Live From Austin Texas (Dig)

Sir The Douglas Quintet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New West Records
• ASIN: B000F3AAZC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,834 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Few 1960s garage-band rockers enjoyed a more eclectic and enduring career than the late Doug Sahm. After his Sir Douglas Quintet recorded a string of hits, including "She's About a Mover" and "Mendocino," Sahm released both country and blues albums as a solo artist and subsequently formed the Texas Tornados as a Tex-Mex, Grammy-winning supergroup. This 1981 Quintet reunion performance, recorded for the Austin City Limits series (also available on DVD) finds Sahm and band touching all those musical bases, with Augie Meyers (also Sahm's partner in the Tornados) providing the signature, telegraph-key organ and Alvin Crow serving as a vocal and instrumental foil for Sahm. Highlights range from a cover of Charlie Pride's hit "(Is Anybody Goin' to) San Antone" in medley with Sahm's "Texas Tornado" to revivals from the '60s songbooks of the Kinks ("Who'll Be the Next in Line?"), ? and the Mysterians ("96 Tears"), and legendary Texas ravers the 13th Floor Elevators ("You're Gonna Miss Me"). Though Sahm introduces "Groover's Paradise" as the Austin version of the national anthem, it's "At the Crossroads" that should be. Throughout the performance, Sahm, band, and the Texas audience are all plainly having a ball. --Don McLeese

Product Description

The Critically acclaimed series Live From Austin, Texas is back with two more incredible performances on CD and three on DVD from the vaults of award winning TV show Austin City Limits. The legendary Willie Nelson sounds fantastic in his 1990 ACL performance which includes a couple of duets with Shelby Lynn. The Sir Douglas Quintet rocks the ACL audience in 1981 performing classics like She's about a Mover and 96 Tears Renowned country songwriter Billy Joe Shaver takes the ACL stage in 1984 with his magical songs.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Backyard Barbecue Test, May 3, 2007

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R. Goonan "rgoonan2" (Corpus Christi, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live From Austin Texas (Dig) (Audio CD)

Try this:

1) Come to a peaceful point in your life where, at least for the moment, all is well with your world.

2) Fire up the backyard grill and prepare some burgers, steaks, chops, whatever you want.

3) Pour yourself a big drink (I recommend a margarita or a big ol' Dos Equis, something with a Tex-Mex flavor)

4) While the fire is going, put on Live from Austin, Texas by the Sir Douglas Quintet

5) If you're not in the best mood you've ever been in your life by the time "(Is Anybody Goin' To) San Antone" comes on, you may very well be dead.

I promise you, by the time you get to "Ya No Llores," you will know the meaning of pure bliss.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Tex-Mex from Sir Doug!, August 14, 2006

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Mark Blevins (Lindside, WV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live From Austin Texas (Dig) (Audio CD)

Recorded for the Austin City Limits televion show in 1981, this CD is an expanded edition of that show. Doug Sahm is joined by Augie Myers and original Quintet drummer John Perez, along with son Shawn Sahm on rhytm guitar, Speedy Sparks on bass, and Alvin Crow on guitar. This is just a fantastic CD for several reasons. For one thing, there aren't many available live releases by Doug Sahm or the Sir Douglas Quintet and this fills that void; they play the hits and more - including material from the out-of-print album "Border Wave," and this CD sounds fantastic! Doug and Augie and the rest of the band sound great and the tune selection from early hits "She's About a Mover" and Mendocino" to later songs like "San Antone" and "It Was Fun While It Lasted" is wonderful. It's not a reissue, so I don't know what to call it, but if you're a fan of roots rock and/or Doug Sahm you should get it. Let's hope more great music will come from the Austin City Limits vaults.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sir Doug Concert Good But Songs Too Short, March 9, 2010

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J. R Sategna (Martinez, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live From Austin Texas (Dig) (Audio CD)

This concert by Sir Doug in January 1981 has a good sound but is very lacking in guitar. It mostly consists of Augies organ and relies on nothing else. Alot of the Quintets best songs are =missing and it lacks hardly any of the Doug Sahm blues feelings. The songs in the concert were too short and at sometimes mingled together wich resulted in a lack of feeling and soul. The cd is ok--don't get me wrong. It is just that I expected a whole lot more--more rock and blues. Followers of this group shoud try ro get the 1994 cd Daydreaming at Midnight (out of print) which is one of the best albums this group ever made. Straight out rock and roll and blues. You need to get this one.