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Doug Sahm

DOUG SAHM
 
 
Doug 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.  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.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

Frontman Doug Sahm of the Sir Douglas Quintet would become one of the best known practitioners of Texas popular music of all types, including Mexican-American musical forms like Tejano.  

 

Doug Sahm was a founding member of Texas Tornados (named after one of his songs, “Texas Tornado”) that is a sort of Tejano “super group”.  The band included Freddy Fender, who is at least as well known as Sahm due to his hit songs “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” and “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”.  Rounding out the group were Augie Meyers, Sahm’s bandmate in the Sir Douglas Quintet; and Flaco Jiménez, an accordion player whose father Santiago Jiménez, Sr. helped pioneer another type of Hispanic music, conjunto.  Their 1990 self-titled debut album, Texas Tornados was released in both English and Spanish language versions. 

 

(April 2013)