Re: Sir Doug Sahm: Alt.country Crazy Cajun
At 11:24 AM -0400 on 4/11/99, Barry Mazor wrote: I was thrilled to get a chance to speak with Doug Sahm for a few moments in that Texicali Grill parking lot during SXSW, mostly just thanking him for good music I've gotten to listen to from him for about the last 34 years--though I didn't arrange to go to wrassling bouts with him like Slim Chance did! Props to Slim, but I can top that, I think: When my then-girlfriend and I ran into Sahm and Meyers in a hotel lobby in '94, Sahm used us as an excuse to ditch the interviewer (sorry if it was one of you guys) and ended up inviting us to Hippie Hollow with them and their girlfriends to go skinny dipping. Bob
Re: Sir Doug Sahm: Alt.country Crazy Cajun
Barry Mazor wrote: I want to strongly recommend the recent 2-CD release of the earliest Sir Douglas Quintet recordings, as part of the general release of a bunch of anthologies from wonderfully motley artists on Huey P. Meaux's lil Crazy Cajun label. (Sir Douglas Quinet: The Crazy Cajun Recordings)...This is an important and enjoyable alt.country re-release. (snip of all-great stuff) I think this band doesn't always get its full due when looking at the histiry of this music we talk about, maybe cause Doug Sahm never died tragically but chooses to live--apparently quite happily--but with so many of these amazing cuts unavailable so long, I'd cerytainly suggest adding this one to any P2er collection. Barry M. Doug Sahm (the name is Texas German, probably not spelled the "right" way) was a child radio star at 6 on San Antonio radio, before radio was relegated to the back seat by TV. He has had so many extraordinary experiences and participated in so many watershed Americana musical events (Brit Invasion, 60's exodus of Texas artists to San Francisco, Progressive Country resurgence in Austin in early 70s, country hits, rock hits, free-form FM hits) that he is literally a walking encyclopedia of American musical history. He both loves and appreciates his roots and loves to pass on what he knows to the people coming up behind him. He and I became friends in Austin and he was a frequent visitor to my radio show, and I am indebted to him for many things. I think one reason he doesn't get as much ink, or credit as he deserves is that he is the quintessential Texas artist, so peripatetic that he never stays in one area long enough to become completely huge there, and because he never quite broke out into superstardom on his own after he left the Quintet. He is a force of nature. See him if you get a chance. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
Re: Sir Doug Sahm: Alt.country Crazy Cajun
Mr. Gracey, you have the most interetsing friends--but then, so do they. Barry Doug Sahm(read original for this part) is literally a walking encyclopedia of American musical history. He and I became friends in Austin and he was a frequent visitor to my radio show, and I am indebted to him for many things. He is a force of nature. See him if you get a chance.-- Joe Gracey
Re: Sir Doug Sahm: Alt.country Crazy Cajun
Yep, Doug Sahm is one of those people who are much greater than most of the "stars" that get touted in the industry Also a pretty generous guy who will talk your ear off if you ever run into him at Hole in Wall or some comparable watering hole on an odd afternoon, etc. g. BTW, Barry, I discovered the disc you were talking about in a catalog where it was listed along with a bunch of other Crazy Cajun releases. The whole slew of releases was extrememly impressive, although the Sir Douglas is definitely what caught my eye. I'll look around here and see if I can't find that catalog to recall what the other releases were. --junior
Re: Sir Doug Sahm: Alt.country Crazy Cajun
Barry Mazor wrote: Mr. Gracey, you have the most interetsing friends--but then, so do they. Barry Goes to show that if you stand around long enough in one spot, the whole world eventually comes by. try this at a party. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
