Wayne Douglas aka Doug Sahm

Wayne Douglas - Be Real 

Released under a half-hearted pseudonym (he inverted his first & middle names), Be Real is an interesting gem from the Doug Sahm archives.   Sahm recorded it in Nashville with some Music City studio aces and it came out on Mercury, which was handling Doug at the time.  Unfortunately the record went nowhere but it's solid Texas honky-tonk shuffle that's sure to please any hard country fan.

Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone?

Another musical question from Ichiban courtesy of Doug Sahm.  A number one hit for Charley Pride in 1970.  Thanks to Postman Tom for the tape.

Sir Douglas Quintet: Who'll Be the Next in Line?

On this, the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones first gig, it seems fitting to present this version of the Kinks' "Who'll Be the Next in Line" from Austin City Limits in 1981. Doug starts out on guitar but after about a minute puts it away and "does his best Jagger".

Timothy Carey Double Bill @ Fool's Paradise Twin

 

VIOLENT !

BIZARRE !!

INSPIRED !!!

THIS WEEKEND!

  

TWO CLASSICS

FROM

THE INIMITABLE

TIMOTHY CAREY!!

 

FIRST...

  

 Mud Wrestling,

Zydeco Dancing,

JAIL BAIT

Straight From The Swamp!

See Tim Carey kick Peter Graves' Ass

in

POOR WHITE TRASH

(aka Bayou) 

 (1957, dir. Harold Daniels) 

 

 THEN...

The Violent Beatnik

With His Own Religion !

Where NOTHING Was Sacred !

Music by Frank Zappa !!

Carey At His Wildest !!!

in

THE WORLD'S GREATEST SINNER 

 (1962, dir. Timothy Carey)

 

 


FULL SERVICE SNACK BAR
featuring:
Tasty corndogs!  Refreshing beverages! Savory BBQ!  
and
- all season long -

PIC COILS 

on sale for your protection

*No Outside Food Or Drink*

PROGRAM BEGINS AT DUSK
ONLY THOSE OVER 17 ADMITTED • LEGIBLE PROOF OF AGE REQUIRED 

  

THE FOOL'S PARADISE TWIN ACCEPTS

JAMES BROWN BLACK & BROWN STAMPS

Dottie Cambridge He's About a Mover

If it was a hit on the pop charts for the Sir Douglas Quintet, producer Huey Meaux figured he could just alter the arrangement and lyrics to do the same on the R&B charts. Speed it up to an almost ridiculously fast pace, add some catchy horns and let Cambridge shout about a man instead of a woman.

While the Crazy Cajun clearly had a good idea on his hands with the recharged version, the single never garnered much airtime on the radio and failed to be a mover off the record store shelves.

Cambridge would later rechristen herself Dorothy Moore in the seventies and find her place on the charts with "Misty Blue."

Dottie Cambridge "He's About a Mover"

Tassel Twirler Tuesday!

Boodoo!

Where Life's Such A Groove You Blow Your Mind In the Morning...

In 1969, Hugh Hefner called upon the Sir Douglas Quintet to play live on his Playboy After Dark show, so Doug and the guys showed up and delivered this electrifying performance of Mendocino, providing some pretty solid evidence that Doug was the greatest hippie ever.  Admittedly, the competition may not have been all that stiff, but the clip really is a great deal of fun to watch.

Otis Clay Agrees

The very first 45 released by Cotillion Records (1968)

Doug Sahm: You're Doing It Too Hard

When the Sir Douglas Quintet broke up and Doug moved to Atlantic, Mercury records culled through a bunch of chaotic, mislabelled SDQ tapes from '68 and '69 and compiled the Rough Edges album, released in 1973. While presumably an attempt to cash in on the hypothetical success of his Atlantic debut Doug Sahm and Band, this is by far the better album. Everything you want in a Mercury-era Doug Sahm LP is here: fun rambling autobiographical self mythologizing, stoner philosophy, some blues, some country, outstandingly selected and performed cover songs, mumbled introductions, Lone Star Beer references, Augie Meyer. In "Dynamite Woman" there's even a hit.  Plus there's the out-and-out rocker "You're Doing It Too Hard". Songwise it's not much more than a jam - it sort of sounds like they're making it up in the studio as they go along. But performance wise it smokes, especially in the last minute when Doug stomps on the distortion and unleashes a wild chordal guitar solo.

You're Doing It Too Hard

Little Doug

Doug Sahm

Via Rolling Stone archives 1971

Sir Douglas Quintet, 1981

 Sir Douglas Quintet  -  I Keep Wishing For You  (3:12)

Even in the early 80s, the Sir Douglas Quintet had the Midas Touch, in terms of quality if not necessarily commercial success.  I Keep Wishing For You comes from noted Texas songwriter Butch Hancock, a member, along with Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely, of the Flatlanders.  This one gets my vote for 1981 Song Of The Year.

Doug Sahm - She Purt The Hurt On Me

Doug Sahm  -  She Put The Hurt On Me

Juke Box Music has to be one of my favorite Doug Sahm LPs.  Released on Antone's Records in 1988 out of Austin, it gives Sahm the opportunity to send a big wet kiss to the classic R&B and doo-wop sounds that he loved.

She Put The Hurt On Me comes from the pen of Otis Redding and if you'd like to hear his version, here you go.