberg und Flaco Jimenez eingespielte Album Doug Sahm And Band gilt – obwohl es nur Platz 125 der US-Charts erreichte – als Meilenstein des Tex-Mex. Mit Texas Tornado folgte unter dem Bandnamen Sir Douglas Band ein zweites Album für Atlantic, danach veröffentlichte Sahm bei verschiedenen Labels Platten mit unterschiedlichen stilistischen Schwerpunkten. Das rockige Groover’s Paradise (1974) mit Stu Cook und Doug Clifford von Creedence Clearwater Revival, das Country-Album Texas Rock For Country Rollers (1975), eine erneute Zusammenarbeit mit Produzent Huey P. Meaux und die Bluesplatte Hell Of A Spell (1980), ein Tribute an sein Vorbild Guitar Slim.

Die 1980er und 1990er Jahre

In den 1980er Jahren reformierte Sahm sein Sir Douglas Quintet für Veröffentlichungen beim schwedischen Label Sonet, nahm weiterhin Solo-Material auf und gründete die Rockabilly-Formation Texas Mavericks und mit Amos Garrett und Gene Taylor die Formerly Brothers.

1989 gründete Sahm mit Freddy Fender, Flaco Jimenez und Augie Meyers die Tex-Mex-Supergroup Texas Tornados, mit denen er bis 1999 vier Studioalben, eine Live-Platte und eine Best-Of-Zusammenstellung veröffentlichte. Dazwischen kam es 1994 zu einer erneuten Reunion des Sir Douglas Quintet. Ebenfalls 1994 wurde Sahms Album The Last Real Texas Blues Band, eine erneute Hommage an den Texas Blues eines T-Bone Walker, für den Grammy nominiert.

Doug Sahm starb am 18. November 1999 während eines Aufenthalts in Taos, New Mexiko in seinem Hotelzimmer an einem Herzinfarkt. Im Jahr darauf erschien posthum sein letztes Album The Return Of Wayne Douglas, das stilistisch eine Rückkehr zu seinen Country- und Western Swing-Wurzeln war.

Doug Sahms Söhne sind ebenfalls im Musikgeschäft tätig. Shawn Sahm, der schon in den 80er Jahren Gitarre im Sir Douglas Quintet spielte, wandelt mit seiner Band Tex-Mex Experience stilistisch auf den Spuren des Vaters und veröffentlichte die Solo-CD (Shawn Sahm, 2002). Shandon Sahm, der jüngere Bruder, war als Schlagzeuger Mitglied der Rockband Meat Puppets und veröffentlichte das Soloalbum (Good Thoughts Are Better Than Laxatives, 2002).

Douglas Wayne Sahm (November 6, 1941 – November 18, 1999), was an American musician from Texas. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was a child prodigy in country music but became a significant figure in roots rock and other genres.[2] Sahm is considered one of the most important figures in what is identified as Tex-Mex music. He was the founder and leader of the 1960s rock and roll band, the Sir Douglas Quintet. He would later co-found the Texas Tornados with Augie Meyers, Freddy Fender, and Flaco Jiménez as well as Los Super Seven.

Sahm was proficient on multiple musical instruments and was a lifelong baseball fan.

Country prodigy: 1940s and 1950s

Sahm began his musical career singing and playing steel guitar, mandolin and violin. He made his radio debut at the age of five.[1] He released his first record "A Real American Joe" at age eleven. On December 19, 1952, still eleven years old, he played on stage with Hank Williams Sr. at the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas. It was Hank Williams's very last performance. Williams died on New Year's Day of 1953, on the road to his next show in Canton, Ohio. Sahm was offered a permanent spot on the Grand Ole Opry at age thirteen but his mother wanted him to finish junior high.[1]

One of Sahm's earliest recordings was rejected by Mercury Records in 1953. Also in the mid-1950s, he started sneaking into San Antonio rhythm and blues clubs, such as the Tiffany Lounge and the Ebony Lounge, and he was soon performing in them. Sahm formed his first band, the Knights, in 1957. Later in the decade, Sahm joined up with Spot Barnett's band playing mostly black San Antonio blues clubs. In 1960, Sahm travelled across the country promoting a record.[3] He met Freddy Fender during 1958 and met Roy Head, of Roy Head and The Traits from San Marcos, Texas, in 1959 when they shared the stage at a sock hop in San Antonio's Municipal Auditorium.

Sir Douglas Quintet: 1960s

In 1965, prompted by record producer Huey Meaux, Sahm formed the Sir Douglas Quintet with childhood friend Augie Meyers.[1] They chose the group's name in an effort to make the band seem British to benefit from the British invasion.[1] This image had its problems, particularly Sahm's Texas accent and that two of five band members were Hispanic. Some early publicity photos were shot in silhouette to hide this fact.

The band had a top 20 US hit with "She's About a Mover"[4] and a lesser hit with "The Rains Came,"[1] the former also reaching the Top Twenty in the UK Singles Chart.[5] The band broke up after a bust for marijuana possession in Corpus Christi, Texas. Sahm moved to San Francisco and formed the Honkey Blues Band, then later re-formed the Sir Douglas Quintet with a new lineup. Eventually Augie Meyers rejoined the quintet and they released the successful single and album Mendocino. The record contained the song "At the Crossroads" with the Sahm line "You just can't live in Texas if you don't have a lot of soul."

Bob Dylan stated, "Look, for me right now there are three groups: Butterfield, The Byrds and the Sir Douglas Quintet."[6]

Atlantic years: 1970s

In 1973, Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records bought Sahm's contract and produced his solo debut Doug Sahm and Band;[1] an album featuring Bob Dylan, Dr. John, David Bromberg and Flaco Jiménez. "Then in October 1972, Dylan was in the studio with Doug Sahm... Dylan having been friendly with Sahm since the mid-sixties and having expressed enthusiasm for the Sir Douglas Quintet on more than one occasion"[6]

Sahm continued recording both as a solo artist and with the Sir Douglas Quintet. During this period, Sahm also had a couple of minor motion picture roles. In 1972, he and the Quintet appeared with Kris Kristofferson in Cisco Pike and in 1979 he was featured in More American Graffiti. Sahm was also a sought-after session musician, appearing on releases of other artists, including The Grateful Dead and Willie Nelson.

During 1975 Sahm played a pivotal role in the musical resurgence of fellow Texan Roky Erikson, who had been struggling to survive on the Austin music scene after being released from his infamous period of court-enforced confinement in a psychiatric hospital. Through Craig Luckin, Sahm's San Francisco tour manager at the time, Erickson came to San Francisco and performed a brief four-song set over three nights, backed by Sahm with the reformed Sir Douglas Quintet. Sahm also funded and produced Erikson's first 'comeback' single "Starry Eyes/Two-Headed Dog" for Erikson's new band Bleib Alien (later renamed The Aliens). Sahm had earlier worked with former Creedence Clearwater Revival members Doug Clifford and Stu Cook - Clifford produced the Sir Douglas Quintet's 1974 LP Groover's Paradise (on which Cook played bass) - and this in turn led to Cook and Luckin jointly producing The Evil One, the first album by Roky Erikson & The Aliens, whose lineup included guitarist Duane Aslaksen, who was Doug Sahm’s touring sound mixer and guitar technician at the time.[7]

About a Mover: 1980s

In 1983, Sahm and Meyers signed with the Swedish Sonet 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. After an accident in 1985, Doug moved to Canada and then returned to Texas in 1988.

A Texas Tornado and more: 1990s

In 1989, Sahm formed the Tex-Mex supergroup, the Texas Tornados, with Freddy Fender, Augie Meyers, and Flaco Jimenez.[1] The original group recorded seven albums (including two live ones, and a "Best of" collection). Their first album won a Grammy for Best Mexican-American Performance for the song "Soy de San Luis", in 1991. [1] Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, besides touring and recording with The Texas Tornados, Sahm also played and recorded with several other bands including The Sir Douglas Quintet, The Texas Mavericks, The Last Real Texas Blues Band, The Amos Garrett – Doug Sahm – Gene Taylor Band, Doug Sahm & Sons, The Mysterious Sam Dogg and The Cosmic Cowboys, and others, including his last band, The Cherry Ridge Riders. In 1990 Sahm and his sons Shawn and Shandon joined forces to record a powerful version of the 13th Floor Elevators song "You're Gonna Miss Me" for the all-star compilation album Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson. Sahm also appears on the 1993 Uncle Tupelo album Anodyne on the song "Give Back the Key to my Heart". Sahm recorded a Grammy-winning solo album, The Last Real Texas Blues Band and recorded with yet another new formation of the Sir Douglas Quintet for SDQ '98.

Death and legacy

Sahm died of a heart attack in his sleep in a motel room in Taos, New Mexico, on November 18, 1999.[1] He is buried in Sunset Memorial Park in San Antonio.[1]

A posthumous album, The Return of Wayne Douglas, was released in 2000.[1] Sahm's son, Shawn Sahm, continues in his father's footsteps as the leader of his band, Shawn Sahm & The Tex Mex Experience. Father and son appeared together on the cover of Rolling Stone in 1968.[8]

The surviving members of the Texas Tornados (Augie Meyers and Flaco Jimenez) reunited with Shawn Sahm on the 2010 release, Está Bueno. Doug Sahm's other son, Shandon Sahm, played drums for the Meat Puppets from 1999 to 2002, and is their current drummer as of 2010.

Sahm also has been named into in the South Texas Music Walk of Fame.[1] In 2008, he was an inaugural inductee into the Austin Music Memorial.[1]

In 2008, Austin, Texas approved the naming of Doug Sahm Hill, in a park near Lady Bird Lake, in Sahm's honor.[1]

In October 2012, a group of musicians—including Dave Alvin, Steve Earle, Delbert McClinton, Boz Scaggs, and Jimmie Vaughan among others—played a tribute to Sahm at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. The group, performing under the name "Doug Sahm's Phantom Playboys," commemorated Sahm's lasting impact on the Americana music scene by playing several of his songs.

A documentary film,Sir Doug & the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove", premiered at South by Southwest on March 19, 2015.


Doug Sahm - "Stormy Monday" Live From Austin Texas 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhUCH17k7G4 

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